Captive Portal on Home Wifi Network

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

I recently changed my wifi router to a tplink deco m5 mesh router in my bedroom and hallway to get better wifi coverage throughout my house. Ever since the change, everytime i connect to the network, it says i must login to use this network. My internet works fine even without logging into the captive portal.
I use the KDE spin btw. The issue starts when i try to open discover to update my system. The fetching updates takes a long time and eventually crashes before it completes. I thought my DNS was misconfigured and so contacted my ISP. They say things are working fine at their end and the problem is with my system/os.
This issue has been driving me up the wall the past few days. Neither the deco app nor the router login has any settings to disable/turn off captive wifi. The router is owned by the ISP so I cannot reset without their help or permission which they are not willing to do so.
How do I resolve this issue?

[glb (Gregory Lee Bartholomew)]

Could it be something to do with the new MAC randomization setting?

F40 Change Proposal: Wifi MAC Randomization (System Wide)

Assign individual, stable MAC addresses for Wi-Fi connections Wiki Announced This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux. This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. Summary Adopt stable-ssid as the default MAC address randomization mode for Wi-Fi networks in NetworkManager for Fedora 40…

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

I’m a bit hesitant to try this… my ISP is pretty dodgy and my internet works more or less. Its only discover that crashes on opening. This is the result of running plasma-discover from the terminal:

org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: OdrsReviewsBackend: Fetch ratings: false
adding empty sources model QStandardItemModel(0x55a180cb5540)
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/discover/qml/BrowsingPage.qml:17:1: QML BrowsingPage: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene.
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/servicemenu.knsrc” because: “Backend Servicemenu took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “servicemenu.knsrc”
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/messageviewer_header_themes.knsrc” because: “Backend KMail Header Theme took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “messageviewer_header_themes.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/ksieve_script.knsrc” because: “Backend Script Sieve took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “ksieve_script.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/korganizer.knsrc” because: “Backend KOrganizer Calendar took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “korganizer.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/kcardtheme.knsrc” because: “Backend Kcardtheme took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “kcardtheme.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/kpat.knsrc” because: “Backend Kpat took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “kpat.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/aurorae.knsrc” because: “Backend Aurorae Window Decorations took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “aurorae.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/kwineffect.knsrc” because: “Backend Desktop Effects took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “kwineffect.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/kwinscripts.knsrc” because: “Backend Window Manager Scripts took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “kwinscripts.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/kwinswitcher.knsrc” because: “Backend Task Switcher Styles took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “kwinswitcher.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/window-decorations.knsrc” because: “Backend Window Decorations took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “window-decorations.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/systemmonitor-faces.knsrc” because: “Backend System monitor Sensor Display Styles took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “systemmonitor-faces.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/systemmonitor-presets.knsrc” because: “Backend System monitor Sensor Presets took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “systemmonitor-presets.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/colorschemes.knsrc” because: “Backend Color Schemes took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “colorschemes.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/gtk_themes.knsrc” because: “Backend GNOME/GTK Application Styles took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “gtk_themes.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/icons.knsrc” because: “Backend Icons took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “icons.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/kfontinst.knsrc” because: “Backend Fonts took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “kfontinst.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/lookandfeel.knsrc” because: “Backend Global Themes took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “lookandfeel.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/plasma-themes.knsrc” because: “Backend Plasma Styles took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “plasma-themes.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/plasmoids.knsrc” because: “Backend Plasma Widgets took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “plasmoids.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/wallpaper-mobile.knsrc” because: “Backend Wallpapers took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “wallpaper-mobile.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/wallpaper.knsrc” because: “Backend Wallpapers took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “wallpaper.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/wallpaperplugin.knsrc” because: “Backend Wallpaper Plugins took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “wallpaperplugin.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/xcursor.knsrc” because: “Backend Cursors took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “xcursor.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/krunner.knsrc” because: “Backend Krunner took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “krunner.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/ksplash.knsrc” because: “Backend Splash Screens took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “ksplash.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/plasma-systemmonitor.knsrc” because: “Backend Pages took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “plasma-systemmonitor.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/comic.knsrc” because: “Backend Comics took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “comic.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
invalid kns backend! “/usr/share/knsrcfiles/sddmtheme.knsrc” because: “Backend Login Screen took too long to initialize”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend “sddmtheme.knsrc”
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180cf0cf0, name = “Games”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817bf750)
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: last stream isn’t over yet Filters(category: Category(0x55a180ce4770, name = “Developer Tools”),) ResourcesProxyModel(0x55a1817ea300)
kf.newstuff.core: “Operation canceled”
kf.newstuff.core: “Operation canceled”
KCrash: Application ‘plasma-discover’ crashing… crashRecursionCounter = 2
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[glb (Gregory Lee Bartholomew)]

It looks like things are timing out with “took too long”. It’s hard to say what would be causing that, but it could be a problem with the network connection. I don’t know enough about WiFi networks to be able to help. Maybe someone else knows what to look for.

[vgaetera (Vladislav Grigoryev)]

NetworkManager tends to confuse limited connectivity with a captive portal.
The connectivity check relies on the system DNS resolver and HTTP over IPv4/IPv6:
Tree - rpms/NetworkManager - src.fedoraproject.org

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

Thank you so much for the reply. That seems to have solved the captive portal issue now across two reboots. But discover is still crashing while attempting updates. I’m however able to do the updated via the terminal without any crashes.
I have tested discover on another wifi and there are no crashes there. It’s crashing only on this wifi. Any idea on what could cause this problem? Thanks again for your reply

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

Well actually scratch that. The captive portal warning appears again after about 10 minutes of logging into the desktop
I’m still able to use the net though. As i said i dont mind that. The main problem is discover crashing and i still have my doubts about whether these two problems are in fact related

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

Ok I’ve discovered two more problems now. A new chrome/firefox profile is not syncing any data over this wifi and protonvpn establishes a connection but the internet does not work. Is it a DNS problem? How do i troubleshoot this? Thanks in advance

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

I think I’ve found a solution. I don’t know if this is temporary or permanent, so I’m not yet marking it as solved.
I have added the public dns address for both ipv4 and 6 in both my router and the network manager. I’ve also made the network manager ignore the ipv6 connection(which seems to be the problem imo) It seems to have solved the captive portal problem. My net is working fine. I have yet to test if discover is still crashing because I’ve done my updates via the terminal. Maybe I need to wait a few more days to test if updates are still crashing discover.
However, Protonvpn still does not work. Its not a requirement for now. So i guess this can wait.

[safricariddle777 (safrica riddle)]

Haha. It seems to have worked. Discover is no longer crashing . And did an update through discover successfully on this wifi
Only protonvpn to solve now.