Hi all,
My phone's wifi keeps changing the AP to another one that I have connected, these two APs are all in my room, so the signal strength is same. How could I prevent that? I need the access point I deserved, not itself change to another I previously connected.
Thanks!
nabor said:
Hi all,
My phone's wifi keeps changing the AP to another one that I have connected, these two APs are all in my room, so the signal strength is same. How could I prevent that? I need the access point I deserved, not itself change to another I previously connected.
Thanks!
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Not sure what you mean exactly as you seem to have be missing words(or using the wrong word) in your sentences, but I think that you should go to wifi settings, click the one you don't want it to connect to anymore, and hit Forget.
Press on the SSID you don't want and press forget. Keep the one you want connected.
almost the same problem, but in my situation is 2.4/5G band from same AP i want to use 5G but the phone always jump to 2.4G one after some time.
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I have a similar question. I have both my university's wi-fi and home wi-fi stored to my phone's memory. The university wi-fi shows still a signal on my flat occassionally and my phone connects to it automatically. Is there a way (without third party app) to tell my phone that I prefer using my home wifi over my university wifi?
http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/142036-there-way-set-wifi-priority.html
An interesting read.
Maomao you can set that to the one you want. In WiFi settings, menu then advanced.
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Usa anyone else experiencing wifi collection issues.
Wireless N simply doesn't work. On G and B I get connected but 90% of the time I'm connected with no internet access. I use g band then b band and get no data. Turn off wifi and my 2 bars of 3g works ok. Turn back on wifi it connects and nothing can access data.
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I've changed my network name and wpa code several times. I even added a network with wep security and no difference. I tried hidden ssd and no difference.
Used to work fine. I guess logic tells me it must be EH06 modem since this problem started with in the last couple weeks.
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I have to use static ip to get on my Netgear N router. Put in all the info including a DNS server.
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How many devices connect to your router? By the way, what security do you use on your router? Get rid of your router throwing B signal, its ancient history. I connect to N/G/B no prob.
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P.S. Does anyone else tinker with your Router besides you? Did you recently turn Mac Filtering on? Do you run software such as Cisco Network Solutions? It could 'block' out 'intruders' from connecting when in reality its just your phone. Lol
I.have a new n router, dual chain or whatever n is in the 500mghtz band. I have seven devices connected. I use wpa security.
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I does have a firewall on and off (vizio router). Firewall doesn't seem to make a difference. It can and currently is setup to broadcast three separate networks. 500Mhz for n good for tv's, one I choose for g only (can do auto which is n g and b), one for older devices b band only. Phone has no data with any of the three networks. But connects to to all three.
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troyolson92 said:
I.have a new n router, dual chain or whatever n is in the 500mghtz band. I have seven devices connected. I use wpa security.
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AFAIK, our Epics only connect on 2.4Ghz on wireless N. I don't think it is capable of connecting on 5Ghz...but don't quote me on that, I may be wrong.
I've connected to a 5Ghz router before, did have issues keeping a stable connection even though it was set to auto B/G/N
I don't know if you mind, but why not try throwing out 2.4Ghz frequency? Make sure your channel is 1-11. I remember the Epic not being able to connect with Data if the channel was persay, 21.
I'd get rid of the B signal, an old laptop or a PSP are the only two devices that come to mind when I think of a device that only takes B signal.. lmao.
Good point, I think the auto channel thing puts it up past 11...
I will report back. thanks for the help everyone, I do appreciate any feedback.
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Ok. Changes channel from auto to 11 and that seemed to do the trick. Now working on G. Tomorrow I'll try N.
Thanks for y'all's help!
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My question is why overnight my wifi shuts off sometimes on the Epic, even when I have "never sleep" selected in advanced settings? Running rooted stock Froyo EC05.
DroidApprentice said:
My question is why overnight my wifi shuts off sometimes on the Epic, even when I have "never sleep" selected in advanced settings? Running rooted stock Froyo EC05.
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Simple my friend, not enough RAM to allow it to stay connected, so by default, the epic's Adminstrative commands terminate it in order to free up resources. Thus trying to save you battery etc. If you free up resources, like clear ram, (level 1&2) you'll notice you can connect right back as soon as you do that. The more you run at once, or even background processes eat up your ram. Some common that come to mind: Google+, Live Wallpaper, weather/clock widgets, to name a few.
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Simple my friend, not enough RAM to allow it to stay connected, so by default, the epic's Adminstrative commands terminate it in order to free up resources. Thus trying to save you battery etc. If you free up resources, like clear ram, (level 1&2) you'll notice you can connect right back as soon as you do that. The more you run at once, or even background processes eat up your ram. Some common that come to mind: Google+, Live Wallpaper, weather/clock widgets, to name a few.
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Thanks for the explanation...but I find it weird that it's always overnight, and not when I have lots of apps going during normal use. Shouldn't there be much more RAM free when nothing's hapenning in the foreground? It's not every night either, only some.
I live very close to a hotel which has multiple SSID's that keep interfering with my ability to stay connected to my router.
I've tried hard coding a static ip on the phone, adding the mac address to router, even went as far as creating a separate unhidden network just for the phone. So far, nothing has worked.
So i was thinking that maybe there's a way to have the phone ignore certain signals, lock on to a preferred one or use WiFi but turn off the scanning feature. The only problem is that I haven't been able to find any settings or Apps that will allow me to do it.
So, if anyone has any ideas or suggestions as how, or if, I can make this work, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm using a Droid 2 Rooted with 2.3.3 and have a Netgear N750 router.
BTW - none of the computers in the house are having this issue.
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So, are you saying the phone constantly tries to leave your home wifi in favor of attempting to connect to the hotel's?
Yes, unless I'm within about 5 feet of my router, the hotel's signal makes the phone keep dropping and reconnecting over and over again.
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Are the hotel's hotspots not WEP secured? That is so odd. If they're unsecured hotspots go over to the hotel and tell them to get their sh*t in order. Otherwise I'm out of ideas, sorry.
No, they are secure. WPA2 as is mine. I don't connect to them. My phone just detects them, drops my connection and tries to connect to them. So that leaves me with no connection and having to use 3G.
But there may be an easier solution to this. After spending a few hours on the Netgear site, it turns out that there is a bug in their firmware that causes signal strength fluctuations. They said a new release should be available in a few weeks.
In the meantime I've changed the channel on the router to auto select which seems to be helping.
I do appreciate you taking the time to assist.
Thanks!
Scott
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Glad there's at least some kind of work around, wish I was of more assistance.
Having a similar problem with a samsung galaxy sii - current internet configuration is through AT&T U-Verse with built in Wireless G router in there Gateway. tried adding a Netgear dual band N router to my network and with the netgear's 2 wifi signals on then my phone just constantly goes into scanning mode and keeps trying to connect between the 3 - things work fine with the wifi turned off in the new netgear kind of defeating the purpose of me installing it - was hoping to have the phone use one of the N signals..
Block bt openzone connection pleaseee!
Desperately need an app for this? Is it not going to be possible for a way to block certain wifi signals because I'm actually going to rip next doors BT openzone router out of the wall and get a hammer to it! My HTC desire hd is insistent on connecting to its poor signal over our excellent one and the worst part is that you can't actually access the network unless you pay BT for a user account! Grrrr.... Please help
Try to connect the network you dont want, then go to wifi management in settings. Long press on the network you dont want and hit forget network. Then your phone shouldnt automatically connect to it unless you tell it to.
I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas, and a few days later bought an Asus RT-N16 (it has DD-WRT on it) to use for WiFi for it (we have 2 other APs in the house, but they're not close enough to my bed to use the tablet in bed, which was something that I wanted to do).
It was working perfectly up until the day before yesterday. Now the Fire won't connect to the SSID at all. Sometimes it doesn't even recognize that the SSID is there at all. Even the WiFi Analyzer app sometimes won't see the SSID.
I'd think it was an AP problem, but going to the AP's configuration page shows that the radio is, indeed, on, and I can pick up my phone (HTC HD2 w/CyanogenMod 7) and connect and use the network perfectly.
Any thoughts?
I have the same issue I think. I have a wifi extender set up in my apartment out back because the main ap from the house doesnt provide a good signal in my apt. Other devices can have them both set up and switch accordingly, but my fire with CM7 installed will constantly only use the main one unless I forget it temporarily.
Not the best solution but a temp workaround.
Corey
If you are on stock than you go to wirless networks and then advenced settings and change it to Japan i had The same problem
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cryancaire said:
I have the same issue I think. I have a wifi extender set up in my apartment out back because the main ap from the house doesnt provide a good signal in my apt. Other devices can have them both set up and switch accordingly, but my fire with CM7 installed will constantly only use the main one unless I forget it temporarily.
Not the best solution but a temp workaround.
Corey
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That's not the problem I'm having.
Even if I forget everything but the "target" SSID, it still won't connect at all, ever.
The only way I can get it to connect to this AP is to set the AP to G-only and turn security off.
My phone continues to connect flawlessly in all situations, however...
I don't really consider this a "solution" since no security is...no security...but I guess it'll have to do because as soon as I turn encryption back on the tablet just doesn't connect again.
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If you are on stock than you go to wirless networks and then advenced settings and change it to Japan i had The same problem
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I changed it to use all 14 channels, and I even tried forcing the AP to a certain channel that I knew the device would connect to, and the problem still did not disapper.
Hi guys, I'm having problems with my WiFi. My WiFi is randomly disconnecting. When I go to WiFi settings it only shows me 1 network (the 1 I'm connected to). It says me the network is saved and some security details. When I turn WiFi off and on it shows me all the networks in my region again and says I'm connected.
This problem seems to appear more frequently in the evening.
SmoothROM
Motley kernel
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sdelange99 said:
Hi guys, I'm having problems with my WiFi. My WiFi is randomly disconnecting. When I go to WiFi settings it only shows me 1 network (the 1 I'm connected to). It says me the network is saved and some security details. When I turn WiFi off and on it shows me all the networks in my region again and says I'm connected.
This problem seems to appear more frequently in the evening.
SmoothROM
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Using static IP may solve your disconnecting problem. But I haven't faecd the rest.
sdelange99 said:
Hi guys, I'm having problems with my WiFi. My WiFi is randomly disconnecting. When I go to WiFi settings it only shows me 1 network (the 1 I'm connected to). It says me the network is saved and some security details. When I turn WiFi off and on it shows me all the networks in my region again and says I'm connected.
This problem seems to appear more frequently in the evening.
SmoothROM
Motley kernel
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Get WiFi Analyzer and look for overlapping APs in the signal strength per channel view (the one with the 'hills'). Chances are this is your problem. If possible change your AP to a less busy channel. Also walk and pause through your home with it to 'bad' spots. I have more disturbing APs from neighbours in one side of my house compared to another.
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Get WiFi Analyzer and look for overlapping APs in the signal strength per channel view (the one with the 'hills'). Chances are this is your problem. If possible change your AP to a less busy channel.
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This is good advice. Find the strongest channel and use it by changing the channel in the router settings.
Groid said:
This is good advice. Find the strongest channel and use it by changing the channel in the router settings.
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My dad did this already. We have 2 modems to extend range, the 2nd one automatically connects when coming close. Is it possible that my room (where i experience the problem a lot) is at the border of connecting with the 2nd one?
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Signal is main issue, why not try some signal enhancing adopters or maybe problem is battery apps like juicedefender which automatically disconnects WiFi..
Hello Everyone,
Recently (for the past 1 week or so)... I am having serious connection issues with my wi-fi. I cant really say that its an issue with my ISP. All the other devices like PS3, laptop work fine.
Problem is.. when I connect to my wi-fi, the connection stays strong for a a while then browsing, playing games, Facebook just doesn't seem to connect. The Internet connection just dies. I checked the wi-fi settings, it says connection is too weak to use!
It is happening soon after I had the last system update. Can't say if its to blame. Any help would be appreciated.
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hell_storm2004 said:
Hello Everyone,
Recently (for the past 1 week or so)... I am having serious connection issues with my wi-fi. I cant really say that its an issue with my ISP. All the other devices like PS3, laptop work fine.
Problem is.. when I connect to my wi-fi, the connection stays strong for a a while then browsing, playing games, Facebook just doesn't seem to connect. The Internet connection just dies. I checked the wi-fi settings, it says connection is too weak to use!
It is happening soon after I had the last system update. Can't say if its to blame. Any help would be appreciated.
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Maybe you should try to uncheck from the Advance Wifi Setting the Avoid poor connection option.
commandcontrol said:
Maybe you should try to uncheck from the Advance Wifi Setting the Avoid poor connection option.
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Hmm... could not find that setting anywhere.
This may not work, but maybe try a static IP rather than a DHCP-allocated one.
Edit - Yep, you will need to 'forget' the connection & re-add it in order to set a static IP.
Well I tried the static option. But with that the connect button is grayed out.
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hell_storm2004 said:
Hmm... could not find that setting anywhere.
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Search again, because it's your solution. It is a new feature from 4.3. Maybe with different name because our language. It is inside wifi, advanced. If it detects wifi data connection is poor (don't confuse with wifi signal, is different but related), it automatically switch the connection from wifi to 3g/4g to prevent disconnections from the world...
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jaswinky said:
Search again, because it's your solution. It is a new feature from 4.3. Maybe with different name because our language. It is inside wifi, advanced. If it detects wifi data connection is poor (don't confuse with wifi signal, is different but related), it automatically switch the connection from wifi to 3g/4g to prevent disconnections from the world...
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It would be great if you can post a screen shot. I will post mine as soon as i get out of office. Left my USB cable at home.
hell_storm2004 said:
It would be great if you can post a screen shot. I will post mine as soon as i get out of office. Left my USB cable at home.
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A screenshot will not help you, first because I have it in spanish, second bercause you need to know the route to get that option better than to see it. I will try to translate the name of the option but not 100% sure you will find it as is:
settings->wifi->push left button (menu)->choose "Advanced" on the pop-uped menu->6th option from top says "Automatic network switching (Switch automatically between wifi networks and mobile networks)": uncheck it.