Windows software for automatically logging to captive portal wifi

sid · 26 Jun 2016 at 20:34

As titled really,

there are no user details to enter, just need to click ok to accept T and C

This is frustrating to do every 24 hours on all my pcs. Would prefer if there was something which would do this automatically.

Thanks
sid

bledd · 26 Jun 2016 at 20:50

Is it your wifi?
Can they be added to an exemption list by mac address?

sid · 26 Jun 2016 at 22:39

BoatyMcBoatface said:
Is it your wifi?
Can they be added to an exemption list by mac address?

No its public Wifi

pdw8 · 27 Jun 2016 at 01:03

Chances are there will be a DHCP lease limit set by the provider and I wouldn't advise having personal PCs permanently connected to public wifi anyway.

joeyjojo · 27 Jun 2016 at 08:16

The way to do this automatically is to construct an HTTP request that mimics the tick-box-submit one, and run a script that periodically checks for connectivity and submits that request to the gateway once it times out.

As pdw8 says, you should be cautious using any public wifi network. Anyone connected to it can sniff all your unencrypted traffic, and partially identify encrypted traffic. On top of that your clients are more vulnerable to attacks from within the network than they would be behind NAT.