I prefer to use public Wi-Fi usually because the cell data is often unreliable and bandwidth too low.
I’m using modern device (S23U) that supports Wi-Fi 6/E and on one of the public networks I use regularly, I’m being blocked from doing things that I troubleshooted and verified work on my cell data, but not on the Wi-Fi:
- Cloudflare WARP will not activate to give my connection privacy.
- I can’t seem to get any multiplayer mobile games that use Google Play services to work, possibly a P2P block? They won’t update or let me login.
- Certain streaming sites and apps don’t work.
I haven’t bothered with other VPNs because I don’t like to risk my accounts on VPNs. Too many stories of people being banned from Google/Amazon whatever because they used a dirty IP address from a VPN. The only thing I trust is Cloudflare WARP to give some degree of privacy.
I’m basically fully exposed on public Wi-Fi. Please tell me what’s wrong here.
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You can try setting up a VPN on your home network to collect to and route out
You’re using someone else’s network, you play by their rules. That’s basically it. If they block multiplayer games and the VPN you want to use then they’re blocked, either use a different VPN and walk to a different coffee shop 🤷
The thing you’re trying to do? Save your cell data? The people who own those public Wi-Fi know you’re trying to do that and they put blocks and so people don’t use up all of their bandwidth trying to do that.
Yup OP’s post history shows they’re trying to be frugal and get away with cheap plan + free public wifi, but free public wifi is usually insecure and doesn’t allow all services /protocols because it’s free !
Why are you creepily stalking my history? Get off my post.
Using public wifi is a way of sites not letting you in. You talked about “dirty” IPs being used and using Public Wifi is a great way to end up with one of those because anyone can use it.
If services are not letting you in, it’s either because the wifi is blocking certain things, or because they don’t like where you’re coming from. You’re experiencing the same issue you are trying to avoid by not using a VPN. Unless this network also blocks VPNs (they might) you want a reputable VPN like Private Internet Access, but since you seem to be non trusting of this, I’m not sure what to tell you.
When you say public wifi, do you mean like the library or from restaurants? If so, they can control what traffic they allow on their network and can blacklist traffic from VPNs.
Dude, you are on public wifi…you want less security, you got it. The reason you can’t get to stuff is because said network is blocking access. I refuse to use public wifi without a VPN, all it takes is someone with a tiny bit of knowledge and a copy of Kali Linux to setup a man in the middle attack and steal all your passwords.
You should be using a VPN. If you’re afraid of a “dirty IP” then pay for Google One ($19/year).
That’ll get you 100GB of storage and Google’s VPN that’ll work on all your devices. Most of the IPs you get with Google One VPN report as Google Fiber or Google One ISP and are so clean you’ll hardly get captchas.
I always use a VPN on public WiFi and the only issue I have found it streaming sites don’t let you connect because they cannot verify what country you are in. I have never been banned from anything.
Without a VPN the security is much lower, some sites will have access blocked by the public WiFi admin and some sites will block access from a public WiFi connection.
Lol, I use a VPN to get around this if needed. I pay for one so idk what you mean about “dirty” here. I feel insulted
Unless your upload bandwidth is total horseshit, set up a VPN connection to your home router. If the connection gets blocked, try different ports. TCP port 443 usually works (although TCP is not ideal for OpenVPN).
I have an S23U as well. What happens when you turn on Secure Wi-Fi? A.k.a, the Samsung VPN. You get a gig free per month, so it won’t cost you anything to test.
like others have mentioned public wifi is considered untrustworthy since its a easy man in the middle attack waiting to happen. thus websites will block logins from it considering how easy it is to compromise.
I have found that many people don’t see the landing page you get redirected to when you connect to Wi-Fi. Open a browser to google.com, or really any other website, and it’ll make you agree to their terms before granting you access to the Internet.