[Defy Android Development] Antiga Prime:
Yeah, but I don't know if I'm going to stay on this build yet. ;)

Thanks for the info. In that case I'll have to check my router. I'm using a Netgate with Pfsense as the actual router/DHCP server, so I guess I'll have to look into my network setup, since this happens with every laptop connected to the wireless network.

Edit: But are you actually on the 03/26 build?

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Ok, so I have found out what is going on, but I don't know why and need someone else to help me troubleshoot. What I am doing is, from my laptop, I am pinging my router and google dns servers to check for internet connectivity.

I need anyone else who is also having problems with laptops and wireless connection who are on the 03/26 build.

Before you do this, you should have already followed Quarx's instruction of deleting the /data/misc/wifi folder and rebooted.

1.- Turn off your phone's wireless

2.- Open a command prompt on your laptop that is connected to the wireless network, and ping your router ip address and/or googles dns server (8.8.8.8) with the following command = ping 8.8.8.8 -t

If your internet is working properly you should see that the ping issues a reply such as:

Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=108ms TTL=43

3.- Turn on your phone's wireless and wait for it to connect.

If you do have the issue you will see that the pings start timing out: "Request timed out".

4.- Now, on your phone, open the wireless settings, press the menu button and go to the "Wifi Direct" settings. When you enter it will search automatically.

While it's searching, check back the command prompt that you left pinging either your router or google's dns server. You should now see that it starts getting replies again, in other words, your internet connection is back online, and it will keep working only for a couple of seconds after the Wifi Direct stops searching.

Like I mentioned before, this is definitely working for me, so I would consider it a bug, unless I'm the only one. I would like someone else to help me confirm this before I start taking my network apart to find out if it's something internal.

Edit: And I can also confirm that it only stops once the phone is far away from my laptop. So far I've tested it with a Dell XPS L502X, a Dell Inspiron 15z, and an HP Touchsmart 300. They all have Wireless N cards. Once the phone is in the same room as the computers, the laptop's connection dies entirely while the connection on the Touchsmart is more erratic (drops some packets, but not all).

Edit 2: Sorry for keep editing this, but it might help somebody else. I just confirmed that it only happens with my Linksys WRT54G (running DD-WRT), therefore it does not seem to be a bug with the phone, but more like an issue with that specific router and/or configuration. Though it still does not explain why it works while scanning for Wifi Direct Peers.

Edit 3: Just flashed the latest JellyX Kernel and it seems to have fixed the issue, although the Wifi reception strength has seriously diminished, as in, the phone does not connect to any network if the Wifi signal icon has only one bar (did not measure in dB).