Fast Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems
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# Click the Repair button to try to fix the connection more quickly. | # Click the Repair button to try to fix the connection more quickly. | ||
# Find and correct the cause of the problem (e.g., wrong WEP/WPA/WPA2 key, DHCP failure, insufficient signal). | # Find and correct the cause of the problem (e.g., wrong WEP/WPA/WPA2 key, DHCP failure, insufficient signal). | ||
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| + | === Android device connection problems === | ||
| + | Certain [[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile devices ([[wikipedia:Mobile phone|mobile phones]], [[wikipedia:Tablet computer|tablets]]) may connect to Wi-Fi and work for a time but then "hang" or disconnect. The cause appears to be a bug in certain [[wikipedia:Texas Instruments|TI]] Wi-Fi drivers most commonly used in certain [[wikipedia:Motorola Mobility|Motorola]] products. | ||
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| + | The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible, that works properly everywhere. | ||
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| + | Otherwise, a possible work-around (where you control the wireless access point or wireless router, but not in other places) is to either: | ||
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| + | <li>disable [[wikipedia:Wireless Multimedia Extensions|WMM or WME (Wireless Multimedia Extensions)]] in the wireless access point or wireless router (not the mobile device), at the expense of WMM/WME functionality; or</li> | ||
| + | <li>replace the wireless access point or wireless router with a completely different device that's more tolerant of mobile device issues.</li> | ||
| + | </ol> | ||
== Slow wireless speed == | == Slow wireless speed == | ||
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== Works with no security, but won't work with WEP == | == Works with no security, but won't work with WEP == | ||
* Use a ''[[wikipedia:hexadecimal|hex]]'' key, not a character (ASCII) key. See ''[[Wi-Fi#WEP|Wi-Fi WEP]]''. | * Use a ''[[wikipedia:hexadecimal|hex]]'' key, not a character (ASCII) key. See ''[[Wi-Fi#WEP|Wi-Fi WEP]]''. | ||
| - | {{Tip|tiptext=[[wikipedia:Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]] can be easily cracked! If possible, use [[wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Access| | + | {{Tip|tiptext=[[wikipedia:Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]] can be easily cracked! If possible, use [[wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Access#WPA2|WPA2]] instead. See ''[[Wi-Fi#Wi-Fi_Security|Wi-Fi Security]]''.}} |
== Wake On LAN (WOL) won't work from the Internet == | == Wake On LAN (WOL) won't work from the Internet == | ||
