I have a weird situation. I have an SMC8014W-G modem/router at my upstairs desktop and D-Link DAP-1360 Range Extender on the main floor. I can connect from wifi being initially turned off to either spot no problem. BUT I cannot move my phone or tablet from one of their locations to another unless I turn off my Tablet`s WiFi for about 5-10 minutes before turning at back on at the new location, or it will not connect. This is a problem with my network, because the same thing happens on my android phone. Still working on it. I`ve seen others across the web talk about this problem with other mobile devices, while saying the problem doesn`t happen on PC type devices like laptops.
To test that out, I turned my phone's hotspot on. Using my tablet I was able to switch between my home connection and my phone's wifi signal back and forth with no delay at all. But moving from my router's location to my repeater's location could not be done unless I waited 5-10 minutes whether it's on my phone or my tablet.
The entire network is on "802.11 G" (can't used mixed mode or N, that's a whole other story we're not going to get into here) and both router and repeater are set to exactly the same gateway, DNS, network name etc. Encryption is WPA2. The only difference between them is that my main router is set to be a DHCP server, while the repeater is not (it says I can leave DHCP Server off if the router's is on. Perhaps that's wrong, I still have to try that). And my router settings only shows WPA2-PSK while my repeater has more detailed options showing WPA2 Cipher Type: AES PSK/EAP: Personal.
omnius1 said:
I have a weird situation. I have an SMC8014W-G modem/router at my upstairs desktop and D-Link DAP-1360 Range Extender on the main floor. I can connect from wifi being initially turned off to either spot no problem. BUT I cannot move my phone or tablet from one of their locations to another unless I turn off my Tablet`s WiFi for about 5-10 minutes before turning at back on at the new location, or it will not connect. This is a problem with my network, because the same thing happens on my android phone. Still working on it. I`ve seen others across the web talk about this problem with other mobile devices, while saying the problem doesn`t happen on PC type devices like laptops.
To test that out, I turned my phone's hotspot on. Using my tablet I was able to switch between my home connection and my phone's wifi signal back and forth with no delay at all. But moving from my router's location to my repeater's location could not be done unless I waited 5-10 minutes whether it's on my phone or my tablet.
The entire network is on "802.11 G" (can't used mixed mode or N, that's a whole other story we're not going to get into here) and both router and repeater are set to exactly the same gateway, DNS, network name etc. Encryption is WPA2. The only difference between them is that my main router is set to be a DHCP server, while the repeater is not (it says I can leave DHCP Server off if the router's is on. Perhaps that's wrong, I still have to try that). And my router settings only shows WPA2-PSK while my repeater has more detailed options showing WPA2 Cipher Type: AES PSK/EAP: Personal.
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I have a similar problem with my TP-link WA5210G wifi extender.
My laptop connect fine,but my phones for some reason don't want to connect,they just stay on the obtaining IP and don't connect,i have mine in universal repeater.
And my phone and PS3 will just not connect.
I am guessing that you have this thing turned on in "Repeater Mode"?
Are you using it in Repeater or WDS mode?
Repeater but I solved the issue with newer router now it's handing off properly. There's a slight disconnect and reconnect for a few secs when moving between the 2 points but that's liveable
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omnius1 said:
Repeater but I solved the issue with newer router now it's handing off properly. There's a slight disconnect and reconnect for a few secs when moving between the 2 points but that's liveable
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That's how it should be unless you're using the commercial routers I use at work. Those are generally way above consumer price points, though. Even at my house, I have a four second handoff time between router and AP.
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Hello,
I have got two wireless routers at home and my XDA Exec is connected to wireless router A.
i am trying to change the settings on my xda so that it connects to wireless router B, but i cant find the place where i can change the settings,
can you guys help me.
hi
i have managed to find out how to delete items from the list, by pushing hard on the stylus, i get the option of removing from the list.
I can't connect to the network which i want to connect to, originally i had it connect to my network "BTHome-hub" with no problem, and i wanted it to connect to my netgear router which is an unencrypted network, not connected to the internet.
to force it to reject the BTHome_hub, i changed the WEP key(yes, i am a noobie), so that i could get the next network, and then i started getting this problem of the xda showing all the devices in the neigbourhood as available (and some old devices which is shows as unavailable), and it runs through each of those available devices, trying to connect to each of them, and it fails to do that.
i have gone through a number of the posts on the forums. and have tried the following.
1. change Power Mode to Best Performance !! in my Wifi Settings.
2. i had no mac filtering on any of my routers, and have turned on mac router on one of the routers and added the mac address of my xda
3. i tried the following start-settings-connections-network cards-my network card connects work and rest to internet, this time around i was prompted for a password, whereas neither does my router have a password and the authentications i open and data encryption is disabled
(does connects to (in configure wireless network) the internet/work make any difference?
if one of the routers has a strongers signal than the other, would the xda wireless get confused and try to connect to the router with the stronger signal?
i was thinking that channel 11(on which i am) is quite busy and hence i changed the channel to channel 1, do i need to make the channel modiiications on the xda as well
what does the soft reset rest?
a) soft reset is like turning your desktop/laptop computer off and then on again. hard reset is like reinstalling the operating system on your pc.
b) if one router has such a bad signal that the universal loses the connection, the uni will look for another router. it will ask you which new one to connect to unless it already has settings for a new one.
c) if you're getting interference problems, set the router to channel 13. it's europe-legal only so american routers don't usually use it. your clients (pc's and your universal) will scan for the right channel.
d) at the pc shop where i work, we get LOTS of problems with BT Home Hubs' wifi - so don't think it's your fault, it probably isn't.
Hi
I want to connect my x1 to my home wifi network. I got ZyXel router, with open wifi with mac filter, after i added my x1 mac to that filter, I can connect to my wifi, but IE/opera can't load any page, even though x1 write that, it is connected to my wifi... where can be problem?
Lol, I love those guys who protected their Wifi network with only a MAC filter. They give me free access to the internet every time.
Seriously, MAC-filters are bypassed within 15 seconds.
So how about changing your security to WPA and then trying it with your X1 again?
Btw, ontopic, check with vxUtils if your settings are correctly set up. It could be a missing DNS for example.
thx, i'll look into it, but shouldn't the dns be set up on router? why would phone need dns?
btw: i know mac filter is good fo nothing, but in my position someone would need to break in my house to enter the wifi area, mac filter is there just for quest with autolookup wifi and autoupdate on some softs.. but even if i deactivate the mac filter phone cannot connect... i mean it is connected.. it got an ip.. but cannot load any web page.
well on this soft i can see my ip, gateway, dns but WINS is not set.. i don't know if it need to... I even tried to set up dns manually but it didn't work either.. where could be the problem?
Are you able to ping the Gateway, your desktop, google's IP?
It could ofcourse be one of those 'compatibility issues' some mobile devices have with some routers.
[double post, caused by incredibly unresponsive XDA Forum]
I wanted to try that.. but i neve found cmd line to do this
Crazy thing.. now it is working.. without any action from me.. it is slow and has very weak signal if i'm in another room as router.. but it works.. i'll test it more deeply(when i'll get to some other free wifi) and write result someday.
Sorry to doublepost but as it seems, wifi still isn't working. Back then it just reloaded from memory when it was connected to pc.
In IE it writes "locating" so it really may be bad dns servers... but even if try to acces direct google IP. It stuck on locating and then write an error(connection lost..) I also tried to set up dns servers manually but it didn't work either.
Anything else I can try?
try
http://network-tools.en.softonic.com/pocketpc
Well, ping is full of timeouts(95% bad).. tracert also, but it can found ip from hostname so dns works... Same with pinging my desktop or gateway. It can't be signal i'm sitting next to my router with full signal on pocket pc.
btw: i used vxUtil for this, i couldn't download network tools.
is the gateway and ip of the device
set to be on the same subnet as
other wifi devices connected?
I'm using dhcp.. only pc got static ip. Mobile got the next available ip. I can't find subnet on mobile but there is no reason for it to use different than standart(/24).
I think that than it wouldn't ping anything... but it did.. only 5% but it did.
edit: yes other wifi devices(notebooks) can connect.
Keep in mind that the antenna of the X1 is very ****ty, when i am 1mtr removed from my router I get only mediocre reception, 2 'bars' according to Windows Mobile.
When I go to another room, the reception is lost, although WM says its still connected.
Does standing next to the router help anything? (ping)
Well I though so also... but even if i was less than a feet from antenna ping didn't change. I tried to look at it from other side, i mean what if problem is with router. So I updated firmware... and now it's working.. i can be nearly 10 meters away from router (between is atleast 1m wide stone wall). And with 1 bar I'm connected with real speed of 1Mb(1.5 is max). I got old notebook with also don't have n type wifi. And it's about the same distance. So it's nt bad.
Thank you all for help. And if anyone have similar problem with ZyXel wifi router, try firmware upgrade.
I know Google has said they are looking into it. But this is ridiculous. The N1 can not handle WPA2 connections. Even though it saves the connection and password, it almost never reconnects automatically. From what I was reading on the Google help forum, it appears to have compatibility issues with many retail routers and they suggest upgrading the firmware on our routers. Throughout my day, I may connect to 3 different APs. One is a standard Linksys wrt54g with sveasoft, the others I connect to are Cisco APs.
None of them automatically reconnect. Most of the time on the Linksys, I have to delete the connection on the phone and re-add it.
I still like this phone but between the 3g and wifi issue, it is a pain to use.
I won't pretend to understand all that you just said, but I can tell you that my router is set up using WPA2-PSK. Not sure if it is the same as just WPA2 but my N1 reconnects to mine whenever I get in range. Then at the office it will connect to the WPA2-PSK set up in there, and one more regular open connection that is available at our pool. Pretty much every time I look at it, it is connected to one of those 3. Or else if I am OOR of any of those, I am on 3G.
My home router is a Belkin -N. Work routers are a Netgear -N and a D-Link -N.
I've got a Netgear WNR2000 on WPA2, and I can confirm I occasionally have this issue with the phone not connecting to the network automatically. It usually does if I go into settings and touch it to reconnect again.
There is an easy solution for any WIFI problems, use a Mac Filter!!
I have to go into Settings > Wireless & Networks > WiFi Settings before my Nexus One will reconnect to my home router, which is also using WPA2-PSK.
Hopefully it'll be sorted in a firmware update, it is annoying having to go through 3 screens to do something that my Nokia Symbian phones have been doing without issue for almost5 years...
I am having no problems auto connecting to my home WPA2 network, I am using AES encryption and running DD-WRT firmware if it helps.
philaldred said:
There is an easy solution for any WIFI problems, use a Mac Filter!!
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Mac Filters are no replacement for WPA2 or encryption. Almost every device has the ability to spoof a mac address. Using a mac filter might help quickly eject roaming devices nearby, but it is NOT security.
Its like using a No Trespassing sign to replace locking your doors and windows.
i found that APNDriod may be a possible culprit....
Before I installed APNDriod , every times I go back home, my N1 will connect to my home WiFi almost immediately.
But after I install APNDriod, my N1 will not connect to my home WiFI.....I need to go into the Wireless setting screen, once i am on that screen WiFi it will connect.
But it is strange this I don't have this issue in my office, it just connect automatically before and after installing APNDriod.
Today I tried NOT to use APNDriod for a day and my N1 connect to my home WiFi without issue..... will do more experiment tmr.
Netgear WNR3500 w/ WPA2-PSK. Reconnects every time I am in range.
I find that my Linksys is the worst. The Cisco Aironet 1121 is better, but still has occasional connection issues. And I have not installed APNDroid.
On another note, when my phone switches from 3g to 2g and vice versa, it takes a long time for the data connection to resume
My network at home is setup with WPA2. I have no problems connecting to it... I click on the little wireless icon, and wait for it to say "wireless settings updated" and also wait for the wireless icon to show up near the time... then i will start browsing
I have a Dynalink RTA1025W
My wifi is working now. See h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5773148&postcount=26
No problem reconnecting to my home network with WPA2 . Apple's Airport Extreme.
No problems here connecting to my Belkin N1 router. Connects the moment its in range.
Setup using WPA2-PSK
im having this exact same problem on my D-link Dir 615!
Pisses me off alot, i hope Google fix it!
I found that unless I was on channel 6 or 11 I had issues
AES-CCMP, TKIP or WPA Cisco521G will not connect
My cisco 521AP does not connect using any type of encryption, it only works with open authentication. Expensive phone like this that doesnt work with business class products is a joke.
xoveruk said:
My cisco 521AP does not connect using any type of encryption, it only works with open authentication. Expensive phone like this that doesnt work with business class products is a joke.
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@xoveruk - Someone must be able to help sort out this issue !
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My cisco 521AP does not connect using any type of encryption, it only works with open authentication. Expensive phone like this that doesnt work with business class products is a joke.
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My suggestion is - check what you're doing wrong before assuming the phone is at fault. And check that you're using PSK.
SEC AUTH ENCRYPTION
No security None Open - working
WEP WEP Open - no
WPA-PSK TKIP WPA-PSK - no
WPA2-PSK AES CCMP WPA-PSK - no
android 2.2 on N1, FRF91
A picture is better than 1000 words.
For an application I'm trying to get this configuration working:
Is this possible or not?
WiFi Tethering to a WiFi Router / Network
Yes, IF your wifi router will accept wifi as an input.
If all of the devices need to be on a network OTHER than your cell phone, then yes, you need a router. The router will have to accept wifi as it's source.
If all of the devices can be on the same wifi network as your cell, then you can get a wifi repeater or range extender. Repeaters "extend" the range that wifi will reach. I don't see that as an issue here as should be able to place your cell phone well within range of your other wifi-enabled devices.
I don't immediately see why you can't have all of the devices connect to your phone directly, but I don't know anything about the application you are working on.
What I cannot say is whether this setup could bypass the number of wifi devices your service provider limits you to. I know my hotspot (Verizon) limits you to five concurrent.
I hope I've answered your question and I've helped. BTW - your picture was perfect!
Thank you for your explanation.
This is a very specific setup.
The router is an Airlink NMini and I carry in my pocket. It has to be near my camera for the wifi connection to work. I get a lot of interference from wireless equipment on my photoshoots. The Wifi router is trong enough to overpower the interference (only when used in B-mode). It's hooked up to a 5 volt power pack.
Close to me I have an Android tablet for quick selecting the right images, then the images are copied over to a remote laptop that is used by my colleage to edit the images.
I needed the internet connection for sending the processed images to a ftp server or dropbox, so my clients can download the images.
I tried using the router as a relay/bridge, but couldn't get that to work. Maybe it's possible, but that's higher networking config.
I finally got it to work by connecting the phone to the laptop using usb.
Configured the laptop for ICS connecting the USB-internet connection to the wireless router. Had to set ip adresses manually, becaue the dhcp of the router did not transmit the correct gateway. But as there are only 2 devices attached, that's not a problem after documenting this change.
So I'm good to go for our next photo assigment. Case closed.
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Sweet setup man
As stated, when my phone (HTC One S) is connected to my WiFi network, I can't connect with my tablet (A500, Thor ICS v170). It just keeps trying to obtain IP address and never connects.
Weird thing is, if I turn both devices off, connect my tablet to the wifi first and then connect my phone it will work. This only happens when my phone is connected first.
Is this a software issue? Is it something to do with my router and maybe a lease or some network thing? Please help..this is very annoying.
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As stated, when my phone (HTC One S) is connected to my WiFi network, I can't connect with my tablet (A500, Thor ICS v170). It just keeps trying to obtain IP address and never connects.
Weird thing is, if I turn both devices off, connect my tablet to the wifi first and then connect my phone it will work. This only happens when my phone is connected first.
Is this a software issue? Is it something to do with my router and maybe a lease or some network thing? Please help..this is very annoying.
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Did you check your router settings? It sounds like your DHCP is not set Automatic. Which router do you use? Making sure that you don't use static IP addresses.
Looks to me like you have a static IP configured for your a500, which conflicts with your HTC. Check settings on a500.
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Looks to me like you have a static IP configured for your a500, which conflicts with your HTC. Check settings on a500.
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If he had static IP set in tablet it wouldn't try to obtain the address at all. It would just connect to the Wifi skipping that part.
@tgtoys:
I think that this can be a router incompatibility problem. Unfortunatelly not every wifi equipment is built with 100% conformance to the standards. Sometimes two devices just don't want to work with each other (and, for example, they both claim that are 802.11g compatible).
If you have a possibility then try with another router.
Other cause can be a router software misconfiguration. Router factory reset would probably help in this case but you would need to reconfigure your WAN and wifi settings. But this won't eliminate the problem if it is the hardware incompatibility.
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As stated, when my phone (HTC One S) is connected to my WiFi network, I can't connect with my tablet (A500, Thor ICS v170). It just keeps trying to obtain IP address and never connects.
Weird thing is, if I turn both devices off, connect my tablet to the wifi first and then connect my phone it will work. This only happens when my phone is connected first.
Is this a software issue? Is it something to do with my router and maybe a lease or some network thing? Please help..this is very annoying.
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Another problem I could think of is you have your phone's hotspot setting turned on that's why your tablet couldn't connect when there are two different Wi-Fi, that's just my guess.
Thanks all.
I am not currently using static ip on either device, and this seems to happen whenever I try to connect to Wi-Fi (home, work, and friends house), which is why I'm so confused. I will check settings on router when I get back. I haven't changed anything on the router other than add a wpa2 password...
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The issue I experienced was the following.
I entered a WPA Password that had a large number of characters. Although the router accepted the number of characters, once I wanted to connect more than one or two devices I experienced the same problem as you.
I did get a WiFi connection but did not receive an IP and the connection was dropped.
After reducing the number of characters (but increasing the complexity) it worked fine.
Btw. it was a Netgear router.
I resolved the issue at work by assigning my phone and tablet with different static IP addresses on the router. How will this effect connecting to other routers?
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I resolved the issue at work by assigning my phone and tablet with different static IP addresses on the router. How will this effect connecting to other routers?
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When you say "other routers" you mean at your home? Or at other places like public wifi? If at your home, you can assign static IP addresses but not at public wifi because you can't control the router settings.