Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #997200
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 997200

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Aron Xu (happyaron) wrote : Re: Test for captive portal before putting applications in online mode

Just did some testing with up-to-date 16.04 LTS:

1. Initial state:
Wi-Fi enabled, but not connected to any network; ethernet is unplugged.

$ nmcli general
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
disconnected none enabled enabled enabled enabled

2. Connect to a SSID that has captive portal:
$ nmcli general
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
connected full enabled enabled enabled enabled

This means network-manager has put the state to connected and emits a signal of full connectivity, which makes other applications "think" the device is online with full access to the Internet.