# Better handling of open wifi network authentication needed

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/better-handling-of-open-wifi-network-authentication-needed/4623>\
**Category:** Wish list\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/better-handling-of-open-wifi-network-authentication-needed/4623 "2021-01-28T17:28:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![wizzofodd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/wizzofodd/32/2472_2.png) [@wizzofodd](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/wizzofodd)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/better-handling-of-open-wifi-network-authentication-needed/4623/1 "2021-01-28T17:28:48Z")

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Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.01 consistently fails to bring up the authentication page for my college’s wifi network. Other OSs like Mac OS, Windows, and Android don’t have problems with this.

I have found a workaround: Although URLs are blocked instead of redirecting, IP addresses such as 1.1.1.1 are forwarded to the login page.

It would be great if Ubuntu didn’t botch authenticating on these kinds of networks.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/better-handling-of-open-wifi-network-authentication-needed/4623/2 "2021-01-28T18:01:32Z")

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Its something I would dearly love to have in the distro. It’s an area though I cannot myself reproduce so would love someone who can, to produce a working solution.