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Help wifi never brings up login page

Hi,

I'm new to android, (switching from a dumbphone + ipod touch combo), and I've been having problems connecting to my school's wifi. The system requires you to connect and then when you try to browse, it brings up a login site for you. However, no login screen ever appears (the browser doesn't redirect to that login site), it just times out. I've tried opening new windows, different sites, everything just times out.

There has to be a way to get the login screen to appear since many public wifi networks use this method of login, but it just doesn't seem to appear for me. Thoughts? is there a setting that I'm missing?
Ok,I have a quick fix.. It might work for most of you.. Just open private browsing in any of your internet browsers and type in Google.com in your search field. It should pop up right away... Hope this works it worked for me with Chrome and Mozilla
 
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Hi,

I'm new to android, (switching from a dumbphone + ipod touch combo), and I've been having problems connecting to my school's wifi. The system requires you to connect and then when you try to browse, it brings up a login site for you. However, no login screen ever appears (the browser doesn't redirect to that login site), it just times out. I've tried opening new windows, different sites, everything just times out.

There has to be a way to get the login screen to appear since many public wifi networks use this method of login, but it just doesn't seem to appear for me. Thoughts? is there a setting that I'm missing?
On my Samsung Galaxy S5 I turned off Safe Browsing and works fine now
 
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Hi,

I've just written a step-by-step guide on what to do in this situation, so I thought I would be useful to you.

Basically the fix is to go directly to the router's sign in page. This sounds very technical, but it's not difficult at all.

I've explained it all here in plain English:

https://www.bonkersabouttech.com/howto/wi-fi-sign-in-page-not-loading/459

If you're still struggling, don't hesitate to contact to get in touch and I'll be happy to help.

Cheers!

Baz
 
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Hi,

I'm new to android, (switching from a dumbphone + ipod touch combo), and I've been having problems connecting to my school's wifi. The system requires you to connect and then when you try to browse, it brings up a login site for you. However, no login screen ever appears (the browser doesn't redirect to that login site), it just times out. I've tried opening new windows, different sites, everything just times out.

There has to be a way to get the login screen to appear since many public wifi networks use this method of login, but it just doesn't seem to appear for me. Thoughts? is there a setting that I'm missing?
 
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