Thread: Kobo Aura will not connect to WIFI
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Old 08-13-2016, 02:58 AM   #21
davidfor
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Originally Posted by loltun View Post
I will look into logging the activity on the router. Maybe it will show something.

I use opendns so it is possible that a site could be blocked but would the Aura HD use a different site for verification? My Aura HD has no problem.
It would be good to know the sites it checks.
Using OpenDNS shouldn't be a problem. It should just be resolving the addresses. I doubt if these would be URLs they would block.

I did a search and found the two URLs here. They are:

Old: http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html
Current: http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt

Both are working here.
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Originally Posted by loltun View Post
Don't most of these places use Captive Portals?
If so, that would block the URL check that Davidfor mentioned and would make it impossible to connect.

I also found this
https://github.com/kobolabs/Kobo-Reader/issues/14
The current firmware should work with hotspots that need to login. Kobo added that a while ago and I think that is part of the reason for changing the test URL. I haven't needed to do this much, but I have just enough to know it works.
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