how do i connect to a public wifi that requires a browser redirect to sign in?

The dns change might help.

steve

these are useful tips but i always try them and they mostly don't work. for some reason my pc is not recognizing the redirect. i know the redirect is there because my iphone browser always goes there automatically. when i have tried typing in the redirect address into my pc browser that the iphone has been sent to that doesn't work either.   when i use the network diagnostic tools i sometimes (rarely) get the message that pops up to say there is a redirect - those are the times when the redirect works. most other times the network diagnostic tools try to fix the problem but can't.

i just discovered that my dns server option was set to a specific address and not to "obtain automatically". i switched it to "obtain automatically". i'll get a chance to try this later - maybe this will fix the problem?

thanks again for your help.

jay

In such cases, what I've done is to attempt to go to another site in IE and it usually redirects to the sign in site.  You can try disconnecting and reconnecting also and then surfing to a site and see if it will then redirect.  If you get connected once, then save the site to which you were referred in your favorites so you can then just click on that if you don't get redirected.

steve

Hi,

Once you comes into range of the Wifi, you should notify you of the Wireless connections close. If your computer isn’t password protected you just hit connect then browse. If its asking for a redirect page, I would suggest you to ask the person where you are trying to get access from and see if they can assist you.

thanks! most of the time i am at a public place like a cafe where the employees don't know anything about the wifi access other than if a security code is needed.