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Are we talking about an SD wifi card? Look on the back, that's where my MAC address is printed.
mtbsoft said:
Are we talking about an SD wifi card? Look on the back, that's where my MAC address is printed.
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I am talking about the integrated wifi card
Not the best nor easiest way, but I watched the log files on my LinkSys to see what devices were connected. Mine would not conenct as I had MAC filtering enabled, however I was able to see the devices MAC.
I am sure there are apps out there that will do this, I believe IP Dashboard will do this as well:
http://microsoft.handango.com/Platf...ype=2&productId=71225§ionId=0&catalog=30&
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It will show you the MAC address in the 'Wireless LAN Manager" (it does on my XDA2s)
The BSSID is the MAC address of the AP (access point) that you are connected to. (if you are connected)
Below that you will see the unit's (client) MAC address
Guest said:
It will show you the MAC address in the 'Wireless LAN Manager"
The BSSID is the MAC address of the AP (access point) that you are connected to. (if you are connected)
Below that you will see the unit's (client) MAC address
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Problem is: WLAN manager doesn't show the MACaddress if you just turn it on, only when it's associated with an Access Point. (i.e. when it has a wireless link)
Just like the previous poster, I've had to disable any security on the AP to get it connected in the first place. Once its online you can pick it up from DHCP logs or whatever and re-establish your WEP/WPA/PEAP and macfiltering.
eth0 said:
Guest said:
It will show you the MAC address in the 'Wireless LAN Manager"
The BSSID is the MAC address of the AP (access point) that you are connected to. (if you are connected)
Below that you will see the unit's (client) MAC address
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Problem is: WLAN manager doesn't show the MACaddress if you just turn it on, only when it's associated with an Access Point. (i.e. when it has a wireless link)
Just like the previous poster, I've had to disable any security on the AP to get it connected in the first place. Once its online you can pick it up from DHCP logs or whatever and re-establish your WEP/WPA/PEAP and macfiltering.
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Hmm are you sure? I've tested it. I'm not near my AP, and have no connect with one, but I do see my MAC address!
Try running vxIPConfig from Cambridge Software. It'll display the MAC address for all installed network cards.
Hi,
On a related note, is it possible to see what networks/wep keys are setup anywhere?
If for example you wanted to remove one or one changed, I have never seen anywhere which lists them.
Thanks
Ian
3waygeek said:
Try running vxIPConfig from Cambridge Software. It'll display the MAC address for all installed network cards.
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Excellent software along with vxIPutil.
You could install cmd.exe as well and use he good old
ipconfig /all
Cheers,
Hal.
Mac Adress en wep keys
On my 9090 I also have to be connected to an Access Point to ba able to see my Mac Adress.
Once connected go to Wireless manager, below click on the Configure Wireless Netwerks icon, then click on the network in the top window under Add New, this opens the network with name and connects to: At the bottom 3 Tabs, middle is Network Key, there is the WEP key, Disabled on my work network and Enabled with my Key on my home network. hope that helps abit.
Just updated my HD7 to the update with internet sharing. After this, I can confirm that every time I reboot my phone, I get a new mac address. Which prevents me from connecting to my MAC-address-filtered wifi. I've done it 6 times and gotten 6 unique MAC addresses.
Does this happen to anyone else's phone? HD7 specific? or all phones with internet sharing? My internet sharing is turned off.
That's strange, I've never heard of a device with a dynamic MAC address before. Does your phone have one printed under the battery?
Nope, just IMEI, SN and PN. No MAC address.
This must be related in internet sharing somehow.
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Does this happen to anyone else's phone? HD7 specific? or all phones with internet sharing? My internet sharing is turned off.
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I can confirm this on my HD7.
MAC changes on every reboot.
I confirm too,i have the issue of mac adress changing every reboot
& my wifi is not visible since the update,My wifi is N and i can only see wifi G near me but not mine
hi
for me too : mac adress change after shutdown.
for time don't shutdown the phone to have same mac adress with my internet box.
htc support tell me that they will answer on monday.
but i think it's a big problem with this update...
Ben
That's a bit strange. Normally you can't change MAC's for yourself, only spoofing is possible. If WP is really changing the MAC adress with every reboot, WP needs a valid MAC adress block licensed from IEEE, otherwise it would be a violation against IEEE.
I thought mac address we're never aloud to change!?
Lol that's illegal as all hell, a dynamic mac address
Gotta be a glitch in the firmware surely? No way that's allowed. Your definitely sure it's not a dynamic IP address you're seeing?
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ive also asked this question a couple of days ago right after applying the htc internet sharing update. and ive posted my question here (entry #38) and people provided good answers about it. hope this helps
Yes, mine also changes it's only when i read this thread and test my hd7 and i notice the changes.But I S is a breeze.
The issue is that some people assign static IPs to devices on their home networks, and this is done in most routers via MAC address coupling (MAC a always gets IP z and so forth). That way you can simply block all devices you and people in the residence do not own. I do it on all my machines for development reasons, cause I like knowing I can always use x IP address to get at a certain machine even if I turn it off or it's down for a while for repairs. The IP never changes as long as I continue to use that specific network card in the computer.
I don't know why they would do that. Perhaps for security reasons?
I have the same problem - cannot connect to my University WiFi network as the MAC address keeps on changing....
This is crazy!
They better get on that quick! They could get in a lot of **** for that
putting aside the weird WP7 behaviour for the moment...
MAC filtering is useless as a security measure. It's trivially spoofable by anyone who actually wants to attack your network, and causes a pain in the arse for yourself. do yourself a favour and disable it already. the only thing it might be good for is router-side internet access control of your technically challenged 8 year old who doesn't know how to use google.
just use a strong password i.e. 20+ characters alpha (upper & lower) + numeric + special characters, and proper wireless security (WPA-2 AES, or at least WPA AES) and you'll be just fine.
Confirming
That update was a bag full of $$$$ !Luckly I was able to restore through Zune,but my Bootloader (SPL) was also updated to 5.01 and no way of going back!
With regards to the missing WiFi network - make sure it's not using Channel 13. The new update seems to disable the use of Channel 13 for some reason.
There is also another issue with the changing MAC's - I believe that some "public" WiFi networks such as the cloud use the MAC to remember your device and allow it to connect...
primexx said:
putting aside the weird WP7 behaviour for the moment...
MAC filtering is useless as a security measure. It's trivially spoofable by anyone who actually wants to attack your network, and causes a pain in the arse for yourself. do yourself a favour and disable it already. the only thing it might be good for is router-side internet access control of your technically challenged 8 year old who doesn't know how to use google.
just use a strong password i.e. 20+ characters alpha (upper & lower) + numeric + special characters, and proper wireless security (WPA-2 AES, or at least WPA AES) and you'll be just fine.
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Mac filtering is not useless as a security measure. It's not used by itself. It's used in conjunction with other methods, the same way businesses also hide their wireless network's SSID.
I'm not filtering on an Open Connection. That would be retarded.
Seriously...
GrahamWager said:
With regards to the missing WiFi network - make sure it's not using Channel 13. The new update seems to disable the use of Channel 13 for some reason.
There is also another issue with the changing MAC's - I believe that some "public" WiFi networks such as the cloud use the MAC to remember your device and allow it to connect...
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im not sure though but im guessing so does other apps with secured log in parameters. i do have the bank of america app. right after i did the update, and after inluding the new mac to my networks allowed list of mac addresses, the boa app again posted a message saying that the device where im accessing boa has not been used previously to access the account. so im guessing that it saves all the mac addresses of devices that accessed a boa account.
Hey,
I want to connect to a 802.1x security wifi network on my school, it does connect.
It sais I am connected but I can't browse the web and all my apps dont refresh either.
Is there anyway I can fix this? Maybe with some setting or change in root?
work fine on mine
I'll install cm9 as soon as I can, and see if it fixes my probs. Otherwise it could be a chipset problem, that it just doesnt support. Some other people on my school also cant connect (budget phones).
I think its weird that some devices can connect and others not, on my school, some galaxy s or galaxy ace will connect while others can't. I have cyanogenmod 7.2 with android 2.3.7! I think it should work but someway it keeps connected, so I am connected to the router, but I can't browse the net. Maybe it cant open default gateway in someway?
maybe that router is not compatible .. i have the same problem in some places..
I think it's weird some devices connect and other do not, maybe it has to due with diffrence in android versions? I use cyanogenmod 7.2, android gingerbread 2.3.7
Oi, there is so much that could be going on here...
Its an Atheros AR6003G chip, which as far as i know, supports 802.11 A/B/G/N, and hardware encryption for WEP/WPA...
Odds are, if its an 802.1x type network, the chip will do the encrypting/decrypting after the handshake is completed, provided its set up correctly. WEP and WPA are set up by using a Pre-shared Key that all users need to have... If you study how to recover the key, you'll find that the hash is created by taking the plaintext passkey, running it through the specified algorithm, then salting it with the name of the network. So long as all devices have the correct network name and the correct plaintext password, any device can connect to the network, because they'll all end up with the same hash.
802.1x encryption is different. It uses an authentication server. This makes it similar to any modern computer you log onto. You provide the computer with your credentials, and it checks it against the server. If they match, then you are allowed access. If they don't you get an error message. Which means, that if anything is broken, it won't work. If you don't use the correct authentication protocol, it won't work. If you don't have the right certificates, it won't work.
Best advice I can give is, double check everything. Make sure your Gio has the correct certificates and that its using the correct protocols. Double check your IP/Subnet Mask/Gateway addresses. If you don't have an IP address, you'll have to manually configure it. If the Subnet Mask is incorrect or the Gateway address is incorrect, it won't work either. Also, check your DNS server addresses. If those aren't correct it won't load any webpages using URLs. It will only load them using the IP address of the server. Which means, telling the browser to go to www.google.com won't work, but if you tell it to go to 173.194.67.99:80, it will load the Google homepage.
Hopefully this will give you somewhere to start...
Yes true, only problem is that static IP's dont work, otherwise I could just copy the DNS and gateway numbers from a device it does work on. It uses DHCP and I think that I have the problem you told about.I dont think our school uses certificates cause a friend of my (Galaxy S) can connect without having installed certificates or something.
I think its an hardware isue and it cant decrypt the code well, my WIFI indicator stays white, with internet acces it should turn blue or green.
runedegroot said:
Yes true, only problem is that static IP's dont work, otherwise I could just copy the DNS and gateway numbers from a device it does work on. It uses DHCP and I think that I have the problem you told about.I dont think our school uses certificates cause a friend of my (Galaxy S) can connect without having installed certificates or something.
I think its an hardware isue and it cant decrypt the code well, my WIFI indicator stays white, with internet acces it should turn blue or green.
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What if you go to wifi settings- menu button - advanced settings- 'regulier domein' I know you are dutch, dont know how it is called in english, something like regular domain I guess.
Then set it to 11 13 or 14 try them out, fixes my wifi, also at school with 8.11x connection mode
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runedegroot said:
Yes true, only problem is that static IP's dont work, otherwise I could just copy the DNS and gateway numbers from a device it does work on. It uses DHCP and I think that I have the problem you told about.I dont think our school uses certificates cause a friend of my (Galaxy S) can connect without having installed certificates or something.
I think its an hardware isue and it cant decrypt the code well, my WIFI indicator stays white, with internet acces it should turn blue or green.
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That is very very odd... I use a Linksys WRT54G2 router at home, and its set up for DHCP. Its address is the standard 192.168.1.1, and it can address 50 clients between the addresses of 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.149. However, if i set my computer up to use static settings, it works just fine... Granted the networks are probably set up differently.... but the theory should work just fine...
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IP: 192.168.1.4
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS: 64.59.160.13, 64.59.160.15
Are you positive it doesn't work?
If you can get me the encryption type, IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway address your friends phone uses, I may be able to help more... The more information you can get me, the better.
The only reason I can think of that would cause it to not work is that the IP address is already in use, or the Subnet mask is incorrect... It shouldn't matter what IP address you use, so long as the subnet mask and gateway are correct... In theory anyway...
I'll gather them and put them in a post!
Thanks for your help so far,
Im on the same school as runedegroot but the neteork does work for me, and i dont think a stattic ip will work cause the network is spread over a lot of routers so if any other phone gets that ip via dhcp it wont work anymore
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Well, apparently DHCP doesn't work for him, so whats he have to loose?
Although that's quite interesting... What phone do you use, and whats the network information you have when you're connected to your school's network?
voetbalremco said:
What if you go to wifi settings- menu button - advanced settings- 'regulier domein' I know you are dutch, dont know how it is called in english, something like regular domain I guess.
Then set it to 11 13 or 14 try them out, fixes my wifi, also at school with 8.11x connection mode
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I'll try, it didn't give me positive feedback when I tried it on MC 7.2, I'll try monday.
Btw, voetbalremco is a dutch name, you also have a dutch thumbnail, but you aint dutch?
atirox said:
Well, apparently DHCP doesn't work for him, so whats he have to loose?
Although that's quite interesting... What phone do you use, and whats the network information you have when you're connected to your school's network?
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I use galaxy gio, gt-s5660. Maybe willie1001 knows it, I can't see it when I'm at home.
I have the same problem
runedegroot said:
I'll try, it didn't give me positive feedback when I tried it on MC 7.2, I'll try monday.
Btw, voetbalremco is a dutch name, you also have a dutch thumbnail, but you aint dutch?
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Im dutch, but the forum is english so I also post in english, I dont like it neither if people post in polish or whatever I cant read..
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I use galaxy gio, gt-s5660. Maybe willie1001 knows it, I can't see it when I'm at home.
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Actually that was for willie1001...
And its possible that changing the reguatory domain could work. If you're running software designed for the states, it would disable any channel above 11... But then again, if you can "see" the wireless network in the settings menu, it would make sense that its programmed to use a channel isn't above channel 11... Which would mean that changing the regulatory domain wouldn't help it at all...
Come to think of it, if your MAC address is blocked, it wouldn't allow you access... But then again, you'd have to do something for the school to block your MAC address. And if the other students can access it, then it would have to be specifically you who did something to piss off a teacher.
Also, any information you can get me about the router would help greatly. By figuring out the manufacturer of the router and the model number of the router, its possible to narrow down the likely IP addresses that the router would use..
atirox said:
Actually that was for willie1001...
And its possible that changing the reguatory domain could work. If you're running software designed for the states, it would disable any channel above 11... But then again, if you can "see" the wireless network in the settings menu, it would make sense that its programmed to use a channel isn't above channel 11... Which would mean that changing the regulatory domain wouldn't help it at all...
Come to think of it, if your MAC address is blocked, it wouldn't allow you access... But then again, you'd have to do something for the school to block your MAC address. And if the other students can access it, then it would have to be specifically you who did something to piss off a teacher.
Also, any information you can get me about the router would help greatly. By figuring out the manufacturer of the router and the model number of the router, its possible to narrow down the likely IP addresses that the router would use..
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Haha no, I didn't piss of a teacher
I think it's a gio problem, willie1001 has the galaxy s with cyanogenmod 9.
I have gio with cyanogenmod 9. But it also didnts work with stock or cyanogenmod 7.
I will send you some information I can see on my phone, if I won't forget it
runedegroot said:
Haha no, I didn't piss of a teacher
I think it's a gio problem, willie1001 has the galaxy s with cyanogenmod 9.
I have gio with cyanogenmod 9. But it also didnts work with stock or cyanogenmod 7.
I will send you some information I can see on my phone, if I won't forget it
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Man, thats odd... I assume you aren't on the North American continent... Where did you pick your Gio up from?
You know... Its possible that the issue you have was fixed in a base band (modem) update... You could try flashing the phone to the latest OE firmware (Not necessarily the one that came with your carrier as branded firmware tends to take forever to get updated), and see if that works...
hey everyone,
im having a problem with my DHD wifi,it connects to my wifi at home but i cant browse and no app also can use internet,
i can use 3g well,but i need to get my wifi also working on my device.
my galaxy ace and other laptops can connect and browse well.
can u guys help please?
i am having stock rooted 2.2 rom.
sinahidden said:
hey everyone,
im having a problem with my DHD wifi,it connects to my wifi at home but i cant browse and no app also can use internet,
i can use 3g well,but i need to get my wifi also working on my device.
my galaxy ace and other laptops can connect and browse well.
can u guys help please?
i am having stock rooted 2.2 rom.
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Is your wireless secure and are you mac address filtering. The phone also has a mac address you need to add to router if you are. It will show connected but not surf if your mac addy filtering.
Reinaldo33897 said:
Is your wireless secure and are you mac address filtering. The phone also has a mac address you need to add to router if you are. It will show connected but not surf if your mac addy filtering.
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thanx for the reply,but i guess my wifi's mac filtering is off,and its WPA2 secured.
if it is as u say then why i can connect through my other android phone without requiring the mac addition to my mac filter :-?
sinahidden said:
thanx for the reply,but i guess my wifi's mac filtering is off,and its WPA2 secured.
if it is as u say then why i can connect through my other android phone without requiring the mac addition to my mac filter :-?
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You "guess" it's off??
Either you have it on or off.
Just log onto your router, which for example my Netgear is: 192.168.0.1
Enter your router's username (admin) as standard
Enter your Router's password (which hopefully has been changed from the standard password, which is..."password"
Click 'wireless settings'
There you should see an option to click on "Setup Access list"...click it.
Then you should see "Turn Access Control On" with a box with an option to tick or untick.
If it's ticked, then you need to go to "Add New Station Manually"
You will see "Device Name:" ...so enter your device name.
then you will see "MAC Address:"....enter the MAC Address of your phone which can be found by going into:
Settings/about phone/hardwareinfo
Once you've entered your info in the 'Device Name' and 'Mac Address' fields of your router, click "ADD" then click "Apply"
OR:
Just uncheck "Turn Access Control On" in the router, then enter your WEP or WPA password into your phone to connect.
If that doesn't work, unplug router from mains supply for 10 seconds, plug it back in then try that.
cheers
Matt
matthew33 said:
You "guess" it's off??
Either you have it on or off.
Just log onto your router, which for example my Netgear is: 192.168.0.1
Enter your router's username (admin) as standard
Enter your Router's password (which hopefully has been changed from the standard password, which is..."password"
Click 'wireless settings'
There you should see an option to click on "Setup Access list"...click it.
Then you should see "Turn Access Control On" with a box with an option to tick or untick.
If it's ticked, then you need to go to "Add New Station Manually"
You will see "Device Name:" ...so enter your device name.
then you will see "MAC Address:"....enter the MAC Address of your phone which can be found by going into:
Settings/about phone/hardwareinfo
Once you've entered your info in the 'Device Name' and 'Mac Address' fields of your router, click "ADD" then click "Apply"
OR:
Just uncheck "Turn Access Control On" in the router, then enter your WEP or WPA password into your phone to connect.
If that doesn't work, unplug router from mains supply for 10 seconds, plug it back in then try that.
cheers
Matt
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OKAY,
thanx for ur complete guide but unfortunately it didnt work.actually when i wanted to add the name and the mac address it was already mentioned there in a list above it.but i have added it again.but still it doesnt work.
Try wiping factory data on phone someone said they had similar issue and fixed it this way.
Reinaldo33897 said:
Try wiping factory data on phone someone said they had similar issue and fixed it this way.
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okay,thanx,i will try it tmr morning and will let u knw.
but this issue was since first i have installed this stock rom
Hello,
I got myself an Xperia S LT26i running ICS Build number : 6.1.A.2.45 .
It connects to some Wifi networks but not the Wifi network of the Belkin basic n150 router I have at home. :crying:
. My phone displays the network after scanning and asks for the password too. But on entering the password the Wifi network status changes to "Saved, Secured with WPA/WPA2" without actually connecting to it. On tapping the network again, three options pop up : Cancel, Forget and Connect.
Tried resetting, restarting and reconfiguring the router and phone several times but in vain.
I have the latest updated firmware on my router and the latest firmware on my phone too.
My iPAD, Lumia and other devices connect to the network with no problem at all.
Sony Support could not provide me with a solution. Not even my ISP.
Please HELP :crying::crying:
P.S : Excuse me for the bad english.
infernus_p said:
Hello,
I got myself an Xperia S LT26i running ICS Build number : 6.1.A.2.45 .
It connects to some Wifi networks but not the Wifi network of the Belkin basic n150 router I have at home. :crying:
. My phone displays the network after scanning and asks for the password too. But on entering the password the Wifi network status changes to "Saved, Secured with WPA/WPA2" without actually connecting to it. On tapping the network again, three options pop up : Cancel, Forget and Connect.
Tried resetting, restarting and reconfiguring the router and phone several times but in vain.
I have the latest updated firmware on my router and the latest firmware on my phone too.
My iPAD, Lumia and other devices connect to the network with no problem at all.
Sony Support could not provide me with a solution. Not even my ISP.
Please HELP :crying::crying:
P.S : Excuse me for the bad english.
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I have the exact same phone and i had the exact same problem! It turns out, my router did not have enough i.p addresses to allow the phone to connect; so the solution is easy, look in your settings for lan IP, then make the number at the end bigger.
For example mine was starting ip 192.168.0.2 and the end was 192.168.0.4 but i had my playstation & old phone using 2 ip's so my xperia could not be allocated one - all i had to do was change the ending ip address to a larger range like 192.168.0.10 and voila!
hope this solves your problem ..while your at it add your xperia MAC address to your router too
By adding the MAC address do you imply the MAC address filtering list ??
infernus_p said:
By adding the MAC address do you imply the MAC address filtering list ??
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yes i believe that is how it is usually described in most routers' panels, i dont believe its strictly necessary to actually get your xperia to connect, but its a bit of added security for your network and will only take 10 seconds to do so /shrug.
you can find your phones MAC address in 'about phone'
Fuzzyspark said:
I have the exact same phone and i had the exact same problem! It turns out, my router did not have enough i.p addresses to allow the phone to connect; so the solution is easy, look in your settings for lan IP, then make the number at the end bigger.
For example mine was starting ip 192.168.0.2 and the end was 192.168.0.4 but i had my playstation & old phone using 2 ip's so my xperia could not be allocated one - all i had to do was change the ending ip address to a larger range like 192.168.0.10 and voila!
hope this solves your problem ..while your at it add your xperia MAC address to your router too
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Tried everything exactly as you said but it still the same :crying:
Any other suggestions ?? :crying:
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no, im sorry i dont... i was really sure that was your problem as its exactly what i had...when i turned on the wifi the icon didnt even appear and i thought my phone was broken, but it was the router
im out of ideas sorry, i hope you find a solution soon.
Fuzzyspark said:
no, im sorry i dont... i was really sure that was your problem as its exactly what i had...when i turned on the wifi the icon didnt even appear and i thought my phone was broken, but it was the router
im out of ideas sorry, i hope you find a solution soon.
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Try changing the channel your WiFi router is broadcasting on.
My Xperia S didn't like Channel 13. Changed it to Channel 1, it worked first time.
warface said:
Try changing the channel your WiFi router is broadcasting on.
My Xperia S didn't like Channel 13. Changed it to Channel 1, it worked first time.
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I tried changing the channel from "Auto" to "1" but that dint help me in any way. Also, I noticed now that no matter what the password I enter it always says " Secured with WPA?WPA2 " .
This is a thumbnail of an overview of my router.