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How to log into a captive portal (public WiFi) when you have a system wide private DNS? (self.privacy)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Hi all

I'm using DNS over TLS with Quad9 as my DNS provider.
This works great in most circumstances, but when I want to connect to a public wifi, like at school or in the library, it's not possible to open the Captive portal page, and I can't use the network.

Is there some way to easily make this work? Maybe exclude these networks from private DNS?
Or a way to easily switch between network configurations?

I'm using systemd resolved, but configured with a private dns via my NixOs configuration.

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just have a dedicated browser used for the login that is excluded from your DNS.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago

    I was looking at this one: Captive Browser

    But would it work if I have my private DNS configured on system level?

    I was also thinking to just disable the private DNS and configure it in firefox, but then it would only block trackers/ads in the browser, not in any other application.

    Would make it easy to toggle off for a second to login to a captive portal though, or have a separate firefox profile for that (like davel mentioned)

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