Unbreakable VPN Connection for Fixing Captive Portals: Combine Starlink, Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, and DSL with Speedify
It’s a time to be alive! Internet is often available whenever we go even if you do not have cellular data on! Public Wi-Fi is everywhere and all you have to do is connect and you’re online! However, there’s a crucial step that you have to perform before you can go online on most public internet.
Most public Wi-Fi hotspots now have a page where they ask you to agree to a certain “Terms” before they will let you go online. That’s called a captive portal / splash page.
Speedify delivers an unbreakable VPN connection by intelligently bonding multiple internet sources, ensuring continuous uptime and encrypted protection.
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Should you have a backup 4G, 5G, Starlink, or cable internet connection?
Yes — every internet connection goes down, including Starlink, which drops for ~34 minutes a day on average. A backup connection from a different provider means one outage never takes you fully offline. The most common options are a 4G/5G cellular hotspot, a cable or DSL line, or a second satellite dish.
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Speedify combines 5G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellite into one secure and unbreakable VPN tunnel
Speedify is the only VPN app that seamlessly combines Wi-Fi, 4G / 5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellite internet into one unbreakable internet connection. You get faster upload and download speeds while no one can spy on what you do online. Speedify allows you to unblock restricted content by connecting to one of the VPN servers distributed across 6 continents in 50+ cities.
Speedify will automatically detect any available Internet connections on your device, encrypting and intelligently distributing your online traffic between them for optimal performance. If you need help we have quick start guides available for most common set ups.
Speedify gets you faster uploads and downloads from the devices around you
Speedify's Pair & Share feature lets you and the devices around you pair up and share 4G/5G cellular both ways, so every paired device gets faster uploads, faster downloads, and a steadier internet connection. All sides share and use each other's cellular at once, unlike a personal hotspot, where one device gives and the rest take.
Speedify's Pair & Share feature runs over the local network between devices already running Speedify, with no extra hardware and no new data plans. Speedify creates an encrypted pool of shared 4G/5G cellular connections across all paired devices. Each device taps into that shared pool of combined connections for faster upload and download speeds and a more reliable internet connection.
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How Automatic Detection of Captive Portal Works
Technically speaking, an authentication screen is displayed when a wireless user is not authorized to access the network resources. The authentication page is called a captive portal login page.
A captive portal can be triggered on the client device in 2 ways:
- DNS Redirection
- HTTP redirect to a splash page
Captive portals are not only used to authenticate / restrict users to connect. They can also “interact” with the users. Some public Wi-Fi networks can disconnect you for a certain amount of time. Others can cut you off after an hour, some can cut you off after you’ve reached a specific amount of data usage, and some are just too slow!
Captive Portals and Security – VPNs in the Detection Process
Whenever you’re using a VPN on your device and have to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot with a captive portal, you need to disconnect the VPN to get the splash page. That exposes you to security risks.
Most public internet connections allow their users to pay to get rid of the limitations or advertising splash screens every now and then. But captive portal pages should not interrupt your VoIP calls or the other activities you may be doing.
For seamless and secure Internet connectivity even with captive portals, we recommend you use Speedify bonding VPN. Unlike all the other VPN services available, Speedify can make the difference between a direct Internet connection and one that requires to display a splash / login page. When you join a WiFi hotspot with a captive portal:
- Speedify will show you a notification asking you if you want to login.
- In the meantime, your other ongoing online activities (like Skype / Slack calls, streaming, gaming) will continue to work via the cellular connection, protected by Speedify
- If you click the notification (or the message in the app), Speedify will pop up the login screen in a window.
- After you login successfully, Speedify will immediately start using the WiFi connection.
The best thing about Speedify is that it uses channel bonding technology to combine multiple Internet connections at once. This is how it can seamlessly provide protection when logging in on captive portals.
Secure Captive Portal Detection – Don’t Leave Speedify VPN Behind
Speedify is the only VPN app that can help you combine multiple internet connections (Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, Ethernet, Starlink, Satellite and more) to improve the stability, speed and security of your online experiences. Moreover, Speedify handles captive portals better than any other VPN:
- when it detects a captive portal, it automatically moves the traffic to and from the captive portal login page outside of the encrypted VPN tunnel
- once you successfully log onto the network, Speedify moves that direct traffic back to the VPN tunnel
- you can always use the split tunneling feature (Bypass) for specific services - this will put traffic to and from those outside of the bonded VPN tunnel.
Speedify offers encryption tailored to your device. If your processor does not support AES acceleration, Speedify will use the ChaCha encryption algorithm to deliver fast, secure performance, which works even on older phones.
Safely browse the internet without compromising your speed and reliability using Speedify.
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