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Originally Posted by chris311
I have a small problem that I hope someone can help me with.
Yesterday I flashed the newest MightyRom onto my TP2. This is my first time using a custom ROM and love it so far. However, I am unable to connect to my Wifi network at home. After putting in the network key the phone tries to connect and then the network shows up as unavailable. The stock Sprint WM 6.5 ROM had no problems connecting to the same network.
I tried some things to troubleshoot but nothing helped. I tried setting my router to WPA, WPA2. WEP, and even turned off wifi protection and made it an open network. The phone still wouldnt connect.
The wifi card in the phone isn't broken either as the Wifi internet sharing works just fine. My laptop can connect and access the internet through my phone.
Does anyone has any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chri
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I finally figured this out.
I purchased a Linksys USB Wireless N adapter for my desktop computer. On the software CD it came with Linksys Network Magic. It is a network monitoring, tracking, mapping, and configuration tool. I was messing around with it after first installing it and was looking at the network map.
The network map showed a device with a MAC adress that did not match my ipad, laptop, or PS3 so I thought it was someone else on my wireless network. I told Network Magic to block the unknown device from being able to access my network.
What I didn't know is that Network Magic can actually talk to your router and make changes, which is exactly what it did. When I blocked the unknown device, it turned on the MAC filtering software on my router to block the device.
Another thing I didn't know was that this "unknown" device was my cell phone.
I just happened to be in my router's WEB GUI interface looking at the MAC filtering when I noticed that my phone's MAC adress was on the list. I wanted to scream but I live in an apartment and didn't want to annoy my neibhors, so I just bit my lip until it bled.
Once I turned off the MAC filtering my phone connected to my WIFI network without any problems.
PS. The worst part was that the Linksys USB adpater was a piece of shit. I returned it the next day and bought a D-Link Wireless bridge instead.