Wifi connects but can't resolve host - solved!

For those having issue with wifi, in particular connecting to wifi through an access point I have come to find the problem. Apparently, this has been an issue with Playbook as well.

For some reason both the Playbook and bb10 has issues with routers configured to broadcast wireless N. The devices will connect but you can't do anything. Browse Internet send/ receive email, etc. If you switch your router to wireless g or b/g everything works great! So strange and shouldn't happen. I hope BlackBerry addresses this. In the meantime just adjust this in your router settings ( unfortunately most people don't know how to do this).

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Originally Posted by rennardd

For those having issue with wifi, in particular connecting to wifi through an access point I have come to find the problem. Apparently, this has been an issue with Playbook as well.

For some reason both the Playbook and bb10 has issues with routers configured to broadcast wireless N. The devices will connect but you can't do anything. Browse Internet send/ receive email, etc. If you switch your router to wireless g or b/g everything works great! So strange and shouldn't happen. I hope BlackBerry addresses this. In the meantime just adjust this in your router settings ( unfortunately most people don't know how to do this).

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This has been discussed at legnth in the PB Forums. It boils down to what version of "N" the router is running.Older routers run Draft N. Newer Routers run N1. Some run Pre Draft N.