I am using Ubuntu 17.10 and recently I started having a wifi connection problem at a local ISP (wispotter) hotspots.

Normally after connecting to this open wifi, I was redirected to a login portal but starting from last week (I don't remember changing any of my configs), I started having a problem.

When I try to connect open wifi, my computer optains and IP address but wifi connection status stay at question mark (?)

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I will appreciate any kind of support to solve this issue.

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After I read this blog, I managed to solve the problem following the procedure below:

Problem seems to be related with enabling the "captive portal handling" in GNOME.

To enable it, create a file /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity-debian.conf with the following content:

[connectivity] uri= response=NetworkManager is online interval=300

Then restart NetworkManager using the command:

sudo service network-manager restart

Once this is done, whenever you connect to a network with a captive portal, GNOME will automatically open the captive portal login page where you can login to get access to the internet. Please note that the requests to the connectivity test URL could be logged and be aware of its privacy implications though no personally identifiable information is sent.

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