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[Bug 1967947] [NEW] WiFi will not connect to open WiFi with complicated re-direct

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Public bug reported:

I am at a Marriott Hotel and cannot connect to the open WiFi on
Ubuntu20.  The re-direct url they are using is complicated and the usual
tricks (which one does not have to use to connect using Windows, Macs or
Android) including http://<gateway-ip>, etc. do not work.

The redirect looks like (note the use of JavaScript to accomplish the
redirect also note the fact that I have typed this into a computer that
does have an internet connection):

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Redirecting...</TITLE>
<meta http-equiv="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT">
</HEAD><BODY>
<SPAN STYLE="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">
</SPAN>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
document.location.href="https://bwiam.cust.blueprintrf.com:8001/index.php?zone=guest&redirurl=https%3A%2F%2F52.1.100.109%2F;
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Even when I paste this curl-obtained content into "connect-
marriott.html" and then open in Chrome or FireFox, I do not get an
internet connection.  Chrome seems to make it a little farther than
FireFox as the title bar changes to:
"https://bwiam.cust.blueprintrf.com:8001/index.php?zone=guest&redirurl=https%3A%2F%2F52.1.100.109%2F";

Ubuntu 20.04.04 LTS

network-manager 1.22.10-1ubuntu2.3

Expected to happen: seamlessly taken to network usage agreement page on
open Wi-Fi network.

What happened instead:  Wi-Fi connected, but cannot reach the internet.
IPv4, IPv6 and DNS properly assigned via DCHP, just no passage through
gateway.

** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  WiFi will not connect to open WiFi with complicated re-direct

Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am at a Marriott Hotel and cannot connect to the open WiFi on
  Ubuntu20.  The re-direct url they are using is complicated and the
  usual tricks (which one does not have to use to connect using Windows,
  Macs or Android) including http://<gateway-ip>, etc. do not work.

  The redirect looks like (note the use of JavaScript to accomplish the
  redirect also note the fact that I have typed this into a computer
  that does have an internet connection):

  <HTML>
  <HEAD><TITLE>Redirecting...</TITLE>
  <meta http-equiv="no-cache">
  <meta http-equiv="expires" content="Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT">
  </HEAD><BODY>
  <SPAN STYLE="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">
  </SPAN>
  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  document.location.href="https://bwiam.cust.blueprintrf.com:8001/index.php?zone=guest&redirurl=https%3A%2F%2F52.1.100.109%2F;
  </SCRIPT>
  </BODY>
  </HTML>

  Even when I paste this curl-obtained content into "connect-
  marriott.html" and then open in Chrome or FireFox, I do not get an
  internet connection.  Chrome seems to make it a little farther than
  FireFox as the title bar changes to:
  "https://bwiam.cust.blueprintrf.com:8001/index.php?zone=guest&redirurl=https%3A%2F%2F52.1.100.109%2F";

  Ubuntu 20.04.04 LTS

  network-manager 1.22.10-1ubuntu2.3

  Expected to happen: seamlessly taken to network usage agreement page
  on open Wi-Fi network.

  What happened instead:  Wi-Fi connected, but cannot reach the
  internet.  IPv4, IPv6 and DNS properly assigned via DCHP, just no
  passage through gateway.

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