So I tried to connect my shield to my lg g2 (my hotspot) to download a podcast for the ride home (currently at work). The wifi icon in the status bar has the exclamation mark in it, but tells me the signal strength is excellent.
I'm wondering if this has anything to do with me not having a tethering plan as I've always been able to do this pre lollipop with other devices. Any ideas? Has anyone else experienced this yet?
Thanks
I notice a similar "issue", but actually going into the WiFi settings it works just fine
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Hmmm. I couldn't find anything there that would help. I'll try again today before I get the tinfoil hat out.
Yes if you go in and pray pray, things will work
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exclamation by wifi signal on lollipop
You have to modify the connection setting on your phone to a static IP for that router. I know it's goofy. Go to modify connection on your phone for that router and set static IP. IP address you want, the gateway IP address for your router and DNS1 DNS2 which u should be able to find all this info if you log onto your router.
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Hey world,
I'm having trouble with my Roger's branded Samsung Captivate SGH i-896's wifi. The phone is completely stock. When I connect to my wireless AP at home it doesn't seem to always work on the captivate... I had a htc magic before running all sorts of different roms and never had a problem like this before.
What happens is that I would connect to wifi at home and it would work, but if I leave wifi on the phone for an extended period of time and go back to the phone, wifi stops working.
It would show that i've successfully connected to my AP but no data would pass through my phone.
Disconnecting and reconnecting to the AP doesn't seem to work, the only way to fix it is to restart the phone. I'm not experiencing this problem with any of my laptops, netbooks or cellphones at home.
Security type is WPA2.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Anyone have an idea what could be causing this problem?
I have had this problem intermittently, So has my wife on her Captivate. No idea what causes it though. It's a pain because if WiFi is on, but not working, 3G doesn't kick in so apps just don't work.
my wife's captivate has this issue as well (but I don't on my captivate). It will work for a short period and then stop. We have a fios wifi router, not sure if that matters at all.
restarting the router and/or phone usually fixes the problem
mine is a linksys... hrnnn
I'm having the same problem on my new Captivate. Tried it on several different networks with the same results (shows connected but no data will transmit) before I took it back to ATT. They scratched their collective heads and rebooted (powered down and removed battery), which is a temporary fix, but its been working for two days now and I turn off WiFi unless I know I'm in range of a working hot spot.
I was having this same problem until I set my wifi policy to never sleep, dont know if it is a fix for everyone but it definitely fixed my problem.
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Glad to hear I'm not alone!
I've been fighting with this issue for over a week now, it suddenly started occurring. I wonder if it was an app we all loaded that suddenly made this condition occur? If you look the phone is requesting an IP and if the IP given back by the router is the same one it already has the phone doesn't acknowledge that command. If the router is rebooted then a new IP is given, or what is considers new. This is a HUGE problem and I've put in some time looking at it, but one of the problems is that is comes and goes. What your router log and you'll the phone request an IP over and over again, all the while the router saying "here, take the same one you already have back".
If you use the app "Network Info II" you'll see the problem when it displays a "Device IP" at the top of 192.168.1.254 and WiFi IP address will be the correct one, in my case 192.168.1.108. When we have these two IP numbers showing differently the device is hosed. Rebooting will put them back in sync, but that is not the proper solution, we need to get to the bottom of this! I understand the WiFi IP address showing at the bottom but the "Device IP" I do not, why the difference? How can we affect the "Device IP", where does the device get that IP address?
Try the app called WiFi Fixer. That did the trick for me. There seems to be a bug of some sort that causes the phone to not release the IP address. Or you could use static IP but that worked only for a while.
Cheers.
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the app doesn't seem to work for me.... =(
DKirk said:
How can we affect the "Device IP", where does the device get that IP address?
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The phone gets the device IP from either the service provider (when using edge/3g), or from the router (when using wifi). If an IP address is not provided, it uses a default IP address, which is always outside of the standard private IP block.
There are two ways to assign an IP address: dynamically and via static IP address. Dynamic = assigned by the router, static = pre-programmed by you. I don't know if you can set a static IP address on a phone, as I've never tried it.
I had a zyxel wireless n router in my house and could never get the wifi to work on my captivate. If it did work it lasted 5 seconds... I was really pissed.
I was thrilled to see that buffalo is now back in the market and with dd-wrt firmwares... So I picked up the most expensive one they had for $89.99.
it has a dlna client built in as well as bit torrent, also lets you use a spare usb hard drive as a nas... things i don't know....
However loaded up the wireless settings in 2 minutes and voila... perfectly working on my captivate... I have also found that this router works flawlessly with G+N devices and it is gigabit. I was able to stream 1080p video from my synology 411+ to my ps3, download on the captivate and be on two other laptops at the same time without any issues... I am very very impressed with the buffalo.
Here is the product info.
buffalo nfiniti wireless n high power router and access point. WZR-HP-G300NH
ohh and my laptops are connected fully at 300 mbps with this router wirelessly...
very very happy with it.... Oh and forgot to mention... once this started working with the buffalo i noticed my batter was much better running on wifi all the time. Also wifi file explorer pro works flawlessly.. I was able to upload a 700 meg movie to my captivate wirelessly in about 2 minutes.
WiFi fixer did not fix my problem as well. After turning WiFi on the device IP remains 192.168.1.254 while the WiFi IP is correctly set at 192.168.1.108. When these two IPs are different WiFi does not work and WiFi Fixer doesn't appear to see any problems here.
The router here is an Asus RT-N16 running Tomato and I'm fairly confident that isn't the problem. This is more like an internal routing issue inside the phone.
I don't think it's brand of router that matters... maybe a setting on our routers can fix this...?
I've searched the internet to find a sol'n but it looks like this wifi problem is a widespread problem for almost all galaxy S devices... ppl have made temporary workarounds (ie. setting a static ip) but ultimately, there is no fix for this problem.... gg...
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I've searched the internet to find a sol'n but it looks like this wifi problem is a widespread problem for almost all galaxy S devices
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It appears to go beyond Samsung Galaxy, I've seen the same issue with Nexus and Motorola Droids. VERY frustrating!
tylerdurdin said:
I was having this same problem until I set my wifi policy to never sleep, dont know if it is a fix for everyone but it definitely fixed my problem.
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I dont know why nobody even notice that answer !!!!
had same problem on my milestone .. it is not a bug , wifi goes to sleep , its the way your phone is set up ... as its quoted here set it to never sleep and make sure your not using soem kind of app that will overwrite that setting ( like battery manager that for example could turn off wifi to save battery)
very easy to double check once your wifi is not working , go in wifi settings scan and check the wifi access points you normally use you ll see its set to disabled ..
the bug is it doesnt resume like it should. or gets re-enabled however you wanna call it . just re-enable it voila ! no reboot needed .
I got it working!!
This may be my first post here, so be kind...
Running Cognition v2.3b3 and Linksys WRT54G router. WIFI was working fine until I flashed to Cog 2.2 Then I could only use WIFI tethering, no other WIFI connection would work.
I tried setting up static IP and setting sleep to never. Didn't work. Changed router security from WEP to WPA Personal and got it working.
Phone settings: Go to Wi-Fi Settings, click menu, and goto advanced. I don't know if all the settings here are necessary, but I'll post what I have.
Port = 80
Use statis IP = checked
IP address = 192.168.1.103 (check your router assignments for an open address)
Gateway = 192.168.1.1
Netmask = 255.255.255.0
DNS 1 = (check your router config. For my router it's located under the Status, then router tabs.)
Router settings: (Under the Wireless, Wireless Security tab)
Security Mode = WPA Personal
WPA Algorithms = TKIP
WPA Shared Key = (your access key used when you attempt to athenticate from your phone)
Group Key Renewal = 3600 seconds
Write the access key down so you can use it to reconfigure the other wireless devices on your home network.
Good luck,
Glen
changing my router fixed the issue.
I have wifi running on my captivate for 8 hours at a time at work now and at home. Not one hiccup or disconnect, works 100%.
99% of wireless routers are crap. I work in IT and have dealt with most major brands and had been running linksys wireless routers with dd-wrt on them...
if you got a spare 90 bucks.. go to your microcenter or place where they sell buffalo routers and pick one up. If it doesn't work.. you can return it.
This worked for me
Going to a static IP worked for a few hours and then it stopped working as before. WiFi is set to not sleep.
When I ran the router without security I did not have this problem and since adding WPA2 w/AES+TKIP the problem has developed. The iPod Touch doesn't have a problem with it, nor my laptop or wireless ipTV set-top box, only the Android. I'm leaning towards setting up another router without security, on a different channel, and see if the problem disappears again. Here in 2010 we shouldn't be having this issue, but look on other forums and you'll find similar complaints with other brands of Android phones, it's not a Samsung thing.
Hey all,
I have a Nexus S (GT-I9020) and an old Netgear WNDR3300 router which I put DD-WRT on.
If I connect directly to the router, I get an IP address and everything. I'm able to browse the Internet/market from the phone and my signal bars turn green, which means everything's syncing fine with Google's servers.
However, if I put an EnGenius EAP9550 between the phone and the router, (used to repeat/extend the signal) I'm not able to browse the Internet/market or get green signal bars from the phone. I do, however, get an IP address. I have a laptop (which I'm currently on) that is using the EAP9550 without issue, so I'm a bit perplexed if this is a Google/Samsung issue or an EnGenius issue.
Does anyone have any issues with the Nexus S and any signal repeaters?
Thanks all!
I have a Netgear WNDR4000 router. I am using WPA2 security, static internal IP addresses and a MAC table to control access to my home network. I have added multiple devices to my home network since I bought the router without any issues including an Android smartphone running gingerbread.
No matter what I do I cannot get my 300 to connect to the network. It does see the network SSID but it will not connect. I even tried the WPS button on the front of the router using the advanced settings on the 300 but still no luck.
I am beginning to think that the MAC address listed under the “About Device" menu item is not what the 300’s radio is actually broadcasting.
I have double- and triple-checked all the settings but I am getting nowhere.
Any help or suggestions you may have would be appreciated.
Does your smartphone support tethering? Connect the 300 to it to verify MAC address. You could TEMPORARILY reconfig your router to be open (no security) and confirm MAC address. Turn off MAC filtering to see if that is it. Get it to connect to something wide opeb and then begin layering on the security.
You have set up your static settings on the 300, correct? Sounds like you have DHCP disabled on the router...
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Thank you for your response.
I did finally decide to take all the security of the router and the 300 connected right away. Then I checked the router's "attached devices" list and it did verify the MAC address that the 300 was displaying. So I was able to clear that as an issue.
I still could not get it to connect with my WPA2 security turned on (my router needs that level of security to put out "N" speeds) on the 2g network.
Right; I have DHCP disabled on the router. All my devices, wired and wireless, get an assigned internal IP address and their MAC addresses are loaded into a table.
Every other device I've added to the router connects without a problem.
I decided to send the 300 back and I'll just wait for the Infinity to hit the market.
Thanks again for your help.
Hope your next one works as it should. Mine connects fine using WPA or WPA2, multiple manufacturers. Still waiting for OTA, rooted running .17 firmware.
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ptgay49 said:
Thank you for your response.
I did finally decide to take all the security of the router and the 300 connected right away. Then I checked the router's "attached devices" list and it did verify the MAC address that the 300 was displaying. So I was able to clear that as an issue.
I still could not get it to connect with my WPA2 security turned on (my router needs that level of security to put out "N" speeds) on the 2g network.
Right; I have DHCP disabled on the router. All my devices, wired and wireless, get an assigned internal IP address and their MAC addresses are loaded into a table.
Every other device I've added to the router connects without a problem.
I decided to send the 300 back and I'll just wait for the Infinity to hit the market.
Thanks again for your help.
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Wtf... Send it back.... Wow!
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This is a strange one, because it used to do it and nothing has changed.
The WiFi can obtain an IP from the router, it can connect to my PC via the router.... but it just cant connect to the internet via the router?
If I disconnect the WiFi and just use data, everything that has been waiting comes flying through!
Any ideas what is going wrong, the phone says it's connected, but I could swear my WiFi symbol used to go green, but it is just staying white.
Running 21E OS.
TIA.
Couldn't really understand (no offence) but if this happens to me I usually just restart my router and it would work again.
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kriptikchicken said:
This is a strange one, because it used to do it and nothing has changed.
The WiFi can obtain an IP from the router, it can connect to my PC via the router.... but it just cant connect to the internet via the router?
If I disconnect the WiFi and just use data, everything that has been waiting comes flying through!
Any ideas what is going wrong, the phone says it's connected, but I could swear my WiFi symbol used to go green, but it is just staying white.
Running 21E OS.
TIA.
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Do perhaps have a Netgear router ?
If yes reboot the router
Change wifi Channel from Auto to 6 or 7
if not try the above also try setting up a static ip
Do you have Droidwall installed?
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Do perhaps have a Netgear router ?
If yes reboot the router
Change wifi Channel from Auto to 6 or 7
if not try the above also try setting up a static ip
Do you have Droidwall installed?
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Yeah I do have a Netgear wireless, I left everything off all night but no joy... I will try your channel change thing and see if that works. It's strange because it used to work and i haven't changed anything that I am aware of and the PC has no problem. But obviously nothing is being sent to the Cisco CM. Hmmm....
Thanks for the input guys. :good:
Sorry OptimusTM, it probably was a bit garbled in my original post.... basically the PC gets to the internet (probably like most folks here) by contacting the wireless, then the wireless contacts the cable modem then it goes to the internet.
However my O3D can contact the wireless, but the wireless doesn't seem to contact the cable modem for some reason, however it will contact the PC.
The phone says it's connected to the wireless. It has been given it's IP address.
Check your DNS server address.
Put manually 8.8.8.8 and tell us if it works.
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Thanks again for all your help guys...
I ended up fixing it buy changing the IP address that the wireless router was giving it (set it to static) and also the default gateway to the same as my PC's and it worked straight away.
Still no idea why it had such a dizzy turn in the first place though!?!? :silly:
same problem please can you explain steps
kriptikchicken said:
Thanks again for all your help guys...
I ended up fixing it buy changing the IP address that the wireless router was giving it (set it to static) and also the default gateway to the same as my PC's and it worked straight away.
Still no idea why it had such a dizzy turn in the first place though!?!? :silly:
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I have the same problem too unexpectedly happened...please can you explain in steps how you managed to fix it. thank you
I own a Wi-Fi repeater to which other smartphones and my wife's MacBook can connect to and have internet access. But on my Pixel 2, while I can connect to repeater wifi network I get the warning "connected, no internet access".
Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks In advance.
Cheers
Badelhas said:
I own a Wi-Fi repeater to which other smartphones and my wife's MacBook can connect to and have internet access. But on my Pixel 2, while I can connect to repeater wifi network I get the warning "connected, no internet access".
Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks In advance.
Cheers
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Try this... Turn wifi off and/or unplug everything that has wifi access. Everything. Unplug the repeater and then the main router. Wait thirty seconds and power the router back up. Once it's fully connected, power the repeater on wait for it to connect. Then, turn on your wifi devices. You should be good to go.
Sometimes, DHCP creates conflicts, so this just assigns a new IP address to each device. I have an NAS that I travel with, and every time I connected back to home network, it would cause problems and I would have to do this. Eventually, I just assigned it a static IP address. No more issues.
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Try this... Turn wifi off and/or unplug everything that has wifi access. Everything. Unplug the repeater and then the main router. Wait thirty seconds and power the router back up. Once it's fully connected, power the repeater on wait for it to connect. Then, turn on your wifi devices. You should be good to go.
Sometimes, DHCP creates conflicts, so this just assigns a new IP address to each device. I have an NAS that I travel with, and every time I connected back to home network, it would cause problems and I would have to do this. Eventually, I just assigned it a static IP address. No more issues.
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Thanks for your answer. I just tried that and it didn't work. I still get the "connected, no internet" warning
Any new ideas, please? Cheers
I have a similar issue with the router of a close relative I visit often. I always have the "connected with no internet" on their router. But if the router is rebooted my pixel 2 will connect fine (initially), then after about 15-30 mins later it's back to saying the WiFi has no internet.
It's rare but bugs with connections and compatibility somewhere can happen between devices. I'm guessing it's some bug in the software causing this. But because the pixel 2 doesn't exactly have a huge market share the users affected are likely not enough for either Google or the manufacturer of the routers experiencing this issue to ever release a fix for this.
My understanding is that Android P fixes a some WiFi issues. Hearing that it's a good daily driver these days, you could load the latest beta.
Is it a "release candidate" at this point?
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