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Auto connect to strongest wifi connection

Hey guys,
Does anyone know if there's a app that automatically connects to the strongest wifi connection?
Gr Rudy
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If you were every surrounded by wifi connections you would hate it. It would be constantly trying to change connections everytime you moved

Not just every connection just the ones my device knows.
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tabletgek said:
Not just every connection just the ones my device knows.
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It should do that on it's own...
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Well my asus doesn't. When i'm at my buddies house next door it connects to my router instead of his.
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hmm
It maybe because when you leave your house you are still connected to your wifi and your signal is strong enough to stay connected, that is common practice. Now if you go to a part of your friends house that your connection doesn't reach your wifi will automatically switch, and when you are on his and go to your house same thing will happen. This prevents your device from dying all the time when looking to connect while already on a network.

That's a clear thing but the fact is that i use a app that kills my wifi directly when the screen goes off. So it can't stay connected.
Still open for comments
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Name all your Wireless connections with the same SSID and use the same Encryption method and Key and the devices will seamlessly swap over to the strongest one when the last one becomes too weak

magicdave26 said:
Name all your Wireless connections with the same SSID and use the same Encryption method and Key and the devices will seamlessly swap over to the strongest one when the last one becomes too weak
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Nice one Dave. I'll try it on my two routers but I don't think that my buddy will change his ssid just for me
Gr Rudy
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Is clicking WiFi and selecting a different known AP really that difficult? The ever-increasing laziness of the world astounds me.
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the same ssid was a good idea
I didn't suggest because its your buddies house and you would need to have the same password as well for that to work which opens you both up more for security issues, or as one of my friends found out from not securing his that other people will watch inappropriate porn and get your services cut off. So basically you can set your wifi to cut off when the device goes to sleep because if you are walking and looking at your transformer on your way to your friends or reverse it should connect to appropriate one then. But good luck on your venture if this really bothers you get a better router your self and blanket your friends house as well problem solved.

buffalosolja42 said:
I didn't suggest because its your buddies house and you would need to have the same password as well for that to work which opens you both up more for security issues, or as one of my friends found out from not securing his that other people will watch inappropriate porn and get your services cut off. So basically you can set your wifi to cut off when the device goes to sleep because if you are walking and looking at your transformer on your way to your friends or reverse it should connect to appropriate one then. But good luck on your venture if this really bothers you get a better router your self and blanket your friends house as well problem solved.
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A better router is a good suggestion but more expensive than a possible app. But thanks anyway soldja
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[Q] Wireless Access Point Switching

If this has been asked and answered, I apologize. Can't figure what to search for to find it.
I have a multi-story house and one wifi access point simply doesn't cover it all. I've wired up one for upstairs and one for downstairs. One of the two has DHCP enabled. Both have identical SSIDs and security. I do not know to change BSSIDs (some kinda hidden SSID?) Have tried setting both to same channel and to different channels - currently on 7 and 11.
My charge will not automatically switch between them. Under EE4 I could turn off wireless and when I turned it back on it'd connect to the stronger signal. Under all the gingerbread builds it connects to one and even after turning wireless on and off it connects to the original one. Under GB I can only switch between them using Wiifi Analyzer's connect feature. Under GB I've taken to setting up the SSIDs to different values so I can at least manually switch between them in settings. This is a royal pain as I walk between the two floors all the time.
What am I doing wrong? Doesn't anyone else have this problem?

Instead of multiple routers, try using wireless repeaters or extenders. A repeater picks up a wifi signal and rebroadcasts it for better reception. A network extender has an ethernet port that connects to your router and makes an access point without making a new network.
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I prefer dd wrt routers using WDS. There are lots of resources about this. Or just buy a some access points. I find that repeaters have interference issues.
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Well, actually my second router is currently setup in firmware to be an access point.
Have either of you guys observed a Charge w/ GB actually handing off correctly? If so, at least I'd know that it's my setup.
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A repeater is the best solution? The upstairs location just barely picks up the wifi from downstairs. Seems like you'd lose a lot of thruput that way.
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Tried the app "Wifi Manager"? It might help you. There a bunch others. I would try them all out to see if they help your situation.

WiFi Jumper fixed this problem for me. Well worth the money.
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BillLee3 said:
WiFi Jumper fixed this problem for me. Well worth the money.
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Seems like a nifty utility. Easier than setting up WDS, but I still think that WDS is the bees knees when it comes to having rock-solid wifi everywhere you want.

Tethering to a PSP?

Hello,
I have a rooted Thunderbolt (stock rom), and I use the 4G on it to tether to both my Windows 7 PC and also my Roku player. I use the app "Android Tether" on my TB. I'd now like to use my PSP's WiFi capabilities to connect the two as well.
But I'm having some trouble. When I go into "Network Settings" on the PSP, I scan for access points. It DOES find the Android Tether network, but it's grayed out, and under the "Security" column is says "not supported." I have tried switching to both ad hoc mode AND infrastructure mode, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Is there any way around this?

You may have to do it without the security settings in place on the tether side.
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Try wireless tether beta it works good
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The PSP doesn't support a certain type of WPA encryption. WEP should work fine. The PSP just didn't have the hardware for newer WPA connections.

Raikalo said:
The PSP doesn't support a certain type of WPA encryption. WEP should work fine. The PSP just didn't have the hardware for newer WPA connections.
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That's what I was thinking and that's why I suggested disabling it just to see if it works.
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disconnecktie said:
That's what I was thinking and that's why I suggested disabling it just to see if it works.
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It does, it's just kinda touch-and-go. I think WPA-TKIP connections works, but not WPA-AES or something like that. WEP is much simpler. I finally just gave up on tethering to it at all.

Cannot connec to Wifi after ICS update

So I updated to ICS few weeks ago but now i cannot connect to wifi hotspots.
I generally use connectify to make my laptop as wifi hotspot, to which my other devices, including phone, connect. On gingerbread, i was able to connect to this laptop wifi, but now i cannot. It shows in the available network but wen i click connect, nothing happens (it doesnt connect), no erro rmessages.

Have you tried reinstalling connectify?
I mean the problem could be that connectify still remembers your device and maybe after the update there might be some mismatch.
It's a blind shot but once i had the same problem but on another device and this did it for me.
Ps:you made a WPA network right???
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Hmm
I was using open network till now, switching to wep works. Thanks

Next time just hit the thanks button..
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Update: it still does not connect, it connected that one time one day but not anymore. Why
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Try these two things
First update to latest connectify
Second create a WPA2 network with sharing as automatic.
Lemme know how it goes.
This is working for me hope it does for you too.
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deveshmanish said:
Try these two things
First update to latest connectify
Second create a WPA2 network with sharing as automatic.
Lemme know how it goes.
This is working for me hope it does for you too.
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looks like it can connect to wpa2 but not to wep and my laptop doesnot support wpa2, only wep. maybe thats the problem

Slow Downspeed on Note 10.1

I have a fiber optic internet connection at home and on my desktop PC I get download speeds of 80mbps+ however when I do a speed test on my note 10.1 I am lucky to get a downspeed on 3mbps. Does anyone have any ideas why this is and how to improve it?
I am in the UK and have the N8010 model.
Many thanks.

Its likely something with your router. Check the signal strength and channel.maybe a firmware upgrade on the router .are you connection to a/b/g/n all of the above will effect speeds and reliability.
Also is your PC hard wired.? If so you know it will be much faster there is far less overhead data tagging along.I do not think its the device
Good luck

erica_renee said:
Its likely something with your router. Check the signal strength and channel.maybe a firmware upgrade on the router .are you connection to a/b/g/n all of the above will effect speeds and reliability.
Also is your PC hard wired.? If so you know it will be much faster there is far less overhead data tagging along.I do not think its the device
Good luck
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Thanks for the response. My router in running on Wireless N. Yes my PC is hard wired however im still getting at least a 50mbps downspeed on my Windows laptop via the wireless. I just figure it's something to do with the network card inside the Note?

I do have some problems connecting to certain networks with my tablet as well. Maybe there's some problem with wifi drivers in the galaxy note I'm guessing. Hopefully it'll be fixed in JB.
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Hi I and my wife we have the same problem we have NOTE 10.1 4.1.2 and after turn off and on again wifi we have good connection but after some times speed is downgrade to 2mb/s. Does someone know how to fix it ?
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Georgi65 said:
Hi I and my wife we have the same problem we have NOTE 10.1 4.1.2 and after turn off and on again wifi we have good connection but after some times speed is downgrade to 2mb/s. Does someone know how to fix it ?
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One thing you can try is changing the encryption and/or privacy standard (WEP and so on) since some of them isn't supported by "dumb" devices and I suspect some of them are supported but are so advanced it affects the performance.
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Georgi65 said:
Hi I and my wife we have the same problem we have NOTE 10.1 4.1.2 and after turn off and on again wifi we have good connection but after some times speed is downgrade to 2mb/s. Does someone know how to fix it ?
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Hi,
I had the same issue.
I solved setting the ip address to static (not dhcp) in wifi settings.
Now i get 20 mbits+ (consistent with my G router capabilities)
dREI
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how to set it in note?mine worse... go up till 50kbps only....

tunchin said:
how to set it in note?mine worse... go up till 50kbps only....
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Go to settings.
Select wifi
Long press on your connection.
Press modify connection
Now select ip settings and change to static
Now change your IP to an address outside of dhcp range and your done.
If dhcp is 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.100 set your tab to 192.168.1.101
You can also change your routers dhcp range to 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.15 and set your tab to ..16
Your numbers may be different, but same method.