Recent content by nerbieT

Thanks to everyone, especially SpookDroid, for the input on this. Got the problem fixed. Here's what happened. I had to turn off the band-steering feature for the 5GHz band of my Linksys router (the router broadcasts two 5GHz bands) in order to manually set the channels. I ran my Wi-Fi analyzer...

Good to know, SpookDroid. I'll mess with those settings. You've offered the best possible explanation based on the symptoms I've described. Didn't realize that a noisy channel could result in authentication errors. I'll let you know if it helps. Thanks. P.S. I will never buy another Samsung...

Jevalladares, the phone can see the signal from the 5GHz band with no problem. It drops with an authentication error, but as soon as I disable the Wi-fi on my phone, and then turn it back on, it reconnects the 5GHz band.

B. Diddy, it's not a network strength issue. The phone had no problem staying connected to the 5GHz band up until a few months ago, no matter where I was in the house. Also, I noticed that when it loses connection, the phone shows some type of authentication error.

SpookDroid, I didn't manually try to manually change the 5GHz channel. Not sure that's the issue because I've noticed that when it drops, it throws an authentication error. If I disable the Wi-Fi on my phone and then turn it back on, it will reconnect.

My phone is a Galaxy S6, model SM-G920V, and it currently has Android version 7.0 (Nougat). I've owned the phone for about 2 years and have never had a problem with staying connected to any wireless network. But somewhere in the last 2-3 months it developed a problem where it won't stay...