Did anyone else notice this registry entry?
[HKLM\Comm\TIACXWLN1\Params]
"EnableElpMode"=dword:00000000
If I'm not mistaken, the TyTn has a TI ACX100 WiFi chip, and this chip has TI's "Enhanced Low Power(tm) Technology". I've enabled it on my TyTn, and so far it seems to do no harm. I'll have to see if my battery power improves over the next week.
Correction...
Ah, the htc TyTn has TI's TNETW1250 chip. My mistake.
In any case, I think the EnableElpMode (if it really does work) would be a good thing. Also, I've seen a few webpages suggesting an additional key:
"dot11SupportedRateMaskG"=dword:00000008
Apparently this key tells the driver it's okay to do any 802.11g speed. I'm going to go find out!
let us know how it goes....
1st set of test results
First, I should detail the equipment I'm using.
My wifi router: D-Link 624.
My phone: htc TyTn, QTEK ROM 1.35.255.2 (Radio 1.18.00.10)
My laptop: IBM Thinkpad T22, w/ Hawking Techmologies HWC54D wifi card, Win2k.
My PC: P4 2.4GHz, asus P4P800 (has Gb lan), WinXP.
Results so far: (using http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest, and sitting right next to my DI624)
PC: 5.3 Mb/s
Laptop (w/wifi): 3.4 Mb/s
TyTn: ~250 kb/s
Notes:
In one test I set the DI624 to use 802.11g only. Without any registry tweaks, the TyTn connected up just fine. Therefore, I suspect that the dot11SupportedRateMaskG key is no longer needed.
Curious to see if I could boost the TyTn's wifi speed, I began fiddling with all of the different registry settings under that heading (listed above). The wifi speed always hovered in the 250 kb/s range. It seems as though none of those settings significantly changed the wifi speed.
There was one key that did make a big difference in the time it take to actually connect up to the wifi router. Setting "dot11ShortPreambleInvoked" to 1 greatly sped up the time from wifi-off to wifi-connected-and-ready. (My DI624 was also configured for a short preamble.) Without the short preamble, it was taking between 10-30 seconds for the TyTn to connect up. With the short preamble it's between 5-10 seconds.
(Side note: The "Testmode" key didn't seem to do anything - at least I didn't see any difference when I set that to 1.)
One other key that did make a small difference:
[HKLM\Comm\Tcpip\Params]
"TCPWindowSize"=65536
I played around with this key, and it seems like setting it to 4096 "optimized" it just a bit. I got around 270 kb/s with that setting. Setting it bigger (say, 256k) slowed things down (~240 kb/s), while setting it smaller (say, 1k) really slowed things down (~170 kb/s!).
I'm going to continue fiddling around with the settings and report back again. It just seems to me that the TyTn should be able to achieve a wifi speed at least above 1 Mb/s. I would appreciate it if everyone else would check their wifi speed and post the results here as well.
p.s. If anyone knows of a PocketPC utility that can show detailed wifi connection information (such as speed, frequency, protocol, etc.) please let me know!
250 kpbs, that cant be correct? can it?
that would mean that HSDPA is faster than hermes wifi? I will test mine when my wife gives it back to me, im grounded for the holiday season. lol
something is terribly wrong here......
yes, there is something wrong here... I think you need to turn on flight mode before you run your wireless test again, and here is why... On my phone i have my data connection set to always on. If i turn on wifi then my data connection doesnt disconnect and will result in low speeds since its not using the wifi. If i turn mine on flight mode then run tests then everything is good. Here is my results using the same site as the OP
PC = 1.9
phone = 1.4
I am using a 3meg adsl pipe with a wireless SMC router with mac filtering, regular wep, and a static set up on the LAN side.
Progress!
I changed my wifi speed test to: http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed
Surprisingly, that speed test reported 1647 kb/s for my TyTn!
Fiddling with the TCPWindowSize value, it seems that 64k is optimum - well, at least with the dslreports test.
i usually use dsl reports, but i wanted to maintain some kind of constant for your testing
Wireless settings / b-g connections
Hi, I;ve just got a TyTn but it won't connect to my Netgear 802.11g router?? Is it b-only? Is there a hack (like for the Universal) which would enable me to connect to g networks? Would I still be able to connect to b-networks?
Thanks!
motoroller said:
I;ve just got a TyTn but it won't connect to my Netgear 802.11g router??
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My TyTn is fairly new (bought last month) and I can configure my DI624 to 802.11g only, and connect up just fine. What ROM version does your TyTn have? I'm on the QTEK 1.35.255.2 ROM. If you TyTn is right-out-of-the-box, it's probably got the QTEK 1.18.xxx.x. If that's so, you should consider unlocking it and upgrading it to one of the latest ROMs.
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Is it b-only?
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The htc TyTn (Hermes) has the TI TNETW1250 wifi chip. This chip is 802.11g capable.
motoroller said:
Is there a hack (like for the Universal) which would enable me to connect to g networks?
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You can try adding this registry key (although I'm not sure it will do anything on the TyTn):
[HKLM\Comm\TIACXWLN1\Params]
"dot11SupportedRateMaskG"=dword:00000008
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Would I still be able to connect to b-networks?
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Yes. Wifi chips that support 802.11g always support 802.11b (AFAIK).
Good luck!
shogunmark said:
i usually use dsl reports, but i wanted to maintain some kind of constant for your testing
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Yeah, after checking out several speed test websites, I'm beginning to doubt the one on bandwidthplace. Actually, while testing out several other speed test websites using my PC, I've gotten a smattering of different speeds reported. Most seemed to be within reason and about what I expected, but a few were either obviously too slow or absurdly too high. (Ony reported above 100 Mb/s downstream, even though my cable modem is a DCM-202!) The dslreport site seemed to be believable to me, so I'm sticking with it for now.
If it makes you feel better i work for AT&T in the DSL maintenance department and have for 6 years.. anytime i have anyone that reports slow speed issues i always take them to dslreports and use those speedtests.. they seem to be the most reliable that i have found..
Okay, I'll trust dslreports' speed test then!
So now the question is: Does a wifi speed of ~1600 kb/s sound "right" for the TyTn?
What makes me wonder is that when I run the dslreports speed test on my laptop via wifi, I get ~3.2 Mb/s. So I know my DI624 can pump out the bits! (Well, for 802.11g's max of 54 Mb/s, that's still kinna lame.)
I've pretty much exhausted all of the registry settings I can find. Got any others I can/should look into?
there are other things you need to take into account, the processor, the amount of ram, etc.. when you run a speed test it rely's on your pc to process the information as it comes down the pipe... if you really wanted to test it you could build a pc that resembled the phones specs and run a speed test and see what you get.. i would make a bet that it would resemble the same results
Do you know any registry key to improve the wifi trasnimt power?
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Do you know any registry key to improve the wifi trasnimt power?
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have you already went to settings>connections>wireless lan>power mode tab and changed the slider to best performance?
did it but no effects
Wi-Fi Reg Setting
I went through this post and compared the results to waht I have right now! Not too encouraging!
I have a 4MB connection rated at average to be a 3.5MB at www.speakeasy.net/speedtest using the New York Host!
Wi-Fi Reg Setting
I went through this post and compared the results to waht I have right now! Not too encouraging!
I have a 4MB connection rated at average to be a 3.5MB at www.speakeasy.net/speedtest using the New York Host!
I run a WRT54G with upgraded firmware downloaded from kinksys. Before that the damn thing wouldn't even connect to my TYTN.
Right now I am getting connection speeds through WiFi between 650kbps and 1200 kbps according to www.2wire.com speed test.
I have a Dopod 838Pro bought in HK in November to which I didn't do a Thing yet!
Cheers
Is 1.6 Mb/s the best TyTn can do?
Well I've fiddled with all the registry settings I could possibly fiddle with, and dslreports won't show anything above 1.6 Mb/s for on my TyTn (using PIE).
Has anyone gotten anything higher with their TyTn?
I have successfully tethered my epic to my computer and can download at about 40kbps from the device. (Even 3g in my area is poor)
Now that is not really that important to most people but considering my max download speed with my DSL is 130kbps it makes a huge difference.
Now hypothetically with both DSL and PDAnet connected I should be achieving somewhere around 160kbps.
I am using Vista and both connections are active and show up in the Network Manager but It doesn't seem I can "combine" the bandwidth of the two. I have tried "Merging" the connections and also "Bridging" them.
For example I'm downloading a steam game right now. Its at a steady 128kbps I can look at the status of each of the connections and it doesn't seem I'm pulling anything from the phone. But when I disconnect the DSL I can pull 40 from the phone.
I know its slim pickins on both ends but any extra bandwidth I can get will help. Why can't I combine the bandwidth of the two successfully?
By the way, this is my first post here. I got my epic about a month ago and have been lurking ever since. I look forward to hanging around here more and thanks for any suggestions in advance.
You are going to need to share that connection via wifi to a wireless adapter hooked into a dual wan wireless router with your dsl hooked into the other wan input.
While hooked up you will most likely have to disable dhcp and somehow manually configure the ip's on both connection to the router with load balancing enabled.
In my opinion this is hardly worth any of the trouble and alot harder than what I think you would be willing to want to deal with in the long run.
I would consider possible upgrading your dsl a little faster and just consider your cell connection a convenience for when you need it elsewhere other than home.
Yeah doesn't sound worth it...
1.5mb DSL is the highest available connection here which is what I have.
I've been complaining for 3 years about it heh..
Thanks man..
I created this topic to get idea about how to utilize the allotted bandwidth.
Point reasons which could lower your data rate or bandwidth.
In this thread it would be possible to get technical thoughts of members. :thumbup:
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I created this topic to get idea about how to utilize the allotted bandwidth.
Point reasons which could lower your data rate or bandwidth.
In this thread it would be possible to get technical thoughts of members. :thumbup:
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According to me in wired broadband your SNR should be high enough , so that you never get frequent disconnections, Have no experience about the wireless connection , i'll keep eye on this thread to get idea about the best utilization of network.
@jitkr, once i searched and found that on windows operating system we can disable the reserved bandwidth of system to gain maximum data rate from Distributer.
use wired connection instead of wireless, definitely it'll save lots of bandwidth :laugh:
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According to me in wired broadband your SNR should be high enough , so that you never get frequent disconnections, Have no experience about the wireless connection , i'll keep eye on this thread to get idea about the best utilization of network.
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Is it possible to supply power at user end to receive strong signal.
I think this can lower the noises in signal.
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It depends on the kind of connection you got. Usually a wired signal will give more bandwidth than wireless considering a wired signal can give you a Gigabit from your router to your computer if you get the right kind. Wireless N however should give you decent bandwidth if you have a slow enough connection (like mine is Cox 25Mb/s down cable, so it's perfect). The biggest things are making sure you have a good router to begin with if you have wireless (I don't have N but I use a WRT54G on dd-wrt and it's pretty fast). Other then that, make sure you have good line quality from your modem to the ISP. If you have a lot of noise, you can get a lot of disconnects and such.
A few other things: disable TCP automatic tuning if you have a Windows higher than XP. If you can manually do it, increase your TCP window size to a higher level. At work when we tell people to increase speeds of Windows file transfers to the servers we sell, we have them try a TCP window size of like 500kB and it seems to help. Disable ipv6 completely from your pc and router.
So I juse got Comcast 50mbps. Did speed test on Laptop and showing 57mbps max, did speed test on phone, showing only 34mbps. I even changed the channel on the router to the strongest signal and changed my phone signal to static in the adv wifi connection settings. Why is my phone not getting 50mbps also? Help
Just a guess here: power save...
A laptop can send more power to it's internal antenna to get better reception while the phone has a limit i suppose.
Have you tried your test with the phone being very close to the router?
Which software are you using to measure the speed?
vorta251 said:
Just a guess here: power save...
A laptop can send more power to it's internal antenna to get better reception while the phone has a limit i suppose.
Have you tried your test with the phone being very close to the router?
Which software are you using to measure the speed?
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I checked the power save option and I stand right in front of the router. At first my phone showed about 25 mbps and when I switch to static it went up a little. I'm using speedtest.net. Same speed test as my laptop. I would figure if my router is pushing out 57 mbps I should beable to get close to 50mbps on my phone. I can't get above 40 at all.
I have discovered that my US996 Unlocked and rooted device has typical down/up speeds of 90d/55u when the phone is not being charged. When the phone is connected to a charger the typical speeds are 400d/270u. This is very repeatable. The phone is 3 feet from the router. am using speed.net and the ping is 4 to 5 ms for both configurations. If I start the test with no charger and plug the charger in during the test the speed increases dramatically to the higher values. The verizon.net speed test for the router on my gigabit plan was fairly consistent at 948d and 931u. Is there a way to get the higher WiFi throughput while not connected to a charger?
Which router are you using btw ?
90 Mbs down seems like single stream N, on 2.4Ghz
400 Mbs down is single stream AC at 5Ghz
Can you check what your link speed says in the wifi props on the phone
the single sim V20 is dual stream so you'd expect a doubling of that speed, should be able to do 800Mbs on AC and 180 Mbs on N at 2.4ghz with a dual stream router which most are these days.
The dual sim V20 is unfortunately single stream so my max speeds are 90 & 400Mbs instead of being twice as much
I don't understand why you get a difference in speed in the first place. Should not matter plugged or not
I'm using the Vz provided G1100 gateway router. Link speed on the phone says 866 Mbps. I'm at a loss too - probably a phone hardware problem. BTW, I'm still on US99610d deodexed ROM with Xposed and other mods that I wouldn't THINK would cause the problem, but....
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I'm using the Vz provided G1100 gateway router. Link speed on the phone says 866 Mbps. I'm at a loss too - probably a phone hardware problem. BTW, I'm still on US99610d deodexed ROM with Xposed and other mods that I wouldn't THINK would cause the problem, but....
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Bolded bit implies your connection is good. Dual AC which i was expecting.
It's possible LG ramp down speeds to conserve battery. Not an issue with general use only with downloading
Bolded bit? Sorry, but I don't know what bit you are talking about. I remember seeing nothing bolded in anything wifi (settings). My router lists my V20 connection as "802.11ac" and I see nothing indicating any problem. But the phone still has the problem. I'm wondering if there could be an antenna problem and the charger conection acts as an extra antenna? Obviously l'm groping in the dark now.