# Can't connect to free wifi

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784>\
**Category:** Customer Services\
**Tags:** wifi\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784 "2018-07-26T00:42:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ratchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ratchild](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ratchild)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/1 "2018-07-26T00:42:37Z")

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I can’t connect to free wifi. about half the time when i try it loads and then just disappears and the other half it give me a bad password error message. no problem with private wifi. if i go into info it says the ip is not connected

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**Author:** ![Godzil](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/godzil/32/60_2.png) [@Godzil](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Godzil)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/2 "2018-07-26T07:29:44Z")

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Well the problem is, if that most free WiFi need you to log on a webpage, I doubt that the GAmeShell have any facility for that 😕

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**Author:** ![skywalker101](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/skywalker101/32/132_2.png) [@skywalker101](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/skywalker101)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/3 "2018-07-26T07:33:38Z")

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Not all free WiFi’s need that. Make a hotspot on your phone instead. Or try another free WiFi.

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**Author:** ![Godzil](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/godzil/32/60_2.png) [@Godzil](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Godzil)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/4 "2018-07-26T07:39:54Z")

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Sure, but my phone hotspot have a password 😅 (don’t want other people to get access to it!) and it’s not free 😅😅

(I rephrase my original answer as it is “most” not all and you are right about that)

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**Author:** ![Petrakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/petrakis/32/256_2.png) [@Petrakis](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Petrakis)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/5 "2018-07-26T07:40:11Z")

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Yeah if the free wifi (Like mcdonalds) has a [captive portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal) you need to accept the EULA in order to access to the wifi.

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**Author:** ![ratchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ratchild](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ratchild)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/6 "2018-07-26T11:24:37Z")

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i have my wifi split in half with a private network and a guest network i can only connect to the private one

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**Author:** ![ratchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ratchild](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ratchild)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cant-connect-to-free-wifi/784/7 "2018-07-26T11:26:41Z")

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there is no captive portal because it is my personal wifi. a phone hotspot would work good idea!