Wifi constantly turns off and on on its own

[cbaywolf]

i have a site that i visit regularly where there is no Verizon coverage, and have to use the networks wifi to access data (the site uses wpa/psk tkip encryption). My Incredible always connects initially (and data works fine), but after a few minutes it goes into this constant cycle where it starts turning itself off and on (almost like it's searching for a signal, and it then starts killing the battery), but the signal is good. My laptop works wirelessly all day long with no drops, so i know it's not a signal issue.

Any ideas what would cause this erratic behavior, or do i possibly just have a wifi hardware problem? I stopped using some of my wifi-specific widgets, but no change.

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[Xerolooper]

I was having this issue on just my daughters Droid 2. I have 4 android devices, 4 laptops and 4 Nintendo DS's connected just fine. Of those devices only the Droid 2 had an issue. I went into the router and noticed the log was showing the phone was disconnected repeatedly. I changed the channel from auto scan to 11 and set wpa/wpa2 to just wpa2 this seemed to fix the issue. Things like this one can be hard to track down. If your log shows reason code 1 or 8 it is probably the channel that needs to be changed. Hope this helps, good luck.

[mountainbikermark]

i have a site that i visit regularly where there is no Verizon coverage, and have to use the networks wifi to access data (the site uses wpa/psk tkip encryption). My Incredible always connects initially (and data works fine), but after a few minutes it goes into this constant cycle where it starts turning itself off and on (almost like it's searching for a signal, and it then starts killing the battery), but the signal is good. My laptop works wirelessly all day long with no drops, so i know it's not a signal issue.

Any ideas what would cause this erratic behavior, or do i possibly just have a wifi hardware problem? I stopped using some of my wifi-specific widgets, but no change.

That doesn't sound like your phone but if you can try another network somewhere, say McDonald's or Starbucks that should confirm.
It's , as posted above , more than likely a router issue.

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