I connected an old router of mine to another one via power line adapters to try and boost reception, I set it all up perfectly, my nexus 4 and nexus 7 now enjoy much better internet in my bedroom, however my Windows 8.1 laptop connects to the router but says "no internet access". Any help on how to fix this?
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Did you restart the affected laptop? That's usually the problem. Restart the upstream router first and let it come up, then restart each downstream device in order.
If not that, hardwire laptop to last hop in router-chain with Ethernet cable and check connectivity. 2nd: disable wifi encryption and check connectivity. 3rd: Test USB wifi adapter with laptop.
Okay cheers, only problem is the last router only has a single Ethernet which is used by the power line adapter. I've restarted it all, reset both routers, and it seems all windows laptops in my house are affected. Linux is working fine
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I finally got it to work by using a different old router, this one is bug free. Thanks for the help anyway man
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This just started today after 1 day after I bought my Galaxy Note. Sometimes I'm on Wi-Fi on the Note and I'm on my desktop computer, my computer connection to the internet gets disconnected. The WiFi on the phone still works, but I can't visit any websites anymore.
I just received a call and talked for a minute, then my computer connection didn't work for a minute as I tried to load up different websites. Now it's back on. I find this strange. I tried two different routers as well (Cisco and Linksys). Both of them experienced this issue. I tried different ethernet cables as well.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a setting I need to change on the Galaxy Note? I'm new to Android.
I guess the problem is on your router / modem. I haven't heard of a similar problem before.
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I have a similar problem on the phone sometimes. WiFi signal will be activated on the phone with full bars, but the phone is still unable to connect to network or visit any websites. Sometimes I get the message 'could not connect to network'. This problem is intermittent but annoying.
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Probably best to set a fixed IP address for each device. I find that solves a lot of problems. Sometimes as devices join and leave (like if WiFi goes off) they take each-others IP addresses, and when re-joining the hookup fails.
Sometime I am facing this issue also. Then only I have to reboot ADSL router. Mine is Netgear.
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I remember one crazy incident in the past. I had one pre-sample Acer Android phone and randomly some colleague in the same room wouldn't be able to browse in their laptop. After lots of fiddling around, realized that phone was running DHCP service on its own and it was leasing out different IPs to laptops connected to parent wifi router. (So there were two DHCP servers, one in wifi router, another in android phone and laptops connecting to the wifi router were sometimes getting IP issued by the phone).
News to me and i have a lot of devices connected to my router
Galaxy Note
Galaxy Nexus
Galaxy S2
Desktop PC
Dell Laptop
Macbook Pro
PS3
Roku2 XS
xbox360
Canon Printer
NAS box
Hey guys,
In my office; I've got a wired ethernet internet connection to my laptop. I'm trying to enable Connectify (making my computer a hotspot) on my Win7 laptop so I can use my Nexus 7 in the office (I don't get great mobile reception otherwise I would just tether from my galaxy nexus).
For some reason, I can connect just fine, but after 10 minutes or so, Connectify drops the connection. It happens to both my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7. I'm ont sure if when the screens shut off it somehow drops and then doesn't come back easily? I need to turn on / off wifi again for the signal to return, then if I don't touch it it drops again in a few moments.
Anyone else experience this? I have to try this at home too, as I wonder if it's perhaps an group permission or policy level thing as well.
I just opened my new phone and am trying to get it set up but it will not connect to wifi. It sees all the networks around but it keeps cycling through trying to connect and never gets past the acquiring IP stage. I have tried two different routers and deleted, reentered, and turned the wifi off and on many times. My other phone and all my other devices work just fine on my network. Anyone know of anything else I can try? It was a major hassle to get this phone and I would hate to have to go through a RMA the same day I get it. Thanks
Had the same problem and had to configurate with the inet of sim card. Nexus 4 has some problems with some routers, i couldnt connect my nexus to the router and had to chsnge configuration from router, once connected it was fricking slow. i decided to buy belkin WiFi amplifier and ive connected it to the router. Now it works great, do some research on inet and see if that router is having trouble with n4.
Dont RMA, all have this "issue"
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Thanks, will search that.
Hi,
I've had my N4 since a couple of days and have encountered some issues when using the phone on Wifi. I use connectify as a virtual wifi router on my laptop. My phone keeps loosing the data stream from time to time even though the Wifi symbol remain active. I either have to disable/enable the Wifi or restart connectify to get the data stream to work. Any suggestions how to fix this ?
It could be android's fault. I have the same problem on my Galaxy 3. The phone even loses the signal if I'm sitting in front of the router. It's noticeable if the icon shows sending data and occasionally receiving data, but not at the same time.
I have two other PCs in the same room and they don't have this problem so the router is probably fine.
My nexus 4 has great WiFi receptions. I was using the iphone 5 last week and i had issues connecting yo my home WiFi, i think because of some WPA or wep security, the iPhone would connect 2 times out of 10 when i turn on WiFi. It always connects with my nexus 4.
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Hi, I've been using one of these big, ugly dual band wall plug wifi repeater/travel router for a while. It sometimes feels like it has a little too much on it's plate and needs to be rebooted/reconfigured all the time.
I recently got a Nexus 6p, and still have a perfectly working Nexus 5. I feel bad about it not being used, since it's such a great device. Then I realized....maybe I can use it as a wifi repeater! There wasn't anything in the default settings menu to create a hotspot AND remain connected to another hotspot on the Nexus 5. I did try it in tethering mode, and WOW the N5 performed much better than the crappy wall plug repeater. The only problem is getting it to create the wifi network....I've tried the fqrouter2 ap but it ends up giving errors, probably because it doesn't support the newer OS version.
Is there a way, with ap or script that I can make the phone connect to a 5ghz network and say, create a 2.4ghz hotspot?
What about tethering to ethernet? I was able to tether the wifi to usb with amazing results....maybe use an adaptor to get it to pass internet to an external router?
Any thoughts?:silly:
As a novice, my initial thought is that if there is only one wifi radio inside the Nexus 5 it can only either connect to wifi or broadcast, but not both. Asfor using ethernet, I can't see why not, using a usb otg cable, and then connecting a usb to ethernet adapter, and finally feeding that ethernet cable to whatever you wish, but I have not tested such so may the odds be ever in your favor
I've seen it done using the fqrouter app, just not on the N5. I've done similar stuff with computers running windows and linux as well. It may have one radio, but that radio has 2 bands. Maybe one band broadcasts a hotspot and the other talks to the main router? You are right though, having just one radio makes it a pain whether it's possible or not.