[User] Connecting Android to private wireless network

Matt Kraai kraai at ftbfs.org
Mon Sep 29 00:30:00 PDT 2014


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 12:34:22PM -0700, Ranga Krishnan wrote:
> By default the private WiFi network is on a 5Ghz channel. A lot
> of mobile phones still work only at 2.4 Ghz. Does your phone 
> support 5Ghz WiFi ? If not please go to  the settings page and
> change the private WiFI to a 2.4Ghz channel different from 
> the 2.4Ghz channel that the public wifi (openwireless.org) is
> using and check if the phone is now able to see the private network. 

Thank you for the help.  Apparently my phone doesn't support 5Ghz
WiFi; switching the private network to 2.4Ghz allowed my phone to
connect to the private network.

-- 
Matt



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