Can't Connect to Campground WiFi

[jeffo]

I click on their wifi and it says I am connected but I never get the login screen to put in the user name and password which is required. I have windows 7 on my laptop. My wife has an iphone and it works fine. When I try the laptop it connects and then I get a pop up message that says more information may be required and then it goes away. When I click on my browser it says I do not have a connection.

[BillandCarole]

Try bringing up your browser from a "cold start". Open Goggle and the page to login usually appears.
Bill

[BillandCarole]

Try bringing up your browser from a "cold start". Open Goggle and the page to login usually appears.
Bill

[2oldman]

When you bring up your browser, is the address bar empty?

Once in a while public wifi doesn't automatically provide the URL in the address bar to begin the connection procedure. If you can find out what that url is, you can paste that in, and see if it work.

[lanerd]

I've run across that occasionally. I normally use Firefox and when that happens, I just close it and open Internet Explorer...then the window comes up asking for the password. Once connected, I go back to Firefox.

Try that and see what happens.

Ron

[Robin1953]

DutchmenSport wrote:
It's possible your laptop is just out of date with technology. I have a laptop that absolutely will not connect to my Iphone WiFi, but it does connect to my home WiFi. Now a few weeks ago my home modem got hit by lightning and it also took out my router. The internet company swapped out the modem, but I had to get a new router. When everything was fixed, my laptop would not connect to the new router's WiFi. I wasn't surprised because it won't connect to my phone either. 2 days later I went out and purchased a new laptop.

He has Windows 7 so I suspect that his equipment may be Ok. No guarantee but I just left Win XP. I always stay back a bit with the new OS offerings and it takes a fairly beefy computer to use Win 7.

[Robin1953]

jeffo wrote:
When I try the laptop it connects and then I get a pop up message that says more information may be required and then it goes away. When I click on my browser it says I do not have a connection.

Click on the more information required message and it should open the window you need to enter the security information.

[DutchmenSport]

It's possible your laptop is just out of date with technology. I have a laptop that absolutely will not connect to my Iphone WiFi, but it does connect to my home WiFi. Now a few weeks ago my home modem got hit by lightning and it also took out my router. The internet company swapped out the modem, but I had to get a new router. When everything was fixed, my laptop would not connect to the new router's WiFi. I wasn't surprised because it won't connect to my phone either. 2 days later I went out and purchased a new laptop.

[FlatBroke]

travelbayshore14 wrote:
Lots of times we can connect using our tablet, but not with the laptop. Most of the KOA's we have stayed in have very poor wifi. Just saying.

Just the opposite for me. Laptop works where the iPad won't. Not much of a problem when I have one of each. Just sucks the iPad has a poor antenna.

[travelbayshore1]

Lots of times we can connect using our tablet, but not with the laptop. Most of the KOA's we have stayed in have very poor wifi. Just saying.

[MrWizard]

Are you running an " all in one anti virus SUITE"
There is a firewall in that, or it could be Windows 7 firewall

Goto control panel, security
To access your fire wall
Check there to see if the Wi-Fi signal is being access blocked

[jeffo]

I don't even get the screen to put the password in. I am at KOA but they only gave us one password. They just said that I must have a firewall up.

[filthy_beast]

Is it possible that you need a different password for each device? Did your wife login first? I know at one KOA that we use, each device needs a different password.