I was wondering if theres a program for windows mobile or a way to automatically configure network settings for a wireless network. For example, my school has a wireless network setup but it requires a software package which is not available for wm6 to connect to the internet. I found a simple workaround; all you have to do is to manually change the DNS address . However, when I change the DNS address for use at school, the internet obviously no longer works at home since windows mobile is using the same DNS setting on the WLAN adapter no matter what wireless network it sees. I know my old Nokia N80 and the iPhone have software that allow you to configure settings for each network so that the connection is seamless, so there HAS to be someway to do the same thing for wm6. Thanks in advance!
Wifi Profiles
never tried myself, but here on the forum is a tool for different wifiprofiles
hope that helps
cheers
PhoneAlarm
PhoneAlarm from www.pocketmax.net has network profile support, you can use it with cell tower ID to switch the profile when you are in the vicinity of the school and then back to home when you arrive.
At my work place there are many wireless networks, one institute wide network and smaller departmental level networks. I would like to configure my phone to use the wider network only when I'm out of my local network's range.
Right now it always connects to the wider network by default (maybe because I set that up first and used it for few months before configuring the other one ?? ). Basically I want to give priority to my department's wi-fi network over the institute's network, and automatically switch between the two depending on coverage; i.e when I'm at my office I want to connect to my local network , when I walk out automatically switch to the wider network (this works even now), and when I walk back in switch to the local network (this part doesn't work, it stays on the wider network)?
Is there a way to do this ? (preferably without using additional apps)
I just got my self an Asus N12 router/repeater and already set it up for repeater mode, verified with a laptop places on the house that formerly had very low signal now shows almost a full bar now the problem I have is that the Galaxy Note seems to only want to connect to the main router which gives it like a very low or even dropped signal, using an app called wifi analizer it can show both my main router and the repeater ( both have the same SSID and only shows a different mac address of some sort, the repeater is actually detected giving off good signal but then again it always connects to the main router.. I never had to setup anything on the laptop it just gets better over all signal.
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This is what Wifi Analizer sees
Home (00:23:59:11:11:71)
Home (bc:ae:c5:b0:3a:78)
first one is my primary router and the 2nd one is my asus, the note always prefers to connect to the primary router and ignores the signal from the repeater.. the laptops on the other hand get the signal boost!
Good thread to second the question.
Is it possible to set the Roaming Aggressiveness for the Note?
In simpler words - if i have two signals (say, identical as the OPs config) i want to switch between them before the connections to the connected one has been dropped. In other words - is there a way to switch WiFi networks beneath signal strength value or on better signal from known network?
Spo0f said:
Good thread to second the question.
Is it possible to set the Roaming Aggressiveness for the Note?
In simpler words - if i have two signals (say, identical as the OPs config) i want to switch between them before the connections to the connected one has been dropped. In other words - is there a way to switch WiFi networks beneath signal strength value or on better signal from known network?
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Im also looking for something like that, I've read before that tasker can do that kind of switching.
Google might be your friend
I found this on another forum :
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Cracked it. WrecX free in market allows you to set a preferred AP, and either allow or exclude OPEN AP should you lose signal.
Re:tasker, basically a full phone API with undocumented GUI. Complex, requires *full* permissions (not my bag!), costs 4GB£
I had the exact same problem and this fixed it. It uses just 472Kb and it works. Thanks!
To use it, open it, Menu, Preference, Access Point(AP) and choose your preferred network.
It would be nice if I could set up multiple preferred access points, but I can live with the inconvenience of choosing a network while I'm travelling. I was getting annoyed with having to keep doing it at home though.
Hope it will resolve your problem.
You could try this with the free Wi-Fi Rules (a WIFI Manager) app in the market.
It allows you to set connect priorities...
Or even Wif-Fi scanner wRecX(Free) where your device can connect with the retrieved access points specified in the list...
That is annoying! I just bought a repeater. I guess I'll be having the same problems ...
friedje said:
Google might be your friend
I found this on another forum :
Originally Posted by wilmer000 View Post
Cracked it. WrecX free in market allows you to set a preferred AP, and either allow or exclude OPEN AP should you lose signal.
Re:tasker, basically a full phone API with undocumented GUI. Complex, requires *full* permissions (not my bag!), costs 4GB£
I had the exact same problem and this fixed it. It uses just 472Kb and it works. Thanks!
To use it, open it, Menu, Preference, Access Point(AP) and choose your preferred network.
It would be nice if I could set up multiple preferred access points, but I can live with the inconvenience of choosing a network while I'm travelling. I was getting annoyed with having to keep doing it at home though.
Hope it will resolve your problem.
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smaragdhk said:
You could try this with the free Wi-Fi Rules (a WIFI Manager) app in the market.
It allows you to set connect priorities...
Or even Wif-Fi scanner wRecX(Free) where your device can connect with the retrieved access points specified in the list...
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I will try both solutions once I have my repeater up and running again, It is currently used as my primary router as it gives a better over all coverage compared to my old router but I will go back to using the repeater when I have the time to do so.
tried a different ssid on the repeater?
Richy99 said:
tried a different ssid on the repeater?
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A repeater automatically configured to have the same SSID at least on the Asus repeater mode, Access Point mode on the other hand allows you to use a different SSID but you need a LAN cable to connect to it.
After setting it back up, I've already figured it out that if I needed to connect to my repeater I must have a static IP settings on my phone.. for some odd reason it does not provide any IP from the DHCP of the primary router, so when I go up a floor I just need to reconnect manually to the primary router by turning the wifi toggle off then on again.
I have exactly the same issue, Static IP works but Notes can't pick an IP while connected to the repeater only work workarounds I found 1. static ip, 2. setup DHCP on the repeater too.
and I hate both
did you made any progress on this ?
ArcticCat said:
I have exactly the same issue, Static IP works but Notes can't pick an IP while connected to the repeater only work workarounds I found 1. static ip, 2. setup DHCP on the repeater too.
and I hate both
did you made any progress on this ?
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Static IP is the only work around I found for this to work, my laptop though connects to the repeater with out issues and the need for static IP. Same issue with the Galaxy tab7.7 Im guessing this could be an andriod/samsung issue.
There is a known issue with some Samsung Android phones, including Note, failing to support BSSID roaming. That is were the wifi device hands over between separate APs with the same SSID.
More info here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12649
You could set your repeater to use a different SSID, if supported. I have had success with BSSID roaming when using Imilka's CM9 build for the Note.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks to both, yes all other devices works just fine here too. Just my note and wife's S2 having problems
Good to know it is a bug and sad to notice still the same in ICS
Loftus said:
There is a known issue with some Samsung Android phones, including Note, failing to support BSSID roaming. That is were the wifi device hands over between separate APs with the same SSID.
More info here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12649
You could set your repeater to use a different SSID, if supported. I have had success with BSSID roaming when using Imilka's CM9 build for the Note.
Hope that helps.
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I cant see the option for my Repeater to be labelled differently
by definition a repeater will have the ssid that the main one
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by definition a repeater will have the ssid that the main one
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Yes, but some Asus models do have the ability to have it renamed.
Hi!
I live in a area where there are a lot of WI-Fi networks. My Nokia Lumia 820 seems to only use WI-FI channel 6 while using internet sharing as do 6 other routers nearby. This causes constant connection dropouts with my Macbook pro. Is there a hack to change to another broadcasting channel with a little less interference?
Thanks for your help in advance!
Miksii said:
Hi!
I live in a area where there are a lot of WI-Fi networks. My Nokia Lumia 820 seems to only use WI-FI channel 6 while using internet sharing as do 6 other routers nearby. This causes constant connection dropouts with my Macbook pro. Is there a hack to change to another broadcasting channel with a little less interference?
Thanks for your help in advance!
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Router allways sets up the channel, and internet sharing dosn't allows to choose it.
one option would be to setup an intermediate router as gateway with other configured channel.
Miksii said:
Hi!
I live in a area where there are a lot of WI-Fi networks. My Nokia Lumia 820 seems to only use WI-FI channel 6 while using internet sharing as do 6 other routers nearby. This causes constant connection dropouts with my Macbook pro. Is there a hack to change to another broadcasting channel with a little less interference?
Thanks for your help in advance!
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Sorry, its set in the registry and that can't be changed yet. I would hope that it could be included in GDR3 or even 8.1/Blue. That would get real annoying.
Also, any chance of those other connections are unencrypted? You could log onto them and change some of them to a different channel as most people barely know the default username and password on their router. ?
I don't know if some others in the community consider this wardriving,
but it involves accessing someone elses WiFi.
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