Captive Portal Auto-login Setup through Router (is this even a thing?)

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Jay Adama
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PostCaptive Portal Auto-login Setup through Router (is this even a thing?)
by Jay Adama » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:20 am

So, the place I've moved into in Tokyo has a kind of weird system for the internet. There's an ethernet wall socket and a cable box/wireless access point which has one ethernet port in and one out.

No matter how you're connected, wireless or wired, you need to go through a captive portal i.e. enter a username and password every time you access the network again (so I have to log in on my phone when I come home but then it stays logged in till the morning). It's a bit annoying though having to log in every day, especially on PS4 and the like and it also means that anything that uses the internet but doesn't have a browser can't connect.

Now, I brought an Apple Airport Extreme router with me as I wasn't sure if I'd have wireless access and it seems like I can plug this straight into the wall or via the cable box and it works fine as a wireless access point (though I still have to enter the username/password for every device).

My question is: is there anyway I can get the router to automatically log in to the captive portal on its own so that any device connect to it no longer needs to log in all the time?

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Green Gecko
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PostRe: Captive Portal Auto-login Setup through Router (is this even a thing?)
by Green Gecko » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:31 am

Thread title sounds like a guide to Elite Dangerous.

I'm afraid I can't help you, but sorry, Internet is weird in Japan. I think my brother has to actually dial up to broadband, it's ISDN, so maybe that's it?

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Preezy
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PostRe: Captive Portal Auto-login Setup through Router (is this even a thing?)
by Preezy » Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:10 pm

I would imagine the local samuraii robot police would distribute internet access in capsules that you stick in your ear to upload to your brain. Or something.


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