I have 2 wireless routers in my house and one is used to extend WiFi to reach farther rooms .. Both have same ssid but they both give different IP address main router gives me a 192.168.1.** and other 192.168.8.** when I move to side of house where the other router is I still stay connected to wifi with good signal but it isn't connected to the router I'm closer to ... I have to turn off WiFi on phone then turn on so I can connect to router and give me proper IP address... I need an app that can do it automatically.. My gf has a note 4 and her phone has a option called smart network switch that does this automatically.. Looking for an app that can do that .. I have nexus 5 with du 5.1 ROM
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Recently I bought a wifi range extender (TP-Link tl-wa730re first version) and I configured it in order to extend (range extender mode) wifi signal of my router over some rooms of my house. In particular I use this extender to take the signal into a room in which I already get router signal, but it's too low to have a fast connection.
So in this room I have 2 signal (I used this app to analize my conditions Play Store Link): the router one, with 20-30%, and the repeater one, with 70 %. I haven't any problem with my pc, but I have the same issue with my android devices (galaxy nexus, 2 nexus 7, htc sensation, xperia u): they randomly disconnect themselves for just a couple of seconds and then they switch between the 2 signals
Moreover about every 10 hours, I must reboot the extender, or every android device stops to get a working connection. For example, my gnex lost connection and continuously tries to connect to router, but it always fail.
If I move from this room to another one (especially if in this room router signal is stronger than before) my devices lost connection and I have to reboot phone or tab to get connection back...
My router has a WPA-PSK TKIP-AES password, dhcp enabled, automatic channel search enabled (the usual channel is always free), and wifi b\g\n with a speed up to 125 mbps. My extender has no password configured, dhcp disabled, same channel of router and its extended wifi has been seen by every android as the same of router (only 1 signal is detected into settings).
I already tried to set a static IP from wifi settings on phones but nothing change.. help please:crying:
Try wifi static from google play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.statIc and find a working ip on your extender.
When you get them, go to your router settings and define a reserved ip with MAC adress (your android and ip working)
This should be done!
Hope this help you! :fingers-crossed:
Hi there,
I have near been driven to madness by this problem so im admitting defeat and opening it up to all and everyone.
Very quick history - I have weak signal on the top floor of my house, so i purchased a TP LINK WR702N mini router. I have set this up as a wireless repeater on the top floor, and for the majority of my devices it works great. On my sisters windows laptop, my girlfriends iPhone and iPad, they all see the network, connect with full strength and receive 54Mbps. On all of these devices, I can enter 192.168.1.254 and reach the repeaters settings page, or enter 192.168.1.1 and reach my main router (downstairs) settings page. This suggests to me that everything works fine.
When i connect with an android device (either my Nexus 10 or my samsung galaxy S2) the moment they pick up the strong repeater signal - they lose internet connection. The are connected with 100% and 54Mbps speed to the repeater - but they cannot access the web. I can bring up 192.168.1.254 for the repeater, but they will not access 192.168.1.1 for the main router - I believe this is the problem.
I have tried changing the settings on my main router - I have changed the whole network from WPA to WEP encryption, to no avail
I have changed the android advanced wifi settings, changing to fixed IP on both of the android devices and setting the default gateway and DNS to be 192.168.1.1
I turned off my devices, reset the main router, then turned on the repeater - this appeared to fix the problem - but when i turned the repeater on last night I couldnt get internet access, so i retried this step and it didnt work
as a note, all of the devices on my network have a fixed IP set from my main router - these correspond to the fixed IPs on my android devices.
I have spoke to Google and TP Link supprt, each blame the other, and now I really dont know what to do.
Thanks
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Make sure your devices do not send out, nor honour, ICMP redirects. Since your are running both on the same subnet, there's a possibility your repeater sends out an ICMP redirect once your Android device addresses the main router, since it IP topological is a closer way talking directly.
Or, use different subnets.
My friend has a Galaxy Player 5.0 and he can connect to other WiFi Networks(It can connect to our school's network, the public optimumwifi network, etc.) but his house's. All the computers in his house can connect to his Home WiFi. His network name shows up on the Wireless Networks list on his Galaxy Player 5.0. He tries to connect to it. He types in the right WiFi password. It says "Connecting", then "Obtaining IP Address" and then right away, it says "Disconnected". Then when he sees it on the Wireless Networks list again, below his network name, it says "Disabled, secured with WPA/WPA2 PSK" His router is a Belkin G Wireless 957B73 and all his computers in his house can connect to it, but his Galaxy Player. I tried to help him via Skype ShareScreen. I thought it was because of some setting on his router. I told him to go to 192.168.2.1(His Default Gateway) for the Belkin options and stuff and I don't know what to do from there. I'll keep checking thread and will try to reply ASAP to your post replies if need be.
I have 2 wireless routers in my house and one is used to extend WiFi to reach farther rooms .. Both have same ssid but they both give different IP address main router gives me a 192.168.1.** and other 192.168.8.** when I move to side of house where the other router is I still stay connected to wifi with good signal but it isn't connected to the router I'm closer to ... I have to turn off WiFi on phone then turn on so I can connect to router and give me proper IP address... I need an app that can do it automatically.. My gf has a note 4 and her phone has a option called smart network switch that does this automatically.. Looking for an app that can do that .. I have nexus 5 with du 5.1 ROM
Just switched from cable to VZ gigabit FIOS internet only. They require you to keep their router in the loop no matter what other devices you might add. Using Fios Router with wifi turned off, connected to Netgear Orbi with two satellites. Mumimo and Beamforming are off at the recommendations of several Fios/Orbi users. Connection is from Fios router lan to internet port on Orbi. I have two satellites because apartment is long and thin with many very thick walls.
LG V10 which works very well but because of location, has to get cell signal from another state across a river. Therefore I use it in wifi mode when at home. When in the middle of a phone call I often lose the call as I move close to another access point (or satellite for Orbi). Have tried SWIFI but it needs each access point to have a "different ID" and I'm not sure what they're referring to. Can't often hold connection. Also tried Wifi Switcher (Cloudie), Wifi Toggle and one or two others.
Suggestions for other apps to try, or other settings? I need to use the router because the cell tower is so far away and I'd really like not to have to stay in one place if possible. Thanks for any and all help.