http://wireless.navas.us/index.php?title=Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems&feed=atom&action=historyFast Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems - Revision history2024-03-29T11:44:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.16.5http://wireless.navas.us/index.php?title=Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems&diff=1095&oldid=prevJohnNavas: /* Android device connection problems */ edit2012-01-25T18:17:01Z<p><span class="autocomment">Android device connection problems: </span> edit</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>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.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, that works properly everywhere</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Otherwise, a possible work-around is to disable [[wikipedia:Wireless Multimedia Extensions|WMM or WME (Wireless Multimedia Extensions)]] in the wireless access point or wireless router (not the mobile device), <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but that's </del>at the expense of WMM/WME functionality<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and is only possible where you control </del>the wireless access point or wireless router <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(not in other places)</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Otherwise, a possible work-around <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(where you control the wireless access point or wireless router, but not in other places) </ins>is to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">either:</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><li></ins>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<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; or</li></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><li>replace </ins>the wireless access point or wireless router <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with a completely different device that's more tolerant of mobile device issues</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></li></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Certain Android devices (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">handsets</del>, tablets) may connect and work for a time but then "hang" or disconnect. The cause appears to be a bug in certain TI Wi-Fi drivers most commonly in certain Motorola products.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Certain <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:</ins>Android <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(operating system)|Android]] mobile </ins>devices (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:Mobile phone|mobile phones]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:Tablet computer|</ins>tablets<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>) may connect <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to Wi-Fi </ins>and work for a time but then "hang" or disconnect. The cause appears to be a bug in certain <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:Texas Instruments|</ins>TI<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>Wi-Fi drivers most commonly <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used </ins>in certain <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:Motorola Mobility|</ins>Motorola<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>products.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Otherwise, a possible work-around is to disable WMM (Wireless Multimedia) in the wireless access point or wireless router, but that's at the expense of WMM functionality, and is only possible where you control the wireless access point or wireless router (not in other places).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Otherwise, a possible work-around is to disable <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[wikipedia:Wireless Multimedia Extensions|</ins>WMM <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or WME </ins>(Wireless Multimedia <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Extensions</ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in the wireless access point or wireless router <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(not the mobile device)</ins>, but that's at the expense of WMM<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/WME </ins>functionality, and is only possible where you control the wireless access point or wireless router (not in other places).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div># Find and correct the cause of the problem (e.g., wrong WEP/WPA/WPA2 key, DHCP failure, insufficient signal).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div># Find and correct the cause of the problem (e.g., wrong WEP/WPA/WPA2 key, DHCP failure, insufficient signal).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Certain Android devices (handsets, tablets) may connect and work for a time but then "hang" or disconnect. The cause appears to be a bug in certain TI Wi-Fi drivers most commonly in certain Motorola products.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Otherwise, a possible work-around is to disable WMM (Wireless Multimedia) in the wireless access point or wireless router, but that's at the expense of WMM functionality, and is only possible where you control the wireless access point or wireless router (not in other places).</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>JohnNavashttp://wireless.navas.us/index.php?title=Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems&diff=464&oldid=prevJohnNavas: /* Works with no security, but won't work with WEP */ edit2009-09-17T17:27:21Z<p><span class="autocomment">Works with no security, but won't work with WEP: </span> edit</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Use a ''[[wikipedia:hexadecimal|hex]]'' key, not a character (ASCII) key. See ''[[Wi-Fi#WEP|Wi-Fi WEP]]''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Use a ''[[wikipedia:hexadecimal|hex]]'' key, not a character (ASCII) key. See ''[[Wi-Fi#WEP|Wi-Fi WEP]]''.</div></td></tr>
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</table>JohnNavashttp://wireless.navas.us/index.php?title=Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems&diff=463&oldid=prevJohnNavas: /* Accidentally connecting to neighbor's Wi-Fi */ edit2009-09-17T17:26:35Z<p><span class="autocomment">Accidentally connecting to neighbor's Wi-Fi: </span> edit</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Tip|tiptext=Products with the ''same'' (default) SSID seem like a ''single'' network!<br>See ''[[Wi-Fi#SSID Conflict|SSID Conflict]]''}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{Tip|tiptext=Products with the ''same'' (default) SSID seem like a ''single'' network!<br>See ''[[Wi-Fi#SSID Conflict|SSID Conflict]]''}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Set a ''unique [[wikipedia:Service set identifier|SSID]]'' in your wireless router or access point.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Set a ''unique [[wikipedia:Service set identifier|SSID]]'' in your wireless router or access point.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Set up ''security'' ([[wikipedia:Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]], or better yet [[wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Access|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">WPA</del>]]), a ''very good idea'' in any event.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Set up ''security'' ([[wikipedia:Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]], or better yet [[wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Access<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#WPA2</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">WPA2</ins>]]), a ''very good idea'' in any event.</div></td></tr>
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</table>JohnNavashttp://wireless.navas.us/index.php?title=Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems&diff=462&oldid=prevJohnNavas: /* May not actually be Connected */ edit2009-09-17T17:25:52Z<p><span class="autocomment">May not actually be Connected: </span> edit</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>However, because of the need to ''manage'' Wi-Fi operation ([[wikipedia:Service set identifier|SSID]] selection, [[wikipedia:Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]]/[[wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA]] security, ''etc.''), a Wi-Fi client bridge will typically have ''configuration screen(s)'' at a specified [[wikipedia:Private network|private IP address]] (''e.g., ''192.168.0.254) that can be accessed with a standard Web browser (''e.g., ''Microsoft Internet Explorer) from a local computer. Unfortunately, unlike with a Wi-Fi router, a computer connected to a Wi-Fi client bridge ''can't'' normally communicate with both the client bridge configuration and the Internet at the same time. To deal with this problem, see [[Wi-Fi How To#Configure a Wi-Fi client bridge|How To Configure a Wi-Fi client bridge]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>However, because of the need to ''manage'' Wi-Fi operation ([[wikipedia:Service set identifier|SSID]] selection, [[wikipedia:Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]]/[[wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/WPA2</ins>]] security, ''etc.''), a Wi-Fi client bridge will typically have ''configuration screen(s)'' at a specified [[wikipedia:Private network|private IP address]] (''e.g., ''192.168.0.254) that can be accessed with a standard Web browser (''e.g., ''Microsoft Internet Explorer) from a local computer. Unfortunately, unlike with a Wi-Fi router, a computer connected to a Wi-Fi client bridge ''can't'' normally communicate with both the client bridge configuration and the Internet at the same time. To deal with this problem, see [[Wi-Fi How To#Configure a Wi-Fi client bridge|How To Configure a Wi-Fi client bridge]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>JohnNavashttp://wireless.navas.us/index.php?title=Fast_Fixes_to_Wi-Fi_Problems&diff=233&oldid=prevJohnNavas: /* Better antenna (which helps both sending and receiving) */ edit2008-12-04T01:53:01Z<p><span class="autocomment">Better antenna (which helps both sending and receiving): </span> edit</p>
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