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From: Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Browser-router interaction?
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 08:57:28 +0100
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My mobile phone has Wi-Fi turned off. I use the mobile signal if I want 
to connect to the internet as I have a good signal here.

Yesterday I was at a house where the mobile signal is poor so I asked if 
I could use their router. I was given the password, and turned on Wi-Fi. 
The phone found the Sky 829CE router and connected to it. I started 
browsing using Firefox, and had no problem. I then used Brave and that 
was fine too. However, Vivaldi would not connect to the internet. I 
can't remember the exact error message, but I think it said I should 
check the internet connection (not very helpful when you obviously can't 
connect!), or check any VPN settings. I don't use a VPN. I've been using 
Vivaldi for a couple of years without problem, so couldn't understand 
why it couldn't connect to the internet. Both Brave and Vivaldi are 
Chrome-based, so why should one work but not the other?

Several other apps had no problem connecting (FairEmail, BBC iPlayer, 
Netweather, etc), so it appeared the issue was with Vivaldi. I 
uninstalled it and reinstalled via Play Store (no problem with that 
connection either), but it still gave the error message. As Vivaldi had 
always worked before using the mobile signal, I turned off Wi-Fi and 
forced it to connect via the mobile signal again. It was slow, as the 
signal isn't great, but it worked! I was able to browse without problem. 
When I turned the Wi-Fi back on I got the internet connection problem again.

I'm back home now but when I next visit the house I'll try Vivaldi with 
Wi-Fi again to see if it works ok or not.

Any explanation for the strange behaviour?

-- 
Jeff