Help WiFi Connection Problem

[lexluthor]

I'm having a weird Wifi connection problem.

If I activate wifi via the power widget, wifi does turn on, but doesn't connect to my router.

If I go to Wireless & Networks in the settings and click Wi-Fi settings, I see it shows my router there and says "not in range, remembered" initially, but as soon as that page comes up, it connects.

Why is it only connecting after I go to the settings?

 

[natty]

This exact thing was happening to me and I refused to believe that a simple router and modem reset would fix it, but it did. Try that, leaving it unplugged for a few minutes. Works flawlessly for me now, seamlessly switching between wifi and 3g as I go in/out of range.

 

[lexluthor]

Haha, I was just coming back to say the same thing.

I rebooted the router and phone and I'm good.

I was playing around with setting static DHCP on the router and I bet I had it confused there a bit.

 

[neeshu89]

if you put a password on your router it should solve the problem. it doesnt want to automatically connect to unsecured networks

 

[howarmat]

rebooting the router is always the first step, they like that to reset some settings for some reason