Help connected to hotspot but no internet :( help!

If its a problem when you connect your Phone to your WiFi router for internet access like it sounds above. Check your router it may have MAC filtering enabled, I know my router requires me to add the MAC address in the list of devices before it will allow it to use the internet.

Let me know the make and model of your router and I should be able to point you where to look for the setting.

This happened to me a couple days ago, I don't know if it was a fluke or what but try this, while the laptop is connected to ur N1 through wireless hotspot, open ur WiFi hotspot settings on ur N1 then just open "configure WiFi hotspot" and then just hit save, you don't have to adjust any settings. When I did that my laptop all of a sudden connected properly and everything was all honky dory.

Ah I see so your trying to tether your laptop to the N1 for internet access. Sorry I never tried that as I always use WiFi at home or just the phone outside. I cant find any relevant info on the web as its all about 2.1 hacking and tethering..

One thing to try... is connecting it up as normal, let it show "no internet connection"

then release and renew your IP address..

On your laptop

Start->Run->type "cmd" no parentesis -> press enter
Then on the next screen type ipconfig /release
press enter
Then type ipconfig /renew
press enter

Sorry I cant even test with my phone as Vodafone are clowns and we dont have 2.2 yet.

I will have a hunt around tomorrow I'm bound to be able to find someone with the same problem.

If MAC address filter enable, you cannot joined that network. Please check the configuration of your modem, make sure the internet available.

roybj said:

@techdaring: what do you mean by "check my modem config"?
the only members of my problem scope are my nexus and my laptop - while trying to connect the laptop to the internet using the wifi hotspot function in the 2.2.
did i miss anything?

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No hes talking about the same thing I said earlier, but your not connecting the N1 to your router your connecting the laptop to your N1.

Hi there

I am writing this on my HTC desire because I can't get the WiFi Hotspots service on my phone to co operate with my pc!

I have the network all set up.. I can see and connect to my phoned WiFi but there is no internet. Before the 2.2 update USB tethering worked too.. but none of it seems to be happening any more.

My laptop is running the latest version of Ubuntu.

Any fixes/advice would be awesome. Cheers

Im having the same issue with my hotspot. I was able to use it for several months. I had no problem connecting with to my laptop, but then one day I tried disabling the google voice mail then it stopped working. I am having the same issue. My computer says that theres connection and then it says no intern connection.

hi, i read all this and thought, hey mine was working, now why isnt it? i rang up AMAYSIM and got the guy (geoff) to help me out, quite by chance i got it working.
goto: menu->settings->Applications->Development and check 'USB debugging'

that got mine working again, i dont know why it was switched off, i may have been playing with it

I have internet connection enabled on my mobile and it works fine. When i try to setup my mobile as internet hotspot using WIFI, i am able to have my laptop connected to my mobile through WIFI but internet connection is not available.

I also notice that the data packet connection gets disabled on my phone the moment my laptop & phone are connected thru WIFI, i tried enabling data packet connection on my mobile manually but i am unable to do that when WIFI connection is on btwn my laptop & mobile.

Is there any other setting to be done on the mobile? or any settings to be enabled by the internet connection provider?

Regds,
Amarnath M

Not the same phone, but the same problem:

Tethered fine (Windows 7 laptop to rooted ZTE Skate Gingerbread 2.3.5), but "no internet" on the laptop.


In the "mobile network settings" on the phone - "Enable always-on mobile data"
enable that...

Worked for me

Phone: Galaxy Nexus.

Untill some day ago I haven't experienced any problem. But now I can't connect my HP lap top to the galaxy N hotspot. I tryed to restore the PC to factory settings first, then I did the same with the Galaxy N.
No solution.
Neither the Mac PC can connect. But my girlfriend's ASUS PC can. I asked her in which way it could, but she doesn't know. She asked me: "Have I a lap top?"

So I can understand that the phone is working, but I can't figure out why the oters PC can't make the connection.

I am very sad. Help me please.

Its possible that you have messed up APN settings. Go to your settings in android, go to wireless & networks>mobile networks> apns>click the menu button and select "reset to default apn".

N3r0 said:

Phone: Galaxy Nexus.

Untill some day ago I haven't experienced any problem. But now I can't connect my HP lap top to the galaxy N hotspot. I tryed to restore the PC to factory settings first, then I did the same with the Galaxy N.
No solution.
Neither the Mac PC can connect. But my girlfriend's ASUS PC can. I asked her in which way it could, but she doesn't know. She asked me: "Have I a lap top?"

So I can understand that the phone is working, but I can't figure out why the oters PC can't make the connection.

I am very sad. Help me please.

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so it must be the mac computer network settings.

hi can you help me ?

Update manually your wireless network adapter drivers to the latest version. Don't use automatic update. It always claims that your drivers are up to date. That is bulls**t. Driver update resolved my connection problems in all devices that are older than my android phone. Now the internet works fine using android hotspot.

roybj said:

this is really weird,
first of all i got the Nexus 1, with stock 2.2 FRF91
my phone has an internet connection by itself (i always have the 3g icon and ability to browse the net at all times - both with or without the hotspot on).
i also have a laptop running win7 32bit which connects to my wireless router with no problem.
i tried setting up wifi hotspot on my nexus (both opened and secured - same result)
then connecting with my laptop, it connects fine but then win says it has no internet connection (also when opening the "network and sharing center" it shows that the connection between the laptop and phone is ok, but phone-internet is broken).
also, im not sure if that is related, but i tried connecting the desktop computer (win7 32bit) with usb tethering. my desktop has the nexus drivers installed (i am using adb commands here and there with no problem)
again, it is connected and the pc is saying something about a "remote internet device" but no internet connection!

any ideas? i am actually interested in solving the wifi issue (i wouldnt mind solving the usb, but thats a secondary issue that perhaps is related).

thanks!

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I had this problem. Found out that I had the (Windows) adapter configured with fixed DNS addresses. when I changed this to automatic everything worked

After searching so many days. i found the solution accidentally.
My simple answer is disable your LAN on Desktop
How to Do That?
open network and sharing center >> change adapter settings >> Local Area Connection (Right Click to Disable)
then sync your desktop with your htc hotspot
See the magic.

Like my answer if it work for you as well

After searching so many days. i found the solution accidentally.
My simple answer is disable your LAN on Desktop
How to Do That?
open network and sharing center >> change adapter settings >> Local Area Connection (Right Click to Disable)
then sync your desktop with your htc hotspot
See the magic.

Like my answer if it work for you as well

After searching so many days. i found the solution accidentally

My Simple Answer is "Disable LAN" on Your Desktop...

How You Do That?

open network and sharing center >> change adapter settings >> Local Area Connection (Right Click to Disable)

then sync your desktop with your htc hotspot

See the magic.

Like my answer if it work for you as well

So...I know this reply is very late, but I wanted to post here in case anyone else runs across this like I did in my search to fix a similar issue. I had been able to access and use my mobile hotspot using my Galaxy s5 on Simple Mobile with no problems for months. I connected my ps4, my tablet, my pc, streamed movies, watched Netflix, etc. I have the Simple Mobile $60/month unlimited everything plan (best bang for its buck IMHO) Anyway, a few days ago it quit working. It would show that the Hotspot was connected but when I would open an app or try to go to a Web page on my browser it would show no connection. I first thought it was my tablet not connecting but soon realized it was all devices. I tried connecting to my Hotspot via USB and got the same results, showed connected but no Internet, just like the OP.. I did a ton of digging and Google searches, I tried the time/date update, I tried adding DUN to the APN, I cleared the cache, I downloaded multiple apps, I even did a hard reset.. All to no avail! Nothing worked.. It was driving me insane! I kept running across posts mentioning an app called FoxFi, it was one I used before but it didn't seem to work for me. I thought I'd give it another go, and this time I read all of the fine print and instructions completely before downloading. I noticed that the wireless tethering ability was only available on certain device models with certain carriers. But it said that USB and Bluetooth tethering should work on most all devices. Once connected to a pc or laptop they give you the option to make a wireless hotspot connection from there. Genius! First, I had to download PdaNet onto all devices I was wanting to connect with. For my tablet I did need wifi to do this, but for pc you can download the file to your phone and transfer it via USB. There's another thing.. With a Bluetooth connection you're not able to access any apps, generally you can browse the Internet but it would more than likely be limited .. Maybe.. For me it didn't work, but luckily there's a workaround. Connect the device to any Hotspot, it doesn't have to have Internet connectivity to work, so I turned on my broken mobile hotspot on my phone, connected my tablet to it, and Bam!! It worked! I know it seems like a lot of steps to get to the end result but after days of searching for an answer, I've never been so happy to see AOL news . There's even an option to hide tethering usage. This won't change the amount of data you use, it merely hides the way the data being used by the tethered device looks to the carrier. Some carriers( T-Mobile*cough cough*) monitor tethering usage and throttle data after a you reach a certain cap so this function can be quite handy for some.
P.S. PdaNet is free, FoxFi has a free version and a paid version for an $8 one time fee. The free version bumps you off every few minutes and you have to reconnect, that's the only difference. My take on that is $8 is well worth it. Some people pay $25+/month for tethering plans! Plus, I still don't have to pay for wifi at home!
Hope this helps someone who is dealing with the same issues!