Captive Portal Issue with Bell Fibe Internet

GregD
Contributor

Hoping someone can help me out. I've spent a lot of time with Bell technical support and we don't seem to be getting anywhere. They recently upgraded me from a Hub 4000 to a GigaHub to try to solve my problems but they still persist. Here's what going on:

Problem 1: My Kindle e-reader cannot login to the wifi. I get a message after I login to the wifi that I need to login a second time. That results in an error message in the Kindle's internet browser that, either "the network is a captive portal and captive portals are not supported," or "Oops! To access the Internet using this connection you need a subscription to Fibe internet. (this a https://wgp.bell.ca/ url)"

Problem 2: For some websites on our PC computers we get a Bell Screen that reads "Oops! To access the Internet using this connection you need a subscription to Fibe internet. (this a https://wgp.bell.ca/ url)" Other websites work from and there is no obvious problem with the wifi network but the PC shows connect to the network, but no internet access... except there is internet access. Note, this does not happen on my MacBook. That computer seems to access the network fine.

Problem 3: iMessage on our iPhones get's logged out a few times a day if we're on the wifi network. If I turn wifi off it's fine and I do not have this problem on other networks.  

Bell claims that everything is working fine as far as they can see. We've done done all the standard diagnostics, restarts, resets, etc. They sent me a new Hub 4000 which didn't solve the problem. Then they tried a GigaHub and the problem still persists. My sense is that something is wrong as it relates to being authenticated by Bell. 

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BellPatricia
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Hi @GregD 

Welcome to the Bell Community and thank you for reaching out 🙂

That is an interesting situation and we want to dig into it a bit more.

When did this happen last while using your Kindle/accessing a website (date/time) and did you follow the prompts on the page to set up your internet? 

Which website are you accessing when that occurs?

Are you using any third party equipment such as a router or a Wi-Fi extender? If you are can you try unplugging the equipment and make sure your device/computer is connected directly to the Bell modem/pod?

Hope to hear from you soon,

@BellPatricia 

 

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I think you might have hit onto something @BellPatricia 

We have a range extender that the Bell Smart Home technician installed near our front door for the door bell camera. It doesn't show up in any wifi lists but I just unplugged it and I think the problem might be solved!

No one else has called that out the extender as a possible problem so thank you so much.

If this doesn't solve the problem I'll report back.

cheers

Greg

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BellPatricia
Moderator

Hi @GregD 

Welcome to the Bell Community and thank you for reaching out 🙂

That is an interesting situation and we want to dig into it a bit more.

When did this happen last while using your Kindle/accessing a website (date/time) and did you follow the prompts on the page to set up your internet? 

Which website are you accessing when that occurs?

Are you using any third party equipment such as a router or a Wi-Fi extender? If you are can you try unplugging the equipment and make sure your device/computer is connected directly to the Bell modem/pod?

Hope to hear from you soon,

@BellPatricia 

 

I think you might have hit onto something @BellPatricia 

We have a range extender that the Bell Smart Home technician installed near our front door for the door bell camera. It doesn't show up in any wifi lists but I just unplugged it and I think the problem might be solved!

No one else has called that out the extender as a possible problem so thank you so much.

If this doesn't solve the problem I'll report back.

cheers

Greg