Samsung Tab S7+ won't connect to hotel wifi

[Spirit84]

My first post. Hoping someone can help me.
I am staying at a Marriott Fairfield Inn. When I click on the Fairfield wifi network I am supposed to be directed to the Fairfield login page to allow for the connection to be confirmed. Unfortunately I get a "DNS Failure" message. The front desk transferred me to a "help desk" which o think is a 3rd party computer help company. The tech tried everything she could but nothing worked. My Pixel 6 phone and my wife's iPhone X connected without issue.
I have turned off my VPN, cleared chrome cache, restarted multiple times to no avail.
This is very frustrating!
Any ideas would be appreciated!!

 

[AugieTN]

You need to use the stock browser the tablet came with. Didn't it come with Samsung Internet Browser?

 

[Spirit84]

Holy Hanna AugieTN!!
That worked!!!! OMG!
Now please explain to me why I would have to use the Samsung browser?? That is so weird.
I would never have guessed that in a million years.
Thank you so much!!
You're a genius!!

 

[ocnbrze]

Holy Hanna AugieTN!!
That worked!!!! OMG!
Now please explain to me why I would have to use the Samsung browser?? That is so weird.
I would never have guessed that in a million years.
Thank you so much!!
You're a genius!!

careful who you call a genius @AugieTN has been to known to get a big head when someone calls him a genius. it gets so big that his head might explode

i don't think i would have guessed that. i usually try changing the public ip address to 192.168.1.1 when i am trying to connect to public wifi (which i think is the same as hotel wifi)....this usually works for me in the past. weird though i have not had this issue in a long time

 

[AugieTN]

Holy Hanna AugieTN!!
That worked!!!! OMG!
Now please explain to me why I would have to use the Samsung browser?? That is so weird.
I would never have guessed that in a million years.
Thank you so much!!
You're a genius!!

ocnbrze is correct, I'm no genius, just a retired Union Electrician out of Chicago
The answer was just something I picked up from other wireless forums. I think it has to do with authentication.so you need to use your stock browser.

 

[Spirit84]

ocnbrze is correct, I'm no genius, just a retired Union Electrician out of Chicago
The answer was just something I picked up from other wireless forums. I think it has to do with authentication.so you need to use your stock browser.

Well:
Front desk told me that other people in the past have complained about this - they didn't know how to help
Marriott tech support - had no clue.
My techie friend back home who builds his own water cooled turbo computers and is a software expert - had no clue.
Retired electrician in Chicago figured it out in one try - genius!!
Don't argue!!