Timeline for Wi-Fi connection dropping
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| Sep 19, 2012 at 8:25 | comment | added | Scott Severance | My router doesn't appear to have options to let me set the channel or modify the DHCP settings (it seems to be rather bare bones). I've set my phone to use a static IP, as that seems to be the closest I can come. We'll see how that works. Regarding number 2, my phone is set to disable wifi when the phone is asleep to save the battery. I don't think changing this setting will have any effect as the connection drops while the phone is awake, which means that wifi isn't getting disabled by that setting. | |
| Sep 18, 2012 at 23:58 | comment | added | t0mm13b | To answer the first comment, sometimes, wifi chips can have difficulty connecting, channel 6 and 9 can be a problem, its no problem with PC's laptops, as they obviously have more wifi "support". For number 2, when the handset goes to sleep, the connection drops, by setting it to never, the handset's wifi chip periodically "pings" to ensure the connectivity is there. | |
| Sep 18, 2012 at 23:45 | comment | added | Scott Severance | For number 3, I'll look into it, but I'm not too confident since the router configuration is presumably in a language I don't understand. | |
| Sep 18, 2012 at 23:44 | comment | added | Scott Severance | For number 2, I don't understand how the wifi sleep policy can have any effect since the dropout often happens while I'm actively using my phone. Am I overlooking something? | |
| Sep 18, 2012 at 23:42 | comment | added | Scott Severance | For number 1, do you mean to change the channel on the wifi router or on my phone? It's a shared router, so I don't want to break wifi for everyone else. | |
| Sep 18, 2012 at 23:25 | history | answered | t0mm13b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |