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My N1 can connect easily to all kind of wifi routers and modems without problem but not with my fitness club's one, they have a Linksys N160.
My N1 can detect the signal,enter the password but then it's stucked with the message ''getting ip...''
Where is the problem? is it a know hardware or software compatibility stuff?
Sometimes rebooting the wifi router helps. Also make sure that when the guy over at your fitness club reboots the router you don't have the wifi of the club saved. delete the saved wifi profile, reboot the wifi router and then try. Cheers.
Already tried it several times. I saw that OS4 of iphone/ipod have the same problem with router enabling Wireless-N, I will ask him to limit the router to B/G
I also had similar problem with Linksys WAG54G2 (at latest firmware). Then I changed to much cheaper adsl router, TP-LINK WD-W8960N and no more connection problem.
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I had problems using my Nexus One on my SMC Barricade 802.11b/g/n router when 802.11n was enabled. Turned it off; problems were gone. I don't think that works well yet, though some people have said otherwise. Could be a router-specific issue.
Ok so it's a WAG160N to be specific.
He tried to use mixed B/G instead of mixed (which would imply N too) but it still stuck at getting ip...
I told him to throw this router in the garbage because anyway SE and HP mobiles can't connect too,but he said he would do it but his boss will never accept to pay a penny more
My parents had a router that did exactly the same, my phone got stuck on Obtaining IP, whilst the missus 5800 connected and broswed just fine.
It was a crappy old thing and they replaced it the other week, now I can connect and browse just fine.
I also use a linksys WAG160N.
bought a nexus one, could not for the life of me get an internet connection.
turns out dns on router is poofed, so i just set DNS from my isp manually on the nexus one together with a static ip and booya interent at full 802.11n speeds.
sometimes its the simple things.
This sounds similar to when I set my router to channel 13 or whatever the max was on it. My N1 would only sometimes get a connection, but would eventually drop it and stay off. Solved it by selecting a lower channel (WifiAnalyzer suggesten channel 1 as the best alternative to channel max) on the AP.
I can see that in CM6 nightly that I have since started using I can choose regulatory domain, and thereby open up channels previously blocked. If you can't change anything on the AP this might help you solve the problem on your end.
So suggestions if none of the posts above me provide a solution is to run WifiAnalyzer and see how the channel-graph looks.
I need to find an app that will log when my phone is connected to a wifi and when it is connected to at&t.
My Exede internet provider claims that I have a solid connection, yet, my phone spends a lot of time on AT&T connection while I am within range of my home router. I will also find a program that will work on windows and plug a laptop directly into the modem so I can eliminate router problems.
Thanks
akdale said:
I need to find an app that will log when my phone is connected to a wifi and when it is connected to at&t.
My Exede internet provider claims that I have a solid connection, yet, my phone spends a lot of time on AT&T connection while I am within range of my home router. I will also find a program that will work on windows and plug a laptop directly into the modem so I can eliminate router problems.
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You don't need a program to do that, you need a length of Ethernet cable with connectors on the ends. Unless your laptop is really old it has an Ethernet jack. Just plug the cable into that, and plug the other end of the cable into the modem. Or plug it into one of the connectors on the router if it's just a wifi issue. You have 3 options - wifi, Ethernet connection to the router or Ethernet connection to the modem. Windows will grab an IP address from the router if you're doing it that way (wired or wifi) or from your provider (if you connect to the modem). How connecting the laptop to the modem will eliminate problems with the phone is something I'm confused about, unless you're going to use the laptop as a wifi hotspot for the phone. That's a program I can't help you with. I did an exhaustive search for that kind of setup about 2 years ago, and there was no cheap way to do it. (There's a company that has a box and software, but if you think a Note 3 bought outright is more than pocket change ... $5,000? $6,000? Something in that neighborhood.)
As far as your other problem - the phone not getting wifi from your router? (Whether your internet connection to the router is solid or not has nothing to do with whether the phone is connecting to the router via wifi. I can connect to a wifi router that's not connected to the internet at all. It'll cause "unable to connect" type messages from every app that needs an internet connection, but it'll still be connected to the router.
So, there are a few things you need to figure out. Try Data ON-Off, a free app for the phone. That will allow you to turn your AT&T (3G/4G) data off so, good signal from wifi or not, your phone won't use AT&T.
Use Wifi Analytics (another free app) to ssee what's going on there. If there a few wifi signals on the same channel as yours, you may be getting so much interference that the phone can't see your router's signal and drops that connection. (Changing channels on the router depends on which router you have, but it's in the wifi section and it's simple - usually just a dropdown for channel number. Wifi Analytics lists the channels as poor, good and best based on what signals are on what channel. Use one of the ones marked best, or at least good.)
It also depends on what's between you and the router. In my last house, if I was on the deck and someone turned on the microwave, I lost the internet. The physical path from my seat on the deck to the router passed right through the microwave. Little metal box, not much signal loss. But when it was running it wasn't a little metal box, it was a huge 2.4GHz transmitter, transmitting (as far as wifi is concerned) garbage and noise. I didn't mind 30 or 60 seconds of loss of signal, I'd just refresh the page when the microwave was done. But my wife, who plays WoW, would want to get safe before I ran the microwave. 5 seconds of no signal and you can get killed there. (She may be the only player ever on WoW who died when she was dead. Something like she got killed PvP at the edge of a lake, fell in and drowned. Drowned while she was already dead.) If the path from your phone to your router is through a lot of walls, that's a problem too. Each piece of sheet rock only absorbs a little signal, but a few walls together can kill it. Same thing if the path is through a large piece of metal, like a refrigerator. Or if your router antenna is vertical and you're on the floor above it. (Antennas shoot at right angles to their axes.)
This is the kind of thing that drives microwave engineers mad. If you're going for minimum power needed for the path loss, and you didn't notice that tree in the path in December, come May when the tree has leaves you lose the signal, and thousands of customers scream. Oops. (It's also why some satellite TV systems don't work very well when it's pouring rain. They didn't calculate the additional path loss. "It never rains, does it?")
But understand, the strength of your internet signal (Exede to your modem) has nothing to do with the strength of the signal from your router to your phone over wifi. Think of a radio station. The announcer is so close to the mic that his lips are touching it, and he's shouting. But you're MANY miles away and can barely hear the station through the static. Or, the other way around, you live right near the transmitter, but the announcer is in the room next to the mic and he's mumbling. In each case one part of the "signal path" (which included announcer to mic and transmitter to receiver) is good but the other one isn't. Your Exede to modem path is good, but something between there and the phone is bad.
So if you still want to use wifi from your router, you may now have enough information to figure out why it's not solid connection, and maybe enough to change what needs to be changed to make it work. (Moving 2 feet left [or whatever] may be enough to increase the signal enough to give you a solid connection on wifi if, looking from where the phone isn't working well to the router [with X-Ray eyes], you see a refrigerator or something..)
Thanks very much for the in depth reply.
Unfortunately I was not very clear with my question.
I have not had any problem with my router talking to my cell phones or with my laptops through LAN.
I have an intermittent connection to the internet.
Originally, my router was hooked up to an ADSL modem. Everything worked great.
Had to change providers to Exede (Sat. dish Internet provider)
Started having intermittent connection to the internet. (Not weather related)
Exede tells me that they do not show any dropped connections to their modem.
When I disconnect from Exede, and hook back up to the ADSL, the intermittent connection problem to the WAN goes away and works as it should.
Looking for an app for my cellphone that will log when the phone changes from access to internet through my LAN, to access through AT&T.
Also, I am looking for a shareware/freeware program for my laptop that will log when its internet connection is dropped.
Thanks
Hi guys,
I was extremely happy with my shiny new Moto X (2nd Gen) (UK), which arrived on Monday, however I am since less pleased as I cannot connect to my office WiFi!
All other WiFi's are fine, but for whatever reason I CANNOT seem to connect to my office WiFi.
I have tried every single setting and the only conclusion I can rationalise is that it's because the SSID is hidden and the Moto X (at least my one) has a problem with this. I've tried restarting the phone, factory restored the phone, asked sysadmin to reset the router, tried changing WiFI Direct name, turned on "WiFI Optimisation" etc.
Nothing works. It just says "Saved, secured with WPA2". Every other device in the office works fine.
There is no MAC filtering and plenty of DHCP licenses available.
What kinda odf crap phone can't handle hidden SSID's? Also, Motorola support is a pile of crap! Been waiting to speak to one of them for 1 hour.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
TD
I'm connected to my office WiFi with hidden ssid...
So why can't I?!?
Apparently someone told me that hidden SSID's is a violation of the Wi-Fi protocol and hence is not supported in Android/Motorola devices. Guessing that's the reason why apps like: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sourceforge.soopy.hidden.ssid.enabler&hl=en_GB exist..?
On the other hand, it seems like bullcrap if you and other can connect to hidden networks just fine?
No one know or have any advice on this issue?
Thanks,
Z
I don't now where you're problem is coming from but I swear I'm connected each work day on a Wi-Fi network with hidden SSID. But : when I have configured it for the first time my moto x was telling me that WiFi network was not reachable. Just waiting 5 minutes and voila, moto x was connected. It was exactly same situation with a nexus 5 on same WiFi network.
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So configure it, and then wait 5 minutes and see if it is now connected. Put your WiFi in always on mode even when idle.
Mine just says "Saved Secured with WPA/WPA2".
Just won't connect!!
Go to wifi settings scroll down and hit
ADD NETWORK
Next enter the ssid exactly it is case sensitive.
Next enter password.
If it doesn't connect then your works wifi may have Mac address filtering on.
In that case you have to have the I. T. guy manually allow you in.
Hope that helps
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As mentioned there is no Mac filtering and thus isn't a dhcp capacity issue. Everything is fine. All other devices including other 4.4.4 devices are connecting without issue.
Any other ideas..
Is it 2.4 or 5 GHz WiFi? Have you enabled both?
Not sure what band, but doubt that's the issue as works on both bands at home.
Using a great tool called "WiFi Connection Manager" from the Play Store, you can see the following network settings:
Interesting to see what the alert says when clicking into it:
Any ideas? Thinking it could be a Cisco hardware related issue!
Z
Interesting... Using google I can found a lot of people that have same problem as you. But... Hidden ssid is only for bad admins that still think this will protect them
Yeah but it's no excuse for Android and/or Motorola to not play nice with hidden SSIDs. This in my opinion is VERY poor.
It's not moto but android. But since 802.11 have never been designed to work with hidden ssid I don't know if we can complain about android. But I'm not an expert on this subject, so maybe and hopefully someone can explain us in a more detailed manner.
That would make sense if I hadn't been able to use other Android 4.4.x devices and versions to successfully connect to the same network..
I missed that point... You're right if other android devices are able to connect to the same network then it is probably a moto problem... But mine is working good with hidden ssid but the router is not a Cisco one. I suggest to contact moto support by chat ( not by phone ), you should have an answer.
Cisco router? Make sure it is on the latest firmware. There appears to be an issue with older Cisco firmware and the X, independent of broadcasting of SSID.
https://supportforums.cisco.com/dis...isco-controllers-and-pmf-enabled-moto-x-gen-2
I use an ASUS RT-N16 w/dd-wrt as my house router. I routinely have 4 devices on its wireless. This is the scenario (which has only just started happening recently):
my wife will connect her S5 to the WiFi at home
the S5 will report connected
every other device on the WiFi that is handy (haven't checked if it happens to my Roku) will be kicked off the WiFi
the S5 will be disconnected
I will have to manually reconnect my other devices, which report an "authentication issue"
The other devices in question are: my Optimus G, my Shield Tablet, our Acer Win8 laptop. Signal strength is not an issue. I have tried:
setting the S5's WiFi connection to our router to a static address
resetting the router to factory default
changed the channel on the router's WiFi
disabling the router's ACK timing
changed the router's WiFi mode to NG-Mixed
Has anyone ever encountered anything like this? Definitely one of the oddest issues I've ever had the "pleasure" of dealing with.
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I use an ASUS RT-N16 w/dd-wrt as my house router. I routinely have 4 devices on its wireless. This is the scenario (which has only just started happening recently):
my wife will connect her S5 to the WiFi at home
the S5 will report connected
every other device on the WiFi that is handy (haven't checked if it happens to my Roku) will be kicked off the WiFi
the S5 will be disconnected
I will have to manually reconnect my other devices, which report an "authentication issue"
The other devices in question are: my Optimus G, my Shield Tablet, our Acer Win8 laptop. Signal strength is not an issue. I have tried:
setting the S5's WiFi connection to our router to a static address
resetting the router to factory default
changed the channel on the router's WiFi
disabling the router's ACK timing
changed the router's WiFi mode to NG-Mixed
Has anyone ever encountered anything like this? Definitely one of the oddest issues I've ever had the "pleasure" of dealing with.
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That is weird. I have all sorts of stuff connecting to my WiFi. I use a WD router that has worked extremely well. I would suspect something wrong with the router.
Sometimes routers go bad like any other computer part. Do you have another router to test with your setup?
Looked at some of the reviews of your model and some people had major problems. It has a two year warranty, perhaps get an RMA if still time left. Of course flash it back to stock.
I got the suggestion from elsewhere to create a guest network for her. DD-WRT's got the ability to create a fully isolated guest network, but I only had to create a new wireless vlan for her (bridged, even) & she's happily connected on her own little space (& I'm still happily connected on mine).
More of a workaround than a solution, but hey...
Nicely done.
Update!
My wife took her S5 w/her down to a girls' weekend getaway, & she had to turn off her WiFi while she was at the house because, you guessed it, she kept kicking every other client off of the network!
I'm happy at home w/her on a separate WLAN, but I really do wonder wtf's going on w/her phone...
I've been getting a slow to fair connection on Steam Link, which really bothers me. I have 1GBPS WiFi from Xfinity with 40MBPS upload speed, both of which should allow me to connect to my computer very well. My computer is hardwired via ethernet, so that's not a problem, however Steam Link never labels my connection "Good." I have heard that this is the result of the WiFi on board Android opting to pick 2.4Ghz, and I've been looking to disable it. I couldn't get the package to install on Fox's Magisk for the 2.4Ghz WiFi disabler add on, so I searched around the forums and checked both my settings, as well as developer options. I even looked in data/misc/wifi, but there wasn't anything there I could tinker with to help with this. I did turn WiFi safe mode on in hopes to improve the stability of my device's WiFi, but this is as far as I've gotten.
Does anyone have suggestions for disabling 2.4Ghz or otherwise increasing my WiFi speed on here? I would really like not to have to seperate the bands manually, as last time that caused a host of problems with other people's devices in my household.
For what it's worth, and I'm aware this doesn't answer your question directly, nor help you right away, but my router allows me to use a single SSID for both 5GHz and 2.4GHz, and it automatically connects at the highest frequency a device can handle.
My point is that I don't think the issue is Android, because I've consistently gotten 5GHz Wi-Fi on my Pixel and Samsung devices in the last four years I've had this router.
I know you already discount this possibility but just for anyone else who comes across this...
Other than possibly buying a different router (I use Synology routers, and they just came out with a new one that I might upgrade to sometime), another potential workaround is for you to configure your router to use different SSIDs for the two frequencies, and then just never connect from your Tablet to the 2.4GHz SSID. I know this might be a PITA or possibly even just not a realistic solution, depending on how many other devices (smart devices) you already have configured to connect to your existing SSID.
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For what it's worth, and I'm aware this doesn't answer your question directly, nor help you right away, but my router allows me to use a single SSID for both 5GHz and 2.4GHz, and it automatically connects at the highest frequency a device can handle.
My point is that I don't think the issue is Android, because I've consistently gotten 5GHz Wi-Fi on my Pixel and Samsung devices in the last four years I've had this router.
I know you already discount this possibility but just for anyone else who comes across this...
Other than possibly buying a different router (I use Synology routers, and they just came out with a new one that I might upgrade to sometime), another potential workaround is for you to configure your router to use different SSIDs for the two frequencies, and then just never connect from your Tablet to the 2.4GHz SSID. I know this might be a PITA or possibly even just not a realistic solution, depending on how many other devices (smart devices) you already have configured to connect to your existing SSID.
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I mean, the two seperate SSID's is a valid solution, just one I'm not currently willing to use.
Here's something strange that made me believe that it's an Android issue. I previously used Steam Link on an IPad and got a good connection, I then moved over to Android and don't. It's very bizarre. I also can't backspace in Chrome Remote Desktop on Android for some reason. Also bizarre.
I do totally want a new router, but I'm tapped out of money for the foreseeable future anyway. We have the most up to date Xfinity router though, which I think is from 2018 or some such thing, to its credit, the internet almost never disconnects, and when it does, it fixes itself within around 60 seconds. Previous xfinity routers would disconnect frequently, and would require a reset to get working again.
Easiest is to have two different SSID's and different password for each. That way your galaxy tab will only connect to 5GHz and won't use 2.4GHz as long you don't connect to it with password for it.
Since if you name 2.4GHz and 5GHz same SSID then it will connect to 2.4GHz or 5GHz and keep switching since both have same SSID and password.