dberthia
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Discovered what was causing my constant wifi data drops: AdBlock Plus. Uninstalled and went with AdAway, and the drops are nonexistent now.
You don't install it into a browser. It's always running in the background.
did you try power cycling their modem/router? It is possible the problem was on the router's end not the N10.
I experienced a wireless oddity this weekend. We went to visit the in-laws and I got on their wifi fine, used it for a few hours til we went out to dinner. Once we got home, my N10 would no longer connect to their network. Kept getting stuck at authenticating, and it would cycle between not being able to see their network after a scan, to trying to connect and having the authenticating problem, to not seeing their network, over and over. I removed their network and added it back several times, turned off and on wifi several times, power cycled the N10 several times, nothing would work. My Galaxy Nexus was able to connect to their wifi just fine.
I then tried to connect to my Galaxy Nexus running FoxFi to see if I could connect to that, and it acted very similarly. Sometimes I could see it, sometimes I couldn't. When I could see it, it wouldn't connect. So after the first few hours at the in-laws' house, I was pretty much done. I was hoping nothing broke on my N10, though I don't see how anything could have happened between leaving for dinner and coming back.
My wife and I went home the next day, and as soon as we stepped in the house the N10 immediately got on our wifi, and I was relieved, though I have no idea what happened at my in-laws' house. The only thing I can think of (whether this even matters or not is another story), is they live in a very dense neighborhood, and there were A LOT of other wireless networks. Could that have caused a disruption, or confused the N10? Maybe if any of the other networks were on the same channel as my in-laws'? That seems like a stretch to me, as I mentioned, my Galaxy Nexus got on their wifi fine, as well as all the other devices in the house.
Anyone have any ideas? I was just happy it worked when I got home. I don't know when the next time I'll be back at my in-laws', but it'll be interesting to see if I run into problems again.
Well is there something I am doing wrong? Or is there something wrong with my device? I can normally connect to the WiFi just fine but every now and then I lose complete connection Andi have to restart my device, it usually happens overnight or when I switch from one WiFi to another it tries to connect, eg when I go from home to work and get the WiFi on and is trying to connect and stays at obtaining IP address... Is my device faulty I figured I would order on January for the fixes to be on it and bought mine like a week ago, but constant drop of connection is driving me insane, because of the fact that I have to turn off and then turn on my tablet, even though is not a huge deal is cumbersome.
Have you tried just putting in in airplane mode for am few seconds to see if that resolves the IP address hang up?
Power cycle the router? Make sure your router has the latest firmware?
I bought a new lynksys router 2.4/5 GHz one expecting my signal gets better , but find my self using only 2.4 ghz on my N10 ,this way getting better signal. I'm leaving in a small apartment...
do you have "keep wi-fi on during sleep" selected to always, only when plugged in , or never?