captive portals don't work with VPNs. A captive portal is simply a redirect to a login page for the purpose of authorizing a device to use a network. No VPN wil

captive portals don't work with VPNs. A captive portal is simply a redirect to a login page for the purpose of authorizing a device to use a network. No VPN will work until the device has had a chance to open a web browser and pass through the captive portal. Once the device is approved to pass traffic through the network, the captive portal no longer plays any role. what gogo did was make some very poor decisions regarding proxying. in which case, yes, VPN can circumvent that.