OT: Strong wireless signal on phone won't connect??

[joe at actionline.com]

Thanks. Very helpful info.

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> Many router given with service from phone and cable providers limit the
> number of active connections.  If the max is hit, and none of the
> connections have been idle within a certain amount of time, the
> connecting
> device will behave exactly like that.  It will appear to connect (because
> for all intents and purposes it did when it authenticated) but fails to
> create a session on the router.  So, it drops.  If another device has
> been
> idle for longer than the idle timeout, the newly connected device will
> obtain a session be dropping the idle one... after all, it's not really
> using it.
>
> It appears to the end user like a mystery fix.  A real fix is to not use
> the crappy freebie router, and go down to Staples and get a Linksys, or
> Dlink router that does not restrict usage.
>
> Kevin
> On Aug 1, 2015 1:07 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. Finally did get it to work,
>> although not sure how or what I did ;)
>>
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>> Stephen wrote:
>> > check the router for errors or mac address blocks?
>>
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>> Joe originally asked:
>> >> Why is wifi failing to connect on one phone when others
>> >> on my system connect okay?
>> >>
>> >> It says the signal is excellent and "Authenticating"
>> >> with secured WPA/WPA2 PSK a correct password entered
>> >> but then it says "disconnecting" and "disabled"
>> >>
>> >> Can't figure out why or how to fix the problem.
>>
>>
>>
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