Online activation is not online?

I defined Online Activation for my workbook. My PC has Internet access… I built the workbook and am testing the resulting .exe. It misbehaves.
1 - The first popup “Activation Required” expects me to enter the Activation Token. If I leave it empty and just click Activate [hoping it will go online] all I get is an error popup “Please fill in mandatory fields (token)”.
2 - This contradicts the Padlock documentation which states “When the user clicks Activate, data is sent to the activation server:”

It forces me to go through Manual Activation. This should not be required.

What am I doing wrong?

Activation token is required for submitting data to the server. It’s necessary to identify the customer.