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TLDR; Force a captive portal to appear be going to a any HTTP not HTTPS website like http://canireachthe.net OS’s use HTTP probes to check Internet connectivity (this could break from time to time) Consider using DHCP Option 114 for better Captive Portal redirection, read me at #Advanced Captive Portal Detection Captive Portal Detection Different Operating Systems and some Applications have similar but distinct methods to detect if a network is using a Splash page or Captive Portal....

Ethernet Auto Negotiation Acouple points of calrifcation Ethernet is the Data-Link layer 2 protocol that all of these standards (both Copper and Fiber) connections us. At times seemly mainly from ISPs, but with certain products it is “recommened” staticly set speeds and duplex. This can espically for fiber not make sense to do, or go against standards and network vendor recommendations. What is Auto Negotiation Ethernet Auto-Negotiation is a feature that allows two connected Ethernet devices to automatically determine the best common settings for communication....