PepWave WiFi WAN Feature Request

Product Discussion Feature Requests
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do you have a link to the Pi solution?

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Turn off health check on the wifi wan connection, connect the BR1 to the capground wifi then try and access the internet using a device connected to the BR1. The captive portal will pop up youā€™ll login and from that point onwards any device connected to the BR1 will connect without needing to login to the captive portal.

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Does this work for all captive portals? Iā€™ve heard that many portals donā€™t display the login page under this scenario.

I too am installing the Pepwave Max Transit in an RV, and not having the ability to connect to campground or truckstop wifi is a big pain. I might have to install a separate Wifi Ranger Skypro - which does an excellent job of connecting to captive portals, and retrying the connection when it times out.

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Most captive portals identify users by mac address. Since the MAC address it sees is the WIFI WAN MAC no matter who is connecting to the router then yes it should work for just about all captive portals.

To be clear. Any Peplink device with WiFI WAN can connect fine to any public hotspot - I do this all the time in hotels, airports, macdonalds, starbucks etc.

I havenā€™t used one of these, but I have just watched this video: https://youtu.be/LjfLYzTxmB4?t=140

Assuming the firmware hasbā€™t changed much since the video was made the process is very similar on a Peplink as a Wifi Ranger.

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Thanks Martin.

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This is an old thread that came up in my search for a solution to the same issue. I found a solution on the mobilemusthave support site. Basically, make sure the WiFi WAN is the only active connection on the router. Other connections should be disabled. Then go to a device connected to the router and visit http://httpforever.com and the wifi login page will pop up.

This, apparently, is a site specifically designed to trigger the login page of a wifi service. After logging in, everything / other devices worked for me & you can enable any other connections you have.

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I use the one Apple uses to pop its captive portal login when connecting to wifi: http://captive.apple.com , its just returns ā€œsuccessā€ which is what iOS is looking for to skip or show portal browser.

Would be nice if Peplink implemented similar check and used an iframe when connecting to WiFi wan as an option.