First Time User - Question about Authentication

[perfectreign]

I have an HP EliteBook. I added Mint as a dual-boot option and was running it fine. I'm on a wireless guest network that requires an acceptance page after joining.

Today I rebooted because i had taken the laptop home. When I started, the wifi connects but wont' bring up the authentication page. Hence, i have no connectivity to the internet. I've sopped and restarted the network and even forgotten the network.

I'm on an HP Eitebook with kernel 4.15.0-30 64-bit on Cinnamon 3.8.8

Any ideas?

[gm10]

Hmm. Only thing I can think of that you don't have this (usually pre-installed) package installed, run this command in a terminal window to make sure:

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apt install --reinstall network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu

PS: Also welcome to the forums!

[srq2625]

Following up on what gm10 wrote, you can test it by running the following command in a command terminal (I've run the command and provided the expected output):

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$ apt-cache policy network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu
network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu:
  Installed: 1.10.6-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.10.6-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.10.6-2ubuntu1 500
        500 http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[perfectreign]

Okay, on the apt-cache i get an unable to locate package. I get a "unable to fetch archives" on the apt install command.

I'll take the device home and check it on my wifi.

[gm10]

Okay, on the apt-cache i get an unable to locate package. I get a "unable to fetch archives" on the apt install command.

I'll take the device home and check it on my wifi.

That package is not available in Mint 18 but your OP seemed to indicate you are on Mint 19.