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Andrei Sergiu Posted on Nov 09, 2013

"obtaining IP address"

I want to connect a N8020, through WI-FI, to Internet. The router is a mobile 3g-router (Huawei)who work absolutely fantastic with everything I tried: phones, laptop computers, tablets,etc. This N8020 doesn't want to connect and remain in a loop with text "obtaining IP address". This when I tried with DHCP. With static IP, connect immediately, but doesn't have Internet access. I use every possible security mode, every type of encryption and all kind of wifi (a/b/g/n). Hard Reset to tablet and router. NOTHING. Any idea to apply? Thank you in advance.

  • Andrei Sergiu
    Andrei Sergiu Nov 11, 2013

    Thank you for your advice. After some checking, I can say the following: there are plenty of IP's (in fact, only 5, but there are busy only 2); there is no MAC filter set in router; I tried with no WEP/WPA security/encription, but still doesn't work; I didn't change the SSID as soon as other devices work fine with this one (has no special character of other strange things); anyway, today I give back the tablet to the store, for checking. I'll see their answer about this. Thank you again.

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May I suggest to temporarily have no wep/wpa set at all, go for open and see if that works for the tablet.
If not, try changing the SSID of your wireless network.
Also, there may be insufficient IP's in the DHCP pool.
Or, maybe a MAC filter is set.

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