I'm having a weird problem with Internet link over WiFi where after phone awakes from sleeping local network still works but Internet does not.
I'm next to the router, signal strength is "Excellent" with 72Mbps link speed. WiFi icon under quick settings is orange. If I toggle WiFi it will work again for a while but then it will fail again.
I've never had this problem on GS2 or GS4 or even the laptop or voip which runs off wifi 100% of the time.
I read somewhere that setting static IP might help but that shouldn't be necessary. Is anyone experiencing this?
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At home, when connected to WiFi, I seem to lose the connection to Google, for example for Google Talk. My WiFi connection is strong, but if I leave my phone for 10 minutes, when I turn the screen on the WiFi indicator is white and I have to open Google Talk to get it to then connect.
Wifi policy is set to never sleep. When on regular data connection I have no problem.
I'm on CM RC4 with Netarcy 1.3.2 and I also recently got a new wireless router as an AP for my bedroom, so I wonder if it's to do with settings within that?
Anyone with any ideas?
Old thread, same Problem. Anybody solved this?
I have a Linksys WRE54G WiFi extender that I use for Wifi signals to back of my Home. My Laptop gets great Wifi signals but my Captivate doesn't seem to "pickup" any Strength from this Extender and thus I have LOW Wifi on my phone when I am in my back rooms. Should my phone be able to use this Extender? If so are there settings I need to change on the phone?
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Well it seems that the phone and Range Extenders don't play well but I did find a work around. With the App WiFi Finder it shows 2 different Wifi sources in my Home My Router and then the Extender is listed separately. I can Manually select and connect to the Extender this way and get improved signal.
Hi all,
I have HTC One S from T-Mobile and noticed a big problem with my WiFi connection.
My phone will connect automatically to the wifi network in my home/work correctly, but when I leave and am clearly out of range of my wifi network (say, a km away), the phone still claims to be connected to the network, but I of course have no actual connectivity. The signal strength it reports has varied, from full strength to just a few bars.
I try giving it a minute, but it seems stuck and refuses to officially disconnect from the network. The only way to fix things is to toggle my wifi on and off, at which point it goes to mobile data since it can't find any wifi networks to connect to.
The thing is that I use Wireless Bluetooth headphones and since I started using my new phone, the signal drops (I believe it is because of the Wi-Fi not disconnecting from the network and is causing disruptions to the bluetooth connection).
Any ideas how to resolve this issue? Thanks.
NeoTheMatrix said:
Hi all,
I have HTC One S from T-Mobile and noticed a big problem with my WiFi connection.
My phone will connect automatically to the wifi network in my home/work correctly, but when I leave and am clearly out of range of my wifi network (say, a km away), the phone still claims to be connected to the network, but I of course have no actual connectivity. The signal strength it reports has varied, from full strength to just a few bars.
I try giving it a minute, but it seems stuck and refuses to officially disconnect from the network. The only way to fix things is to toggle my wifi on and off, at which point it goes to mobile data since it can't find any wifi networks to connect to.
The thing is that I use Wireless Bluetooth headphones and since I started using my new phone, the signal drops (I believe it is because of the Wi-Fi not disconnecting from the network and is causing disruptions to the bluetooth connection).
Any ideas how to resolve this issue? Thanks.
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Already being discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617424
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
I've done some research on WiFi roaming between AP's with the same SSID and posted my findings on the Google Product Forums but I'm hitting brick wall.
Anyone who has any clues on how and why this doesn't work? Here is the link that contains all my finding:
https://productforums.google.com/d/topic/nexus/93GcQ8O75q8/discussion
Situation:
I'm standing next to my WiFi access point downstairs, I have full signal bars and perfect connection. I then move upstairs (2 stories up) and move next to the AP located upstairs.
Expected behaviour:
The phone should notice that the AP it is connected to has very weak signal, barely 1 bar left near -85/-90 db which is hardly usable. On the next background scan it should also find the second AP has much better signal, around -45db and decide to 'roam' to the other AP.
Actual behaviour:
The phone maintains a persistent connection with the AP downstairs for hours and does not 'roam' to the AP upstairs causing bad connection and battery drain.
Anyone any idea's? Can we maybe start a discussion about this issue and get some dev involved maybe who can shed some light on how this is supposed to work in Android?
I have the exact same problem. My 2 accesspoints are both Asus wireless router RT-AC68U. It's very frustrating. I know this is an old topic but maybe there is a solution available? Or is the problem solved with Lollipop?
You could test it and let us know, I no longer have 2 AP's mainly due to this issue.
Same happened to me and i found my fix on an app called Wifi Jumper. It might help you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goramart.wifijumper&hl=en
Doesn't matter the SSID, it will just scan for a better signal every interval you set it to in the settings.
Yeah apps like that will do the trick but this is a workaround for the actual issue. The apps are user space whilst wpa_supplicant should deal with this. It will drain more battery than a proper solution.
The solution is quite simple, wpa_supplicant can do this but android does not put the proper directive into the conf file. It will need a code change in the android framework.
I can confirm on the new android lollipop preview my phone jumps to the high WiFi signal in my house. I have Asus ac68u and a airport used a extender and my phone never gets stuck on one signal.
Is it in extender or AP mode? If in extender mode the device does not need to roam, only in AP mode with the same SSID the android needs to actually roam..
The airport is a ap. I just set it to bridge mode in the airport settings so it can pull ips from the main router. They're connected thru a DECA connection. DECA is like moca but using different frequencies on coax wires.
Sounds like the issue is fixed if it roams before fully loosing the signal.
If you have root you could check the wpa_supplicant.conf to see if they have now added a line for the bgscan module. This would complete the theory.
Out of interest, do you have "avoid poor connections" set in WiFi settings?
I do find mine does roam, but I'm not sure if it is down to losing signal completely or avoiding due to poor
Hi, I keep losing internet connection whenever I am on WiFi, although signal is strong and WiFi icon keeps showing full in notch. I already reset my router and network. Anything else I can do? WiFi is always on during sleep, by the way. All other devices and smartphone work fine on my WiFi network, it's only the OnePlus 6.
Capt. John Yossarian said:
Hi, I keep losing internet connection whenever I am on WiFi, although signal is strong and WiFi icon keeps showing full in notch. I already reset my router and network. Anything else I can do? WiFi is always on during sleep, by the way. All other devices and smartphone work fine on my WiFi network, it's only the OnePlus 6.
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Some routers have a setting you must disable, or else the op6 can kill the internet for a few seconds.
LAN>Switch Control and set Nat Acceleration to Disable (on router) may not be the right path for you to go on your router but search for nat acceleration helped me on my Asus router.