Lenovo tablet won't connect to hotel wifi

ballyblack

We are quite remote no bars or other restaurants nearby to try to connect to

Connect to a mobile phone with hotspot to test

Thats what I do when in hotels, to check if fault is my end!



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tonyh66

paul2louise wrote: »

The camera is WiFi to the tablet. The watch connects mainly by BT but final stage i think it Wi-Fi linked so doesn't connect properly.

We are quite remote no bars or other restaurants nearby to try to connect to.

Just have to keep pinching my sons fire tablet to check my emails

you shouldn't need hotel wifi to do these connections, there is something wrong with the tablet wifi, thats my guess.

paul2louise

tonyh66 wrote: »

you shouldn't need hotel wifi to do these connections, there is something wrong with the tablet wifi, thats my guess.

Yes I think you are right. The tablet probably had a funny glitch with
hotel WiFi and and now it's messed up. Will have to wait till I get home and do a reset

DoaM

paul2louise wrote: »

Tried rebooting,

Whilst you may have done this as per the instruction, you haven't said so explicitly ... so I'll reiterate the earlier post:

Have you tried Turning OFF the WiFi and rebooting (then turning WiFi back on)?

paul2louise

DoaM wrote: »

Whilst you may have done this as per the instruction, you haven't said so explicitly ... so I'll reiterate the earlier post:

Have you tried Turning OFF the WiFi and rebooting (then turning WiFi back on)?

I tried all of that.
I am now home. The tablet is working fine with my home broadband.
It wouldnt work in airport either.
So my questions are will it be ok now or will it play up again with other similar connections.
My watch and camera are sync with the tablet too.
Its been very frustrating but it couldnt be helped. Just dont want it to happen again

roddydogs

I get this all the time with "free wi fi" even in this country, hit and miss, or the signal meter has a ! next to it, and even when it shows connected nothing downloads!

arciere

Public WiFi hot-spot systems are usually more 'fragile' than 'normal' WiFi. This is because of several reasons.
Devices generally get their IP address from a server, however there is only a specified amount of addresses that the server (DHCP) can give. After it runs out, even if you manage to connect to the WiFi (i.e. the password is correct), your device won't get an IP address and won't therefore connect to the network. This can happen if the place is more crowded than usual (normally each IP address is 'given' for a certain length of time before it becomes available again) or if the system has not been optimised (for example reserving addresses for 2 days, while people normally spend 2 hours on site).
Sometimes you do get your IP address, but the logon page doesn't come up (that's when you normally get the 'connected' icon with the exclamation mark, on Android devices).
Back to OP, if your tablet only connects at home, depending on what the error is, you could check whether it has been set up with a static IP address that is only valid in your home network.

esuhl

Free wifi access points often require you to run a script or go through some registration process. Until you do that, you will appear "connected" to the wifi, but all traffic is blocked.


Opening a web browser and trying to access an internet web page will usually run the script and/or trigger the registration process. For example, on train services I've used, you are asked to enter an email address before you're allowed internet access.


Also, free wifi points often block most internet traffic, only allowing web and email.

paul2louise

arciere wrote: »

Sometimes you do get your IP address, but the logon page doesn't come up (that's when you normally get the 'connected' icon with the exclamation mark, on Android devices).
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This is exactly what was happening, it worked fine first day then day 2 and for rest of holiday this happened.
My husbands phone, sons fire tablet were all fine and had no trouble at all.
I tried opening the browser, forgetting the connection. Resetting all connections. Turning on and off. Nothing worked. But it is ok now but i will be wary when i use public wifi in future

arciere

paul2louise wrote: »

This is exactly what was happening, it worked fine first day then day 2 and for rest of holiday this happened.
My husbands phone, sons fire tablet were all fine and had no trouble at all.
I tried opening the browser, forgetting the connection. Resetting all connections. Turning on and off. Nothing worked. But it is ok now but i will be wary when i use public wifi in future

It could have been that your IP had expired and the DHCP server had run out of new addresses.
Here in London, every time I'm at St Pancras station, if I see too many people on the platform I already know that I will struggle to get a connection. On off-peak hours, it connects in seconds.