Nexus 6P WiFi disconnecting

[jcdub]

My 6P is dropping is WiFi connection to my home router. I t then try and check the seeing and its not detecting the router. I have to turn off WiFi on the phone and turn it back on again for it to detect the router and it then connects.
Is anyone else having this problem? If so did you find a solution?
Cheers

 

[VW Maverick]

This is basic Wi-Fi info, but see if it helps: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...roubleshooting-wi-fi-connection-problems.html

Mav.

 

[dropn1s]

Only at your house?

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[jcdub]

Only at your house?

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Yes it's only at home.

 

[anon(596177)]

What router do you have? This is important. If you have an older router a lot of your issues can be attributed to that. Some access point/routers just dont play well with certain wireless radios. With my M8 my wifi would drop out every 60 seconds at work and then come right back. No such issues with my 6p.

If you have an older router at home, consider this a good time to upgrade, if you have a newer one, there might not be a whole lot you can do without buying a different router. I can tell you that the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 shouldnt give you any issues.

 

[napes22]

I have the same issue but only when connected to my office Wifi. It disconnects quite frequently. Never had this issue with my older phones.

 

[JoeyZhao]

I have the same issue but only when connected to my office Wifi. It disconnects quite frequently. Never had this issue with my older phones.

Wait for the December update, they will fix it.

 

[jcdub]

Really? How do you know what's coming in the next update?

 

[joehillen]

> I can tell you that the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 shouldnt give you any issues.

The R7000 is exactly the router I'm having this issue with.

 

[jcdub]

My modern is an ZyXEL F1000 Modem which seems to be the problem.

 

[Indyrobb]

I'll have to watch my 6p closely as I have an r7000 as well. However I just got the phone set up 100% how I like it, so tomorrow, I'm taking the plunge and sticking in the sprint sim, and will finally be activating it. Once it's my primary device I'll notice any quirks at that point.

Which reminds me, I wonder if there is new firmware for the r7000 waiting for me to download?! I want to try a custom build like a merlin or tomato, just haven't really looked for it to be honest. My Asus was easy, but it's a little older.

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[LunaticoCR]

I've also noticed this at home and at work... didn't happen with my Nexus 5.

 

[Go0gle]

No issues at all with my 6P and my R7000. It can also max out my internet speeds anywhere in my house over WiFi.

When the phone "dozes" it also disconnects WiFi temporarily, same if you have WiFi set to "turn WiFi off when sleeping" in the advanced WiFi settings. If it only happens at home, then there's something going on with your router, not your phone.

 

[BR1060]

I have the exact same setup and from day 1 the Nexus would connect, disconnect, cause delays when viewing the web (or any app that accesses the web) and you'd see it disconnect from wifi, reconnect, obtain IP, take a while, then connect again.

I've searched forums and found no solution. What I've done so far (which seems to currently work):

On Nighthawk

• Forced 2.4ghz to channel 6 (or removed Automatic)
• Turned off 20/40mhz switching within this channel
• Removed 5 ghz as an option for the Nexus (forcing to use only 2.4ghz)

Its been 1 day, but I can already tell you there is a huge improvement. I'm just not sure which setting exactly helped out (or if it was a combination of the above). But now I don't want to throw into the wall because Instagram takes 15 seconds to load

 

[Jeff the IT guy]

Ok all,
I have scoured the internet for a fix to this problem and have been working on it tirelessly. I finally narrowed it down and tackled it... it's a problem with the way your router is configured to use IPv6. I first noticed hints of this bug when I first used my Nexus 6p. It wouldn't load images in the Play Store, and wouldn't load some apps correctly, while others it did. I finally switched my router to Link Local for IPv6, and voila! It worked.... somewhat. I could now load everything. However, my wifi kept connecting and disconnecting, and thus I scratched my head again. I then switched my router to SLAAC and Stateless DHCPv6, and now I no longer have intermittent Wi-Fi issues at all, and my whole network seems to have sped up. So I guess moral of the story, Nexus 6p's heavily rely upon IPv6 for some strange reason, and I'm not sure how to disable IPv6 on my Nexus, so get internet working on the IPv6 side of your network, and you should be A-Ok. Cheers!

 

[Jeff the IT guy]

It's been 4 months, and it's been working perfectly ever since. Just as an FYI.