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Root Connects to Wifi but no internet

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Miloispunk

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Hello,

I can connect to wifi, but when I go to see a webpage, it says the page is not found. I have the correct password, and my PC works just fine. It shows my full wifi bars, but they are white instead of green.

LG optimus V, rooted.

halp!
 
Miloispunk said:
... It shows my full wifi bars, but they are white instead of green.

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Shouldn't the bars be green if your WiFi is connected? :confused: Might double check the WiFi settings on the OV to be sure that you're indeed connected.
 
tli said:
Shouldn't the bars be green if your WiFi is connected? :confused: Might double check the WiFi settings on the OV to be sure that you're indeed connected.
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The bars change to the color when you are synced to the Google servers. You could have internet access without that. Usually it means the same thing, but that is not always true.
 
agentc13 said:
The bars change to the color when you are synced to the Google servers. You could have internet access without that. Usually it means the same thing, but that is not always true.
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That doesn't seem to be the case with my OV with BACKside, the WiFi status icon indicates WiFi signal strength. If there's no color, there's no WiFi connection.
 
tli said:
That doesn't seem to be the case with my OV with BACKside, the WiFi status icon indicates WiFi signal strength. If there's no color, there's no WiFi connection.
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That isn't right, from Android User's Guide 2.3.4
Network status icons turn green if you have a Google Account added to your phone
and the phone is connected to Google services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar
events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google
Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected
to the Internet, the network icons are white.
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Sorry if I explained it badly the first time. But as I said, it usually means you are connected to the internet, but you could be and not have them change color as well.
 
This happened to me too, with my neighbor's wifi. I asked him to reset his router, and it worked (mostly,after a few unrelated bumps along the way) after that. Static IP didn't work for me, but i was probably doing it wrong :D
 
sadielynn said:
This happened to me too, with my neighbor's wifi. I asked him to reset his router, and it worked (mostly,after a few unrelated bumps along the way) after that. Static IP didn't work for me, but i was probably doing it wrong :D
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I had to do the same thing. Only my phone would stick at "obtaining ip address". And like sadielynn said resetting the router worked.
 
Most routers under $300 have this issue from time to time. What happens is when a router is set for DHCP, as most are, it assigns an address to all devices it manages. When I walk into my home my router assigns my phone an IP address, say 192.168.1.3 for the sake of argument. Then I run to the store, and my phone disconnects from the router (naturally). When I get back, my router will assign a new IP address to my phone, say 192.168.1.4. This kind of thing happens all the time. The problem comes when your router reaches 192.168.1.255. It literally runs out of addresses to assign, and even though you can connect to the router you no longer have a pathway to the net. Solution? Reset the router. It will then begin assigning addresses at the bottom of the range. How to prevent this? Use static IP's for mobile devices, map your network with reserved IP's (this is what I do), or use custom firmware for your router. Kinda like rooting your router! Heh, say that one three times fast!
 
Thanks, I just try to help. Besides, my old forum of choice kinda died out, I needed a new digital hangout. You guys have made me feel very welcome here.
 
All the routers I've ever had (since my first in 97 or 98) have always had a lease time and it usually was something like 30 minutes - 2 hours. I've never seen one that allocated all 254 addresses, but I have seen them come set to only use 1-4 or 1-6 and those become allocated.

And on most routers changing these things is pretty easy and doesn't require flashing any firmware.
 
MacFett said:
All the routers I've ever had (since my first in 97 or 98) have always had a lease time and it usually was something like 30 minutes - 2 hours. I've never seen one that allocated all 254 addresses, but I have seen them come set to only use 1-4 or 1-6 and those become allocated.

And on most routers changing these things is pretty easy and doesn't require flashing any firmware.
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That's true. They are designed to operate that way, otherwise everybody would have this problem. The problem is not all routers are well designed (or engineered, or programed) and when the lease expires, it doesn't recycle the address, instead it hands out a new one. It's far more common with cheap ones like Belkin and such. I've NEVER seen a Cisco do this (the Valet doesn't count as a real Cisco).
 
I had the same problem the past couple of days with my Nexus S and my home wifi. It's worked fine for months, then suddenly although looking like it's connected (had an IP address, green bars) it wouldn't get any data from the internet, although my PC and notebook had no problems.

I got it working again by changing the primary DNS setting in the router.

I've used lately some "custom" DNS settings gained through "grc's dns benchmark." Apparently the DNS server I had set to be first in line decided it didn't like my phone anymore. As a test I changed it to one of the public Google DNS addresses (8.8.8.8) and voila, phone's data connection works like a charm.

So you might try setting or re-setting DNS servers in your router.
 
brotherswing said:
That's true. They are designed to operate that way, otherwise everybody would have this problem. The problem is not all routers are well designed (or engineered, or programed) and when the lease expires, it doesn't recycle the address, instead it hands out a new one. It's far more common with cheap ones like Belkin and such. I've NEVER seen a Cisco do this (the Valet doesn't count as a real Cisco).
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Mine always gets a set ip. I figure this because everytime I use WiFi file explorer it's always the same address. It does it for everything I have and when I pull it up it will show my devices as dormant if there not connected. Its a 2 wire (huge sucker) that I have from att. It came when I had uverse tv and internet but now just internet. There ip tv was junk but I digress.
 
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