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Hi folks, just picked one of these up for the £149 in Orange, but have a problem with wi-fi that I have had with a few WM devices over time, think its the AR6000 wlan chipset myself, seems very fussy about what and when it connects.
I would appreciate any help, but not please along the lines of "change your router", that ain't happening, it works fine with loads of other devices, so if this issue is non solveable, its the TG01 that goes!
OK, first connection to the Router (its a Billion ADSL) was fine, got connection, worked OK. From there in, as soon as it woke up, no dice, just unable to connect, always shows up in both WM and Tosh wireless util as available, just never connects.
Now, what I have noticed with this and at other times when I have had this issue with past devices is that it puts some odd stuff in the IP address field in the Configure Networks Adaptors screen.
I have it set for Use Server Assigned IP Address, but in the field below, I get this odd stuff fe80:221:e8ff:fe88 instead of 192.xxx.xxx.xxx that should be in there. I am sure this is somehow related to my connection issues, but searching the web, seems like noone else ever had this?
Kev
can u turn ur wifi off ?
and can u turn it back on ?
Yep, turns on and off no problem, even done hard reset to see if I can get that fresh connection, but no way.
That is your IP. You need to configure it with get automatic IP or put you the IP but is more complicated.
This problem have origin be tween router and mobile or pc. Some time routers didn't assign an IP address.
Some time have other origin is a key try to put the key in different form AES or TKIP nbest one TKIP.
Check to security type.
kevwright said:
I have it set for Use Server Assigned IP Address, but in the field below, I get this odd stuff fe80:221:e8ff:fe88 instead of 192.xxx.xxx.xxx that should be in there.
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That looks like an IPv6 address as opposed to an IPv4 address, so I guess your router must be using IPv6. Does it not do this for your other devices? Maybe your router's DHCP serves up an IPv6 address because it detects that the TG01 can handle it. What happens when you try to do something meaningful on the network?
try and change your router security from wep (i assume it is due to a problem i have) and that seems to solve it,did for me neway and you are probably right about the chipset,
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That is your IP. You need to configure it with get automatic IP or put you the IP but is more complicated.
This problem have origin be tween router and mobile or pc. Some time routers didn't assign an IP address.
Some time have other origin is a key try to put the key in different form AES or TKIP nbest one TKIP.
Check to security type.
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Is it an IP address, all my other devices show 192.168.xxx.xxx, not seen that format before.
Checked the AES/TKIP thing, and tried both to no effect.
Also tried to set a static IP, but no dice.
Kev
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That looks like an IPv6 address as opposed to an IPv4 address, so I guess your router must be using IPv6. Does it not do this for your other devices? Maybe your router's DHCP serves up an IPv6 address because it detects that the TG01 can handle it. What happens when you try to do something meaningful on the network?
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Hrmm, IPv6 address looks like
2001:0db8:3c4d:0015:0000:0000:abcd:ef12
Which is not really what I have, and nothing else uses it, in fact can not see any reference to IPv6 on the router.
Kev
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try and change your router security from wep (i assume it is due to a problem i have) and that seems to solve it,did for me neway and you are probably right about the chipset,
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Security is WPA2-PSK, which to be fair works on lots of other devices, and I don't really wanna mess with them
Kev
Put your configuration here and lets check if we have the same.
I have a similar issue using a Siemens Gigaset SE587 ADSL router at home with the wireless security set to WPA/WPA2 - it will happily connect me once, but subsequent attempts fail unless I reset the router. Other access points are fine. For example, there is a BTOpenZone router not far outside that I can connect to at will, with no problem. Also, the router we use at work happily embraces the TG01's desire to connect.
The SE587 has been a bit temperamental with certain other devices so I wonder if the issue is the slightly fussy router rather than the phone?
Oh well .. I'm picking up a second hand Belkin 54g router soon, so hopefully this will solve it.
Ok guys this problem how I said his origin is to not assign one IP address correctly. This problem is because of WPA2 crypt key.
Turn of your security in your router and try to connect and lets start talk then.
that address (the numbered one) looks like a mac address, if you log on to your router, set up a rule with that mac address and/or ip addres (try 192.168.0.4, its usually free unless you have more than 4 connected devices, if you have then up the 4 to a 6) and restart the connection
it may help or it may do nothing or i might be wrong
Whenever I get home, my phone always seems to default to a BT Openzone wifi, which one of the neighbours obviously has set up on their router. The problem being, that my SGS2 always decides to connect to this, rather my own wifi. Whether it's because it picks this signal up first, as might be stronger when driving in to area, I don't know. But the point is, that I never asked it to connect to this ssid...
I will then go to wifi settings, and choose "Forget this network", and then it connects to my ssid... However, I don't want it to automatically connect to open wifi's.
Is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing to tell it not to connect to open wifi networks automatically? Happens every time I come home. Try connecting, cannot connect, and then realise it's conected to the openzone open wifi... Forget it, and it works. Go out, come home, openzone, forget, works. etc etc...
Using the checkrom revo hd 3.1.1, in case it's a setting that's been set up on that rom?! Had a look, but couldn't see anything
Hopefully someone can please please help
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Whenever I get home, my phone always seems to default to a BT Openzone wifi, which one of the neighbours obviously has set up on their router. The problem being, that my SGS2 always decides to connect to this, rather my own wifi. Whether it's because it picks this signal up first, as might be stronger when driving in to area, I don't know. But the point is, that I never asked it to connect to this ssid...
I will then go to wifi settings, and choose "Forget this network", and then it connects to my ssid... However, I don't want it to automatically connect to open wifi's.
Is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing to tell it not to connect to open wifi networks automatically? Happens every time I come home. Try connecting, cannot connect, and then realise it's conected to the openzone open wifi... Forget it, and it works. Go out, come home, openzone, forget, works. etc etc...
Using the checkrom revo hd 3.1.1, in case it's a setting that's been set up on that rom?! Had a look, but couldn't see anything
Hopefully someone can please please help
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Just a suggestion:
There is an option in Settings menu => Wireless and network => WLAN settings => network notification.
Have you already tried to change this setting?
There is also an advanced menu in WLAN settings - just click menu button => advanced.
In advanced WLAN settings, you can set to use a static IP address.
If you enter an IP address for your private WLAN, then you can prevent to be connected with an open wifi dynamically.
It is not very elegant, as you have to switch this setting, if you want to receive an IP address dynamically again, for example in other WLANs.
So, it is just a workaround - not a solution.
Maybe you can find an app in the Market to save different WLAN configurations/connections and which allows you the disabling to connect to other (non-saved) WLANs.
But I have not search for such an app yet.
Good luck !
Thanks for the suggestion...
Setting a static IP is not really an option, as I'm often between different networks...
Have tried disabling the "automatically notify open wifi" setting, and will see tonight... Hopefully this will work Hadn't thought of that affecting it, but it might just...
If not, anyone else who has any further suggestions are wholly welcome
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Thanks for the suggestion...
Setting a static IP is not really an option, as I'm often between different networks...
Have tried disabling the "automatically notify open wifi" setting, and will see tonight... Hopefully this will work Hadn't thought of that affecting it, but it might just...
If not, anyone else who has any further suggestions are wholly welcome
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As wifi settings are mainly hosted in the kernel, you may flash a different kernel (compatible with your ROM !).
Please wipe cache partition (and Dalvik cache) in recovery mode after flashing.
Good luck !
Does your home network by any chance have a hidden SSID?
Another idea might be to look at the wifi-configfile. IIRC, it is saved in /data/wifi/bcmsomething.conf.
If you do not find it, I can check for the correct name tonight.
My phone does not and never did autoconnect to open networks (I am using CheckROM Revo HD since the first version, now at 4). Can you select the open network in wifi settings, hold long and choose to delete settings for it?
I'm having the same issue and think it is because I have the vodafone app installed, do you have that installed too?
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This has been plaguing me for a few days now and I just want to share the solution I found for you guys. Have you ever had this issue? Your selected wireless network has been working great for days and suddenly one day it refuses to connect anymore. I would hit connect and the phone would be stuck in a "Obtaining IP address from WIFINETWORK" "Disconnected" "Scanning" cycle and so forth. You can wait forever and the phone will never connect to wifi.
The first time this happened to me I did a hard reset. Worked like a charm, I was able to use the network again for a few days until it began happening again. I decided a reset was not the solution so I looked for an answer. I happened upon sites like this:
http://anxiousnut.wordpress.com/201...d-obtaining-ip-address-wifi-issue-workaround/
Where certain solutions were posted but none seemed to work for me. I decided that it definitely wasn't my router (although some said resetting your wireless router may also work sometimes).
I finally stumbled upon the answer. The solution is to use a static ip by going into to Settings>Wireless & Networks>Wi-Fi settings>Menu Click to Advanced and then check Use static IP. You must figure out these values: IP Address, Gateway, Netmask, DNS 1, DNS 2.... Luckily, it is pretty easy.
IP ADDRESS
To find this, go back and select your wifi network. Hit "Modify" and see the IP address listed. Copy that down, this is your IP Address.
GATEWAY
This is your router's IP address. You will need a computer that is connected to the network already. For Windows, run a command prompt and type ipconfig to show you the default gateway address. For Mac, go to the network preference pane in system preferences. Click advanced and go to TCP/IP tab.
NETMASK
You will find this in the previous step. Often it is 255.255.255.0.
DNS 1
Put in the same IP you found for the gateway box.
DNS 2
Same as above.
In the end it will look something like this:
IP Address: 192.168.1.107
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
DNS 1: 192.168.1.1
DNS 2: 192.168.1.1
Connect again and it works. No need to factory reset. Enjoy!
Update: After a few days, something in the phone's wifi settings seem to "correct" itself and your wifi will not work with this method anymore. Simply go back and disable static IP and your phone will be back to its old self again. If the symptoms appear again, you can follow these steps again.
I wonder if this will help with eclipse 2.0.3 disconnecting issues
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I was having this problem with CM7 and this fixed it. Thanks!
thanks solved my problem i m so very grateful
Careful, this "fix" could be very temporary... If you set a static IP and do not configure your router to use static IPs you will at some point run into conflicting IPs if you have other devices on the network. The router is dynamically allocating IP addresses if you use a standard DHCP setup and can give your chosen IP for your phone to any device on the network, creating a situation when you cannot connect or you can connect but it does not work. If you want to use static ips on your phone with the router, you have to configure the router to understand this by disabling DHCP and setting up static IPs for all devices or by allocating fixed IP for certain MAC addresses. SO either setup both your phone and router to use a static IP or change the DHCP lease time to something other than "infinity" .
Most routers strart DHCP allocation at .100. Check with your particular routers manual. If you assign the IP less than .100 you should be fine as long as you don't assign another device with the same IP.
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A workaround != A fix.
DigitalMD said:
Careful, this "fix" could be very temporary... If you set a static IP and do not configure your router to use static IPs you will at some point run into conflicting IPs if you have other devices on the network.
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I'm with DigitalMD - this is a very kludgy "fix" that will lead to trouble in the future. I am coming to believe there is a consistent interoperability issue between Android and some other systems (OS X and some routers??) that leads to issues - both my GN with 4.0.4 and my JetStream with 3.1 will routinely fail to connect both to my Mac (10.7) and the routers, primarily in a couple of particular offices - maybe it's just a high-noise area (one is an older building). The devices both connect fine to my home wifi (WRT54G) and most internet cafes.
Not a good fix
This isn't really a fix for the problem. I connect to multiple wireless networks, between work and home and friend's houses, and they all have different routers. Setting a static IP is impractical, because I have to turn it on with certain networks and off with other networks, or change the static IP from one router to another.
Why does this happen? It works fine for a while, then one day it just doesn't want to take an IP address from the router. For me, it works fine at home and at my parents, but at work, it doesn't want to connect anymore. It's been connecting fine for months, then yesterday it got stuck with obtaining IP.
Setting a static IP isn't a solution; it's a cop-out. Does anybody know why this happens? Does anybody know how to fix it?
I was experiencing this from past couple of days than I just put static IP works really great for me :laugh: it was a biggest headache, now past.
I have had a Netgear Powerline Adapter system set up in my Bedroom (XAVNB2001) for the past year and a half, because the signal from my Cisco E4200 doesn't effectively reach up there. It has its own SSID, on the 2.4GHz band. It has been completely solid and reliable, and I use it all the time with my Verizon Samasung Galaxy Nexus (stock ROM 4.2.2), and Asus Infinity Tablet (stock ROM 4.2.1). My wife also used it without problem with her prior Motorola Droid 3.
But for reasons I can't identify, my wife's new Galaxy S4 won't connect to it. Also Stock ROM 4.2.2. Her phone sees the Adapter/SSID, and shows a strong signal when we're up there. I enter the passcode with the same encryption (WPA/WPA2 PSK) as I have on the other working devices, and it quickly goes to "Acquiring IP" but this never completes. It tries a couple of times, and usually ends up saying: "Network Disabled Because Internet Connection Is Slow." But it is not slow - works as fast with the other devices as when I'm connected to the Cisco downstairs near the Router. I have carefully entered the passcode (checking the box to show the characters to make sure I'm not putting in a typo) a dozen times.
There is no problem connecting her S4 to any other WiFi network we've encountered (to the Cisco downstairs directly, at my kids' houses, hotels, etc.).
I can't see any trouble-shooting steps to even identify the problem. Usually this is a no-brainer: you see the SSID, enter the passcode, and you're in. What could possibly be the problem here??
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I have had a Netgear Powerline Adapter system set up in my Bedroom (XAVNB2001) for the past year and a half, because the signal from my Cisco E4200 doesn't effectively reach up there. It has its own SSID, on the 2.4GHz band. It has been completely solid and reliable, and I use it all the time with my Verizon Samasung Galaxy Nexus (stock ROM 4.2.2), and Asus Infinity Tablet (stock ROM 4.2.1). My wife also used it without problem with her prior Motorola Droid 3.
But for reasons I can't identify, my wife's new Galaxy S4 won't connect to it. Also Stock ROM 4.2.2. Her phone sees the Adapter/SSID, and shows a strong signal when we're up there. I enter the passcode with the same encryption (WPA/WPA2 PSK) as I have on the other working devices, and it quickly goes to "Acquiring IP" but this never completes. It tries a couple of times, and usually ends up saying: "Network Disabled Because Internet Connection Is Slow." But it is not slow - works as fast with the other devices as when I'm connected to the Cisco downstairs near the Router. I have carefully entered the passcode (checking the box to show the characters to make sure I'm not putting in a typo) a dozen times.
There is no problem connecting her S4 to any other WiFi network we've encountered (to the Cisco downstairs directly, at my kids' houses, hotels, etc.).
I can't see any trouble-shooting steps to even identify the problem. Usually this is a no-brainer: you see the SSID, enter the passcode, and you're in. What could possibly be the problem here??
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You could try creating a static IP address using the MAC of the GS4 on your Cisco router. It sounds like it's authenticating, but unable to assign an IP for whatever reason.
Disable WiFi Multimedia (WMM) or the equivalent... BOOM! should work fine.
Also, if it's a MAC filter issue turn your MAC filtering off. If that is the issue your GS4 will connect instantly once MAC filtering is off.
Thanks for the replies.
I assigned a Static IP to the GS4 through the Router without difficulty. I then went to the GS4's settings for this SSID, changed it to Static IP, entered the assigned IP, kept the Gateway as 192.168.1.1, and changed the DNS settings to what is shown through IPCONFIG when I check my Desktop.
It now connected, but shows a DNS error when trying to go to a given website. So something funky is going on there. The phone shows a setting for "Network prefix length" and has a value of 24 - I've not encountered this before - should there be a different setting here?
There is no MAC filtering enabled, so that's ok.
"Disable WiFi Multimedia (WMM) or the equivalent" - where is this setting located? I don't see anything along those lines on the Phone, or in the Router's program??
DLCPhoto said:
Thanks for the replies.
I assigned a Static IP to the GS4 through the Router without difficulty. I then went to the GS4's settings for this SSID, changed it to Static IP, entered the assigned IP, kept the Gateway as 192.168.1.1, and changed the DNS settings to what is shown through IPCONFIG when I check my Desktop.
It now connected, but shows a DNS error when trying to go to a given website. So something funky is going on there. The phone shows a setting for "Network prefix length" and has a value of 24 - I've not encountered this before - should there be a different setting here?
There is no MAC filtering enabled, so that's ok.
"Disable WiFi Multimedia (WMM) or the equivalent" - where is this setting located? I don't see anything along those lines on the Phone, or in the Router's program??
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I'm not sure about Eric214's suggestion, but it sounds like it could help. Regarding the static IP, if you set it on the router, the phone should pick it up automatically without you needing to enter it manually. After you set the static IP on the router, does the phone still hang on Acquiring IP? If you HAD to manually enter, you could plug in the DNS address coming straight from your router, or Google's open-dns of 8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8 (I think that still works.)
ttupa said:
I'm not sure about Eric214's suggestion, but it sounds like it could help. Regarding the static IP, if you set it on the router, the phone should pick it up automatically without you needing to enter it manually. After you set the static IP on the router, does the phone still hang on Acquiring IP? If you HAD to manually enter, you could plug in the DNS address coming straight from your router, or Google's open-dns of 8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8 (I think that still works.)
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I tried it before, but tried it again - with the Static IP set up on the Router (using the "DHCP Reservation" option in the Router's program), and the Connection Settings on the GS4 for this SSID set to DHCP, all advanced settings at their default, it behaves the same way: Shows Acquiring IP, tries it twice, then shows the message I quoted above.
The Router remains set at Automatic Configuration/DHCP overall, with DHCP Reservation used to create a Static IP for this phone's MAC address. If this isn't the proper way to do this, let me know.
And with the Phone Settings for this SSID's WiFi set to Static IP, and the info entered as above, it quickly connects, but doesn't gain internet access.
It shouldn't be this hard. This is usually a no-brainer, as I first indicated. What is so different with this phone's WiFi setup??
I appreciate your input!
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I tried it before, but tried it again - with the Static IP set up on the Router (using the "DHCP Reservation" option in the Router's program), and the Connection Settings on the GS4 for this SSID set to DHCP, all advanced settings at their default, it behaves the same way: Shows Acquiring IP, tries it twice, then shows the message I quoted above.
The Router remains set at Automatic Configuration/DHCP overall, with DHCP Reservation used to create a Static IP for this phone's MAC address. If this isn't the proper way to do this, let me know.
And with the Phone Settings for this SSID's WiFi set to Static IP, and the info entered as above, it quickly connects, but doesn't gain internet access.
It shouldn't be this hard. This is usually a no-brainer, as I first indicated. What is so different with this phone's WiFi setup??
I appreciate your input!
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That sounds exactly right to me, and you're right that it shouldn't be that difficult. I've heard others report of miscellaneous routers that don't play nice with our phone. In this case, it's an AP, but that might still be the issue. I haven't personally experienced the problem, so hopefully someone else can chime in who has.
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That sounds exactly right to me, and you're right that it shouldn't be that difficult. I've heard others report of miscellaneous routers that don't play nice with our phone. In this case, it's an AP, but that might still be the issue. I haven't personally experienced the problem, so hopefully someone else can chime in who has.
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Does anybody else have any ideas here?
I have also posted on Netgear and Verizon's forums, but am not expecting too much from either of these. I'm putting my money on the expertise here at XDA!
WMM is listed under the advanced settings of your router, it's not phone based but in your router. Disable it and return your other settings to normal and it should fix your problem.
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WMM is listed under the advanced settings of your router, it's not phone based but in your router. Disable it and return your other settings to normal and it should fix your problem.
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I'll have another look in the morning but earlier today I looked through every page of settings and didn't see anything that looked or sounded like this.
What section or function might you expect it to be found? What else might it be called?
Thanks.
Advanced settings in your router.
Basically, the 802.11n spec requires devices to support 802.11e (Quality of Service [QoS] enhancements for wireless LAN) in order to use HT (High Throughput) link rates, i.e. higher than 54 Mbps. (WMM is a subset of 802.11e that was created by the Wi-Fi Alliance as a stop-gap measure while 802.11e made its way slowly through the IEEE review process.)
The point is this is an issue for the GS4 as it's either firmware related or a Samsung issue they didn't realize they caused. Point being, if you have constant disconnects to your router, disabling WMM should make your connection "stick". At this point its what you may have to do until a firmware update for the router is released or Samsung releases an OTA update fix. Unless you're rolling 3+ devices at the same time streaming content you shouldn't have an issue running 54mbps. I stream full HD content to 2 devices at the same time with no lags or decompression issues at 54mbps.
As long as your phone has a static IP from the router there is no reason to set the DNS on the S4...the router does all the DNS routing for your devices. Hopefully that'll fix your DNS error issue.
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OK - had another look at the Router settings, and found the WMM option in the QoS section. I somehow overlooked that yesterday. I'll try this out later today when I'm at home.
Eric214 - with respect to this WMM setting, I have a Panasonic SmartTV, and stream Netflix, Amazon Video, Vudu, etc. and can get the highest quality (1080p) through these. Is changing this setting going to impair throughput for this purpose?
chrishoyt2012 - after changing to Static IP, if I did nothing on the phone (that is, kept it at DHCP), it didn't fix the problem. I then selected Static IP on the phone, which necessitated inputting DNS. There were DNS server entries there by default, and these didn't work, so I manually changed them to my ISP's DNS that are used on my Desktop.
What should I be doing in this regard, other than what I have tried above?
Thanks!
Well, I disabled WMM Support, but nothing changed. It still failed to get an IP Address, same as I described in my original post.
No replies in the other forums either.
I'd really like to get this going - I'm also considering getting the S4, but this may cause some second thoughts...
I went into the Netgear Adapter's setup program, but couldn't fix the problem there either.
I tried different Channels, and a few other settings changes, but no joy.
There was a WMM setting there, but it was checked, and greyed out, so I couldn't try unchecking it even if I wanted to. I disabled WMM on the Router again, but this option remained unavailable on the Adapter's setup program.
I went into my Router, and deleted the IP address for the S4, to try and 'reset' it, but still no change. The S4 shows 'failed to acquire IP' every time.
Any other ideas?? I also tried my daughter's Razr HD, and it connected fine, just like the others. What is so different about the S4's WiFi connectivity??
Got an s3 today from radioshack. I had an S2 before. I went home and tried to connect to wifi like I normally do. I use WPA2 Personal TKIP+AES encryption with MAC filtering enabled so only devices I know about can connect on my WiFi (friends were jerks and I needed a way to control who gets on.) Anyway, I added the Mac address to the list of trusted devices and tried to connect after putting in the WiFi password. I was unable to connect and the error message it gives is "authentication error occurred" "incorrect password". A bit of trouble shooting later, because i knew the password was right. I decided to disable the MAC filtering for a moment to see if I could connect. I was able to connect, but as soon as i enabled the MAC filtering it disconnected with the same error.
My Question is, is there a way to fix this problem? Without rooting and without disabling MAC filter permanently
Things I have tried:
changing the frequency of the router tried channel 1-11 (phone only works on channel 6 with filter disabled)
changing the authentication type
removing re adding the mac address
rebooting the router
rebooting the phone
standing in-front of the router with the phone pass-phrase input
dialing *#0011# and turning off power saving on the WiFi
I assume you've double checked the mac address is correct? Ensured lower case for a-f chars? Oddly it does seem as if its an incorrect mac address.
Does your router show macs of connected devices if you turn filtering off? If so, copy / paste from there?
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just wanted to update and let you guys know whats going on. I found out what the problem was, and I am currently taking steps to fix it. So the mac filtering is the problem for sure. I did not input anything wrong. I found out that because the S2 and the S3 are similar the mac address of both phones cant be added at the same time or neither device can connect to the network. I decided to root the S2 and change the Mac address so that both devices should be able to connect.
Better than rooting the S3 since i dont have insurance on it.
anyway hope this update helps someone else who has the same problem.