[Q] Won't connect to wifi - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I have a Belkin F5D8633-4 v1 router, set up with WPA2, with wireless mode 802.11b&802.11g&802.11n. When I attempt to connect to it through my GN, nothing happens. It just shows the message "Saved, secured with WPA2", but doesn't actually try to connect.
Other devices are able to connect to the router just fine (I'm writing this from a PC connected to it), and the phone is able to connect to other wifi networks as well.
I have tried turning off all wireless encryption, power-cycling the router, pulling the phone's battery, but none of these seem to work. What can I do further?
Thanks.

I have similar behavior using a Belkin F7D7301v1 router running Tomato. Other things can connect to the Belkin AP, and I have a D-Link AP setup with the same credentials to allow roaming across my house that the Galaxy Nexus can connect to without an issue. I also have a Nexus S that doesn't experience the same issue. It seems to be an issue with my Galaxy Nexus on that particular AP. Will do some more testing around different channels to see if that's an issue as that should really be the only difference in the two.
The Galaxy Nexus is a Google I/O one running OTA stock 4.1 Jelly Bean.

I'm on stock JB and have been able to connect to the following routers without any problems:
- Western digital N600 both 2.4ghz and 5ghz.
- Linksys WRT54GS tomato firmware and DDD-WRT firmware.
- Bell Canada Connection hub 2.4ghz wireless N.
- Engenius 2611p outdoor router 2.4ghz.
All routers on WPA/WPA2 encryption.

Thanks for the response, EP.
I tweaked a few things before realizing it was the MAC address filter list. I added the Galaxy Nexus to the mac filter list, but apparently although Tomato allows you to add more than 32 mac addresses to the filter list, anything after the first 32 entries are ignored. I was at 33 entries. I removed some old mac addresses and everything started working just fine.

jschan said:
Thanks for the response, EP.
I tweaked a few things before realizing it was the MAC address filter list. I added the Galaxy Nexus to the mac filter list, but apparently although Tomato allows you to add more than 32 mac addresses to the filter list, anything after the first 32 entries are ignored. I was at 33 entries. I removed some old mac addresses and everything started working just fine.
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Awesome.

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[Q] evo hotspot tethering and dd-wrt client bridge

This has been posted before, but I have found no solution in the thread.
As a network backup if/when internet fails me, I need to use the evo 4g to serve as the host for my client bridge (netgear with dd-wrt).
I've been using the client bridge successfully to connect to my Linksys router across the apartment.
I have to have a hard wired connection for my voip phone I use for work.
I match all the encryption, channel, ssid, etc. as I do for my normal network, but when I try to change everything over to match the cmod hotspot (not the wireless tether app which I have nothing but trouble with), it never works. All wired connections get a 169 IP from the router.
Google says that it needs to be in infrastructure mode, and it appears cmod7 uses that. I've tried a vast amount of different ssids, encryption methods, rebooting, etc.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Does a different rom work better for this method, or do I need a different wifi app besides the one embedded in cmod7?
je1117 said:
This has been posted before, but I have found no solution in the thread.
As a network backup if/when internet fails me, I need to use the evo 4g to serve as the host for my client bridge (netgear with dd-wrt).
I've been using the client bridge successfully to connect to my Linksys router across the apartment.
I have to have a hard wired connection for my voip phone I use for work.
I match all the encryption, channel, ssid, etc. as I do for my normal network, but when I try to change everything over to match the cmod hotspot (not the wireless tether app which I have nothing but trouble with), it never works. All wired connections get a 169 IP from the router.
Google says that it needs to be in infrastructure mode, and it appears cmod7 uses that. I've tried a vast amount of different ssids, encryption methods, rebooting, etc.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Does a different rom work better for this method, or do I need a different wifi app besides the one embedded in cmod7?
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I don't think the router is giving you 169 IP addresses, those are a default random IP address that the Windows TCP/IP is assigning itself by default, that was useful back in the workgroup and hub days before the internet. I am researching this for future use, and will check back.

[Q] Note 8.0 weird WiFI problem...

Hello,
I recently purchased the Note 8.0 and I'm experiencing a weird problem with the internet connection. I can connect to my wireless network, I can access other devices on the LAN, but I cannot access the Internet or ping the gateway (I can however ping other hosts on the LAN). I know it's not the tablet as I've tried it at work and I also tried running my S4 as a hot-spot and internet works as it should. The S4 works without a problem on my wireless at home as do a few laptops.
At this point, I'd say, it is obvious that it's something with my cable modem/router, but if possible I'd like to figure out what the problem is.
I found a post somewhere that had a similar problem, where the device in question was receiving the wrong MAC for the gateway, but this is not the case here as my tablet does not even receive a MAC for the gateway.
Output from the tablet:
android:/ $ ip neigh
<some IPv6 address> dev wlan0 lladdr <Gateway MAC> router STALE
192.168.0.1(gateway) dev wlan0 FAILED
192.168.0.5 dev wlan0 lladdr <Server MAC> reachable
Output from the S4:
android:/ $ ip neigh
<same IPv6 as above> dev wlan0 lladdr <Gatewawy MAC> router STALE
192.168.0.1 dev wlan0 lladdr <Gatweay MAC> reachable
192.168.0.5 dev wlan0 lladdr <Server MAC> reachable
I've tried resetting the modem back to factory defaults, removing/changing encryption type. I did not wipe the tablet as I've had the issue from day 1.
The only way I'm able to get the tablet to sort of connect to the internet is to assign a static IP to it, however that only works for a few mins and is very intermittent.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Any way to figure out why the tablet won't get the MAC for the gateway?
My cable modem/router is an Arris DG860, but unfortunately, there's very little info on it and I couldn't find a firmware upgrade for it. What's also interesting is that the tablet does not show up in the DHCP client list of the modem, however it gets an IP, connects and communicates with other hosts.
Thank you for your help
What IP is the Note 8 ending up with? If somehow it is outside the range of what it should be I would wonder if it is just giving itself an IP when it fails to receive one from the DHCP server (ie, your router). I know that Windows computers will do that as a fallback.
Can you check your router to see if perhaps the DHCP pool is too small? If that were the problem then it might not be allocating another IP because there aren't any left (based on it's current config). In which case you can just make the number of allowable IPs to be larger.
There may be other possibilities too. The above are just what is coming to mind at the moment.
It is a valid IP as I have access to other devices on the network, but to answer your question it gets 192.168.0.13 with a mask of 255.255.255.0. I wanted to try forcing the private network to work on IPv6, but haven't been able to figure it out yet.
The tablet gets the right MAC for the server and communicates with it, which leads me to believe that the router (gateway) isn't responding to ARP requests from the Note. I have some access to the router's CLI but it's not very helpful and I have no idea how to troubleshoot it on the Note..
finaldude said:
It is a valid IP as I have access to other devices on the network, but to answer your question it gets 192.168.0.13 with a mask of 255.255.255.0. I wanted to try forcing the private network to work on IPv6, but haven't been able to figure it out yet.
The tablet gets the right MAC for the server and communicates with it, which leads me to believe that the router (gateway) isn't responding to ARP requests from the Note. I have some access to the router's CLI but it's not very helpful and I have no idea how to troubleshoot it on the Note..
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That is bizarre. Can you ping the gateway from other devices on the network? Can other devices on the network ping or otherwise see or access the Note 8? It seems like the Note 8 doesn't exist to the gateway, and so I'm wondering if it also doesn't exist to anything else on the network. It is possible (though I'm just guessing here) that the Note 8 is giving itself an IP address that it determines as being appropriate based on the other devices it can see. Given that it doesn't show up in the DHCP table on the gateway I can't really see how it is getting an IP unless it is assigning it to itself. Another thought is to check the IP addresses of all the other devices currently on the network in case somehow you're having an IP address conflict (ie, two separate devices ending up with the same IP somehow, which can happen temporarily in the case of a device having an IP and then being hibernated, during which another device is given the same IP, and then later the first device is resumed from hibernation).
If you don't receive much further help here on the XDA forums I'd suggest starting a thread over on the SmallNetBuilder Forums as there's lots of knowledgeable folks there that can help with networking things like this.
As for me, I've got to sign off for the night. Best wishes to you as you troubleshoot!
Hi and thanks for the reply.
Yes the gateway is pingable from other devices, so is the Note. I also tried changing the 192.168.0.xxx to 10.10.0.xxx with no luck. The Note received the 10. from the DHCP server, but the gateway still would not respond.
I think it might have something to do with the routing on the modem, the hosts on the network can communicate at layer 2 (no routing need) while everything on the outside needs to be router. Still does not explain why the gateway doesn't respond to the Note though...
Have you done a traceroute to another local device to see the path its taking?
You will need to have root and I think busybox. You will also need to su before doing traceroute... maybe there is an app that can a trace if your not rooted!
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What is your network diagram with models
(I.e note 8 > router(wrt54g) > cable modem)...
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I am not able to run traceroute from the tablet, I tried it from my desktop and it completed, but never hit the gateway - it went right to the host.
the network model is
note8--->all-in-one-wireless cable modem
finaldude said:
I am not able to run traceroute from the tablet, I tried it from my desktop and it completed, but never hit the gateway - it went right to the host.
the network model is
note8--->all-in-one-wireless cable modem
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Is the router still left with it's default settings? Also, Is there a page in the router/modem's web gui for DHCP and if so, what are those settings? It sounds to me like the DHCP is failing to pass along the external GW and/or DNS servers. To test a theory, are you able to ping 8.8.8.8?
I wonder if this was solved? I'm having the exact same problem minus all the technical knowledge. Tech support at time Warner seem like they are reading a script. Has anyone found a fix or workaround for this modem? My note works everywhere but home
I might have narrowed down the issue...
On technical support last night it was resolved that the Note was looking for IP version 6 ip and the time warner box only outputs IP version 4...
Is there a way to have the note look for IP version 4??? I know nothing about this but I guess over this next year we are supposed to be switching to IP version 6?
I unpacked my note 8 yesterday and I experience an issue when connected to wifi. When I tried to download something from play store it taked too times and usually downloads remained blocked at 70/90% and this didn't happen in 3G. So I tried a factory reset and now all thing works great you could try..
Tapatalk on Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 3G
mouse100 said:
I unpacked my note 8 yesterday and I experience an issue when connected to wifi. When I tried to download something from play store it taked too times and usually downloads remained blocked at 70/90% and this didn't happen in 3G. So I tried a factory reset and now all thing works great you could try..
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Factory reset doesnt do it for me.
My wifi works everywhere but at home using Time Warner on the Arris DG860 modem. I think the OP and my problem are because of a combo of these factors.
I believe it has to do with the IP change that is taking place this year.
If you look up online it seems to be kind of a big change. You can type ... time warner ip version 6... into google and see a link that explains it. I cant link for some reason.
I wish someone could confirm this, but does the note 8 only accept IP version 6? Time Warner will only deliver version 4 to me right now through this modem, and the tablet is making a version 6 IP.
Atleast thats where ive made it so far.
I can confirm that I have the same problem at my In-Laws house. Arris router, and Charter network in Louisville. Likely the same as Time Warner folks.
But I think the Arris router is the more likely culprit. I didnt feel comfortable asking the FIL to let me kack around in his router :laugh:
I have the same problem on my main wifi at the house. It's a 2.4/5 ghz setup. My guest wifi is just normal 2.4 different router etc. I'm going to need to look into this at length as this just isn't going to do. Also as far as IP6 is concerned we won't see that roll out Internet wise for at least another 2 years fully. When it does go full steam all of the IP4 routers APs will have to be either replaced or firmware upgraded if the internal radios will even support IP6. Most likely 70% won't and that's the reason you don't see a lot of IP6 routers etc. We have them on the enterprise side but most are not in use. I will report back when I have anything useful.
Casperi
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OK figured it out and it includes a bit of funny.
I went through my network setup and forgot that I had
MAC filtering on so I added the Note along with a face palm thinking
That was it, couldn't have been that easy right... No it wasn't but good
News.
The note 8 doesn't like the 20/40 "channel width" or some routers call it "wideband" in the routers or in my case access points. Turn that to 20 only and boom there you go. Wifi
Works perfect. You will find it typically under advanced settings.
Casperi
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sweeptheleg said:
I might have narrowed down the issue...
On technical support last night it was resolved that the Note was looking for IP version 6 ip and the time warner box only outputs IP version 4...
Is there a way to have the note look for IP version 4??? I know nothing about this but I guess over this next year we are supposed to be switching to IP version 6?
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The Note 8 supports both 4 and 6. The issues described sound a lot like config issues on the modem or router. as stated before, sounds like an issue with the DHCP server (the thing that provides ips to the devices.)
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Hmmm I have an ipad, note 2, ps3, laptop, gfs iphone all connecting just fine... hours and hours of tech support, and the best answer is incompatability. For some reason the note is only creating ip6 my isp only does 4. I understand the note is capabale of both, but in this specific instance there is a bug in the note with this router.
nothing to do with settings. If every other device I own connects without hassle then someone needs to fix the note 8. Christ my note 2 connects....
there were no options untouched by highest level tech person fromisp... its the note 8
Arris DG860 and Note 8 *Workaround*
Ok, just got done trouble shooting a customers Note 8 on working behind one of our DG860 modem/routers, what I was seeing was the Note 8 was showing up with an IPv6 address even if I had the IPv6 DHCP turned off. What I found works is if you go into LAN > DHCP on the DG860 and create a "Fixed DHCP Client" using the Notes MAC address and some address in the IPv4 range like 192.168.0.X it will force it to pull that instead of the IPv6 address and work. Hope this helps anyone running into this weird combination.
At wits end
I been having nothing but issues connecting my wifi only note 8 to the internet at my house. Everywhere else it works fine but at home nothing but issues and all other devices are connecting with no problems. I have tried it with a netgear router, and now a arris gateway and still cannot connect. The cable tech came out by chance and was checking my connections and could not figure out why it would not connect either. I have time warner if that makes a difference which I am starting to wonder it does seeing how I can connect everywhere else and have tried two different ways to connect at home.
Update: So after being on the phone with time warner, samsung, and live chat with Arris this is just one hot mess. Samsung is stating that there seems to be firmware issues with arris gateways which I have noticed many people posting problems with their arris products, and their resolution was to roll back the software. Time Warner is stating that they cannot roll back the software on the modems and was trying to blame it on my tablet, though it was working before I setup the gateway and it works on other routers even on a piece of crap belkin that likes to kick off everything it worked on that with no issues. Arris told me that they have no control over the software only the cable companies do, so in typical fashion a lot of passing the buck and finger pointing. I am just irate at the moment for I do not have a working tablet at home. Part of me thinks it is the android 4.2.2 as well, for I had 4.2.2 on my droid razr hd and had numerous wifi issues with it.
Update 2: After doing some more research I have found there seems to be a issue with the wifi card and the chipset with arris gateways so there is a compatibility issue with the card. I had my netgear hooked up to it before and didn't have issues so I am going to just use my netgear and run the gateway in bridge mode it should fix the issue.

[TIP] Wifi connected but no internet connection!

At some points in your life, one of your Android devices connect to a wifi router, but can't connect to the internet. However, your computer, laptop or iPad will connect to that same wifi and use the internet just fine. I've looked everywhere on the internet for solutions, some of them are:
+ Turn off and on both modem and wifi router
+ Factory reset wifi router
+ Battery pull your phone, wait 30s and put it back
+ Reflash stock or custom ROM
+ Change DHCP IP setting to Static
+ Disable security (WEP, WPA) on wifi router
+ Check DNS server, gateway IP address for correctness
Fortunately, I stumbled upon this old thread last night -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371794
It helped fix the internet connection temporarily, turning off and on wifi on phone caused the issue to repeat.
In summary, he found out the correct MAC address for gateway was mismatched with the one on his phone. Even though the gateway IP address is correct (example: default gateway IP 192.168.1.1)
Upon further investigations, I found out my Wifi ROUTER has the same IP address with my MODEM (192.168.1.1) This IP conflict causes the phone to recognized the WIFI ROUTER's MAC address as the gateway's MAC address. This problem mostly occurs on Android phone, not computer (I'm no tech savvy so I have no idea why)
Simple fix: Go to wifi router setting page, change the IP address on wifi router to different number (other than default 192.168.1.1), and the problem should be fixed.
Please help spread the words to fellow Android lovers, I'm sure a lot of us have struggled with this problem :laugh:
I'm one guy who is desperately looking for a solution to this.
Unfortunately the solution you gave didn't work.
Hi
i have a problem with wifi. it remains connected but loses internet access randomly. i found this solution:
"In the wifi networks, select the network you want and select ‘Forget network’
Turn off the wifi
kill all the apps with your task manager
Turn on the wifi again
Connect to the network
Check the internet connectivity
If still the problem exist, switch off the phone and redo the above steps"
it solves the problem, but it happens again after some minutes. actually, i also installed an app named "wifi fixer" which does the above process automatically. when the program is active, it turns the wifi off and on every 2-3 minutes. and the phone has internet access when the program tuns the wifi on.
any idea?
Turn off wifi optimization on some android phones help.
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(bump) By any chance, are you all using Aztech's router? I have the same problem with my Aztech router.
solution?
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Had the same problem for several months. Changed my router and everything became prefect.
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2 years after the last reply I am having the same problem. My wife and kids all have internet access on their phones, tablets, desktop and laptops all from the same modem router yet I am unable to use the internet on my Galaxy S2 mobile phone even though my phone says connected to Wi-Fi Network Netgear 06.
The Mac address solution provided isn't applicable to my situation as my Mac address on my mobile is different to my modem router Mac address.
Any other solution?

galaxy tab 3 7.0 wifi issues.

I was having some issues connecting to mobile hotspot with galaxy tab 3 7.0 wifi. It would connect just fine to my home internet. And although it would show a strong signal connection to the hotspot running off my phone it would not connect to the internet.
I found this post online and I just thought I would share here with the community in case anyone else is having issues. This worked for me.
I take no credit for this, just wanted to share it.
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I ve spent nearly 3 hours today and 4 hours last week trying to resolve this on my new S3. I was pretty flummoxed when the wifi signal seemed to drop off without any reason.
After much hunting, my initial hunch seems to be correct
a) Interference from other devices
b) Unable to get an IP address
c) I am just a layman when it comes to networking, but since all of my other devices at home the iPad, iPhone and my laptop seem to have no issues (my laptop occassionally has the same drop-off problem), I thought it's likely to be a phone issue rather than a router issue.
To resolve this I found another thread on the forum and I tried this, and Bingo! it worked.
Press these menu options on your phone: Settings > Wi-fi> (Choose your network by tapping on it for a few seconds) > Modify network config
Check "Show advanced options"
Choose IP Settings: "Static"
Enter these details
IP - 192.168.1.253 or 195.168.1.253
Gateway - 195.168.1.1 (I chose 192.168.1.1 since that's my router address)
NPL - 24
Netmask - 255.255.255.0 (I could not find this option)
DNS 1 - 8.8.4.4 or 8.8.8.8 (I had the latter by default and let it stay)
DNS 2 - 4.4.4.4
And save.
Presto! It just connected in a few milliseconds.
It may not be so simple for each phone, but it's certainly worthwhile to try.
Here is the link the forum thread, where I resolved it:
Good luck
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cool.
I've some problem with wifi on galaxy tab 3 7.0 SM-T211 (JB 4.1.2)
When connect using hotspot laptop or tethering via other device, my wifi always scanning every 7s. make my battery run out.
I was trying use advance setting (static IP) but still same.
How to solved this problem?
instable wifi
Somehow the solution with a static ip works perfectly
I also assigned this ip in the router to the mac adress of the phone
Thanks raptorseye

Failed to obtain IP.

So, weird thing started to happen last night. Both my Samsung devices ( my 2014 10.1 and my S4) started failing to get an IP from my wifi network. It would see the wifi network and report a strong signal, but would fail at the obtaining IP address. The IP assignment is handled by a Windows DHCP service running on a domain controller. I work in IT so I have a fairly extensive lab at home with routers, switches, servers, domain controllers, etc. The wireless access point in my home is a WNDR3700 with no WAN port config as my firewall/routing is done by a Cisco ASA 5505. All the 3700 does is provide wireless access to the network, essentially it acts solely as a wifi AP. Every other wireless device on the network is functioning fine including 3 laptops, a Blackberry and two other Android tablets ( Asus Transformers). So I know nothing is wrong with the dhcp or the AP in general. It's not a security issue as it is not failing on authentication, just on obtaining IP. So as a workaround I configured each one with a static IP and, of course, everything works fine.
One thing I noticed that seemed odd was that when I went to change the IP addr the address that was already in there, but greyed out sort of, was the wrong network for my home wifi. The phone and tablet both looked like they had a 192.168.1.0/24 address whereas my home wifi segment is 192.168.0.0/24. So maybe that had something to do with it. At the office now and both my phone and tablet have no issue connecting to our Cisco APs and getting a dhcp config from a Windows DHCP server. So pretty weird situation. I'm fine with leaving them on static config while on my home wifi network. Was just wondering if anyone else has seen this before?
Thanks
For any that might be interested. I used inSSIDer to find a less crowded channel for my 2.4 ghz band at home and both my Samsung devices are connecting and receiving ip addrs now.

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