My university uses Cisco Airnonet access points (not sure which model) in just about every building, including my apartment. While these work fine with laptops, they hardly work on both my Android devices (Captivate and N7). In my apartment, the connection constantly drops and the signal strength never goes above "Fair" despite there being an AP in the hall right outside the door. Even when I'm in a classroom and staring at the AP 10 feet away, the connection usually doesn't drop (although it still does occasionally) but it's either fair or poor.
Each AP broadcasts 3 networks on 3 channels 1, 6, and 11 with all 3 networks on each channel. The first is the regular secure network, which requires a client certificate and has full internet access. The second is the instructions network restricted to the certificate download site, and the third is eduroam.
Checking it with Wifi Analyzer, the signals on a channel (usually channel 1) will frequently disappear, sometimes when they had signal strengths above -60dbm, and then reappear a few seconds later. Sometimes all 3 networks on the channel disappear, sometimes just one or two. So that answers why my connection drops so frequently. Using inssider on my laptop, the strength only fluctuates mildly (>5dBm).
Any idea why this happens on just my Android devices? My roommate's iphone works just fine. The school prohibits using personal routers, which I am completely ignoring because using their wifi is just crap and makes it very frustrating using my tablet. Hopefully they don't notice my hidden SSID.
Each AP broadcasts 3 networks on 3 channels 1, 6, and 11 with all 3 networks on each channel. The first is the regular secure network, which requires a client certificate and has full internet access. The second is the instructions network restricted to the certificate download site, and the third is eduroam.
Checking it with Wifi Analyzer, the signals on a channel (usually channel 1) will frequently disappear, sometimes when they had signal strengths above -60dbm, and then reappear a few seconds later. Sometimes all 3 networks on the channel disappear, sometimes just one or two. So that answers why my connection drops so frequently. Using inssider on my laptop, the strength only fluctuates mildly (>5dBm).
Any idea why this happens on just my Android devices? My roommate's iphone works just fine. The school prohibits using personal routers, which I am completely ignoring because using their wifi is just crap and makes it very frustrating using my tablet. Hopefully they don't notice my hidden SSID.
