Help (Solved) Tethering issue

[doc1964]

Hi folks, looking for some help.
I am able to connect my tab 2 to my home wifi no problem.
I have also connected it to my Galaxy s2 phone using wifi tethering.
What i have found though is that on several occasions when i am in work and try to tether to my phone, that settings will show that i am connected to my WI FI hotspot but i cannot connect to any internet pages. I recall many moons ago that when i sometimes changed modem connections on my home pc that i had to reboot everything to have the old settings forgotten and the new ones set. Does anyone know if there is something similar when you move from home WIFI as your last connection to WI FI Tethered hotspot as your new one. Is there something i need to do to have the tab or phone release the old settings and take on the new ones. Hope that is a clear enough explanation of my problem. Thanks for any help offered

 

[strollin]

I have been able to switch from one wifi source to another without the need to reboot or do anything other than select the hotspot in the list of available hotspots on my SGT27. You shouldn't need to do that either.

Obvious question time. When you're at work, are you sure your phone can access the internet? It's possible that your phone can't get data access within your work building.

 

[doc1964]

Thanks for reply. It was that simple for me at first as well. I had used the tab tethered to my phone in work to show case how good the tab was. I can get intrrnet connection no problem on my phone, the tablet shows it is tethered to WIFI hotspot, just when i click on an internet link, no page appears. It annoys the bejeezus out of me cos i know it should be so simple. I even tried bluetooth tethering and it wouldnt work either, when it did previously. What i am thinking is that i had juice defender on both my phone and tab and recently uninstalled it as i had read there was no real benefit in using this with ICS. I am wondering if it has possibly screwed up some setting or other in the phone or the tab, i.e. maybe set something and then when i have removed the program, it has not reset something, yes that sounds pretty vague i know. Anyway, thanks again and thanks for any further suggestions. p.s. i may try reinstalling juice defender on both devices to see if it makes a difference.

 

[Dazz285]

I found on my HTC Desire hd that juice defender intermittently caused my data connection not to connect so I uninstalled it and installed another program and ever since I've never had a connection problem. Hope this helps.

 

[doc1964]

What was strange was that initially when i set up tethering it would connect and show pages on the tab every time. i had installed juice defender on both my phone and tab but removed it as i had read that ICS manged everything OK. I had also removed avast virus protection from the tab. It seemed to be shortly after this that the problem arose, it may be a coincidence but i thought it may be some setting or other thad had been changed. I hard reset both my phone and the tab but the problem continued.
In the house i could connect to my home WIFI everytime without issue, then if i tried to tether to my phone it would not connect. I would jump between one connection then the other and eventually it would connect to the phone.
Anyway, thats the history, now to what is happening now. The other day i read somewhere about putting tab in flight mode before tethering, so i tried this and it has worked first time every time since, so i am hopeful this is a permanent solution. What does surprise me is that the tab is not a 3g tab so i would not have thought putting it in airplane mode would make any difference but, hey it has so if anyone has similar issues it may be worth giving it a try. Good luck.

 

[Alnn]

try sideloading foxfi on your phone...... and connect.... and downloading pdanet on your tablet...... if you cant connect with your wifi hotspot you can use foxfi... and pdanet...
1 turn on foxfi hotspot (and foxfi should pop up in your wifi..
if that still doesnt work
turn on foxfi bluetoothDUN
and on your tablet click on android bluetooth.. and the rest of the instructions are self explanatory

 

[Alnn]

here is what it looks like...from a galaxy tab 2

 

[Alnn]

foxfi doesnt need root either so you are fine and neither does pdanet

 

[doc1964]

Thanks for further replies. I had read before about foxfi and pdanet and installed them. They do work flawlessly. Also further reading found that the issue is more likely to be caused by my S2 phone rather than the tab. Quite a few postings about difficulty tethering using the S2. Thanks again.

 

[Alnn]

No prob