I have two wifi APs with the same SSID and it will stick to one of them with next-to-useless connection while standing near the other one. which would have much better connection.
This works fine on my Nexus 9 tablet and even better on my iPad and my wifes iPhone..
I tried some possible workarounds like Always allow wi-fi roam scans but I didn't see any effect.
This fix for SG3 might work but i havn't rooted.
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Doesn't this bother anyone else ?
wifi has a bug in 6.X and its been talked about before.
my problem some times when i want to connect to another wifi it connects for a 1 sec and then drops it
i turn off wifi and back on and it will connect
i'm trying the app "Wifi roaming fix" but i think it causes the wifi to disconnect for a couple of seconds when it switches.
Strange that this seems to be of no interest to anyone. Is there indeed nobody who is using one or more WLAN APs in addition to his/her WLAN router? I can't believe that.
I have two APs (Main router and 2nd router as AP) but not for more coverage, my main router pushes 5GHz wifi, the second AP pushes 2.4GHz for older clients that can't connect to 5GHz
The 5GHz router is placed on a wall in the middle of the house and the entire house has great coverage so no need for more APs
I have more APs in my house with OpenWRT and 802.11r aka Fast Roaming configured and roaming between all my APs is working perfectly with all my devices.
Note 10.1 2014 Wifi, S7 Exynos and all other also.
With APs configured as "normal" ap with the same SSID and key i had the same issue as you mentioned.
I think your phone dont know that it could roam between your two APs.
If you could not run OpenWRT on your APs for 802.11r, you could try to enable WDS on both APs even if your APs connected by wire.
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Need a little help. My G-tab is running current VEGAn-TAB rom. I am having problems getting the wifi to actually connect. My icon shows a good signal, and inside the wireless settings I am showing connected to my wireless network. I also went to advance settings and made sure wifi never sleeps. All apps that need internet connection (market, browser, etc.) show no data connection.
Used yesterday with no problems. My laptop is running on same network and working fine.
Any ideas?
have you restarted? Sometimes happens to me too but it's nothing a simple restart can't fix.
Yes. Restarted several times. Didn't work.
Oddly enough I have a Airave from Sprint to boost my cell phone signal, and it may have been the problem. When I unplugged it and returned to my G-Tab later the Wifi was working. Not sure why.
TexasZac said:
Yes. Restarted several times. Didn't work.
Oddly enough I have a Airave from Sprint to boost my cell phone signal, and it may have been the problem. When I unplugged it and returned to my G-Tab later the Wifi was working. Not sure why.
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Could be competition on the 2.4 GHz frequencies. Some wireless phones and even microwave ovens can trash a wifi connection.
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Anyone else having WiFi problems with Vegan? Since installing this mod, I can only connect to a WEP signal and not a WPA-secured network.
I can't connect either. Trying to connect to a wep wifi and it stays on "obtaining ip address from ..." but never completes the connection. Any help?
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Anyone else having WiFi problems with Vegan? Since installing this mod, I can only connect to a WEP signal and not a WPA-secured network.
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No problems with home WEP, office WPA2-PSK and several wide open public ones. I just wish the damn thing would auto-connect to the ones I have been to before.
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I can't connect either. Trying to connect to a wep wifi and it stays on "obtaining ip address from ..." but never completes the connection. Any help?
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My only guess is, if its a 5Ghz N Router you should check to see if it allows
2.4Ghz signals and not just 5Ghz. The GTAB doesn't seem to support connections at 5Ghz.
I just changed over from TNT Lite(latest version) and was able to connect fine but I didn't like the interface and some of the features. I've loaded Vegan tab 7.0.0 and I was able to connect at work (802.1 EAP) network but I can't connect to a wep wifi at home (were several other pc's are connected and working fine) and it stays on "obtaining ip address from ..." but never completes the connection. Any help?
I have a Linksys wrt300n router and have confirmed that it configured to accept 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz signal and have rebooted several times with no luck.
I don't have a lot to add to help you troubleshoot, but I can say that I am running VEGAn Gingerbread RC1 with pershoot's latest kernel. I am able to connect at home on a WAP2-PSK (Linksys Linux based G/N) at home, WAP2-PSK at the cabin (Linksys's cheapest G/N), and at work on a 802.1 EAP network (Cisco).
I has some unexplained issue mounting the internal storage on a computer. After a little head scratching, I started to wonder if it had something to do with the custom kernel I was running. I flashed Pershoot's latest kernel and my problems went away.
I mention all that to suggest that you might try flashing a different kernel and see if you get different results.
I have an issue with vegan where when i reboot the device (or turn off and turn on) wifi is off even if left on when turning off, i have to manually turn on wifi after every boot.
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I just changed over from TNT Lite(latest version) and was able to connect fine but I didn't like the interface and some of the features. I've loaded Vegan tab 7.0.0 and I was able to connect at work (802.1 EAP) network but I can't connect to a wep wifi at home (were several other pc's are connected and working fine) and it stays on "obtaining ip address from ..." but never completes the connection. Any help?
I have a Linksys wrt300n router and have confirmed that it configured to accept 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz signal and have rebooted several times with no luck.
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Have you checked to see if you're using MAC address filtering, and if so, that your gTab's MAC address has been added to the whitelist on the router? I get the feeling that that may be the issue. You have the WEP key on your device, but your router's still blocking it. I'm running the same ROM you are, and have had absolutely no troubles connecting to my work network with 802.1 PEAP, WPA/WPA2-TKIP and AES at home, and multiple makes/models of access points/routers.
Hmmm. Just reread your original. Now I'm wondering if you have enough DHCP leases available on your router. If you're out, you'll have to wait until a lease expires or add some more to your scope of addresses.
Hope some of that helped in some way...
hello
i use wifi through connectify virtual wifi from my pc
whenever my phone is idle or i dint use wifi for an hour or so the network becomes disabled ( i can use wifi on other devices) when i connect it shows connecting but does not connect and wifi becomes not in range even if i am standing next to my wifi router
and now its not even connecting to the wifi even if i reset my wifi ... i also have restarted my phone not working helllpppp !!!
and the wifi sleep policy is set to never
my device - nexus s i9020t
android 2.3.6 gingerbread
pls some1 help !!
Have you restarted your router?
I know you said everything else is working, but give it a try anyway.
I have the same problem...Please help
yes i restarted my router n every thing !! but i cant get it to work
I had a similar problem once, but luckily it was during a session of me messing with my router settings. I live in an apt building, TONS of other routers here, so the frequencies are all crowded.
Do this...
Get this app for your phone:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
Find the best channel available for your wireless network (you don't need to be connected to the internet or your router for this). In your router settings set your wifi to that channel (should be the least congested, the app will tell you which channel number). Hopefully that will help.
Also, if possible, set your wifi to only use 20MHz instead of 40MHz if it's in the 2.4GHz range, otherwise you're just causing the same problems for your neighbors. Be a good wireless neighbor!
Oh yeah, and update your router's firmware too, older firmwares are sometimes not fully compliant to wifi standards, it might help your connection issues! Also, use WPA2-AES encryption. WPA2 because it's the most secure right now (for personal uses anyway) and AES because most devices can do AES in hardware, so it's faster and uses less battery (plus I believe the higher end 802.11n speeds recommend that encryption for top speeds).
OK, I've searched Google for weeks and searched the Xoom Q&A, but don't find anything that addresses my problem.
I have a network with one router connected directly to the cable modem. It is called Jaytrenthome. Connected to that via cable is another router in AP mode called JText.
My Xoom connects successfully to both, but only shows blue bars when connected to the JText AP. When connected to Jaytrenthome, it shows Wifi connection, but grey icon indicating no internet connection.
As the routers are on different sides of the house, I need to use both depending on the side of the house I am on.
details about the routers.
Jaytrenthome
WD Mynet N900
2.4 Ghz, WPA2 Personal, 802.11 B+G+N, no selection found to pick AES or TKIP
DHCP active on this router
JText
Netgear WNDR3300
2.4 Ghz, WPA2 PSK (AES), 802.11 N, DHCP turned off, IP address provided by Jaytrenthome
Xoom Details
Xoom Stringray (4G)
Running Baked Stingray rom BB-8
Same problems experienced with EOS and one of the CM variants
4G works flawlessly.
Things I have tried so far.
1. Changing Xoom time update setting to not update automatically.
2. Changing WIFI settings on Jaytrenthome to WPA, WPA2, WEP, etc... with no luck.
3. Turning on the 5 Ghz band of WIFI on Jaytrenthome.
4. Assigning a fixed IP in the Xoom WIFI settings
5. Praying....
Can one of you help from a similar experience?
Thank you!
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>70 views and no one has an idea to help me with this.
Thank you for looking, though.
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Can one of you help from a similar experience?
Thank you!
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Are you using the same SSID and password for both the routers?
My Xoom did not like it when I had a router and AP broadcasting using the same SSID (and same password) in my house, although my issue wasn't exactly the same as what you're experiencing. For me, the Xoom had a really hard time staying connected to either of the units if the signal strengths were very similar. The signals seem to fluctuate quite a bit in my house, with the strongest signal bouncing back and forth between the two routers, so I ended up with a lot of disconnects and sometimes a long time to authenticate. I ended up moving one of the routers to a better place in the house and eliminating the second one. I'm now getting more reliable connections, particularly if I use the 5 GHz signal. Ultimately I still think there is something interfering with my 2.4GHz signal though, but I haven't had a lot of time to troubleshoot further....
Fixed!
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Are you using the same SSID and password for both the routers?
My Xoom did not like it when I had a router and AP broadcasting using the same SSID (and same password) in my house, although my issue wasn't exactly the same as what you're experiencing. For me, the Xoom had a really hard time staying connected to either of the units if the signal strengths were very similar. The signals seem to fluctuate quite a bit in my house, with the strongest signal bouncing back and forth between the two routers, so I ended up with a lot of disconnects and sometimes a long time to authenticate. I ended up moving one of the routers to a better place in the house and eliminating the second one. I'm now getting more reliable connections, particularly if I use the 5 GHz signal. Ultimately I still think there is something interfering with my 2.4GHz signal though, but I haven't had a lot of time to troubleshoot further....
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Thank you!
I had the ssid set differently, but the same password for each. Your post got me to try changing the password so each ssid uses a different one and voilà.
Woo, hoo!
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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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.
We have set up a WiFi router at our summer house and all devices bar my OnePlus 8 connects without problem to the WiFi. My phone connects to the WiFi but not the internet. Have restarted the phone and removed and added the WiFi connection but no luck. Any idea what's going on?
I had this problem with my oneplus 8, European version, where at times internet connection would drop, but wifi was still connected so the phone was in effect blocked since I use VoWiFi both voice calls and data was blocked.
The problem turned out to be between my router and the oneplus 8. I had to go into the settings of the router and disable a feature called "band steering". This setting will make the two different wifi gateways inside the router, the 2.4 ghz and the 5 ghz appear as one and the same with the same SSID name. This is supposed to simplify setting up devices with wifi but is known to cause problems sometimes.
As soon as I had separated the two and given them different names, I no longer have a problem with internet access dropping from the wifi.
I have no idea where the fault happens, I only know that I have had to disable band steering with another router I had before. I think this feature might be a bit unstable.
No idea what's happened but this morning it just worked.