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Hi just wondering what the H and G stand on t-mobile for when I'm connecting to the internet ,when not in a 3g area .
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Google is your friend!!!

You will only get H in a 3G area.
IIRC, G is GPRS, or General Packet Radio Service, basically the slowest mobile internet you can get.
3G you obviously know, essentially Gx3, roughly 3 times the speed of normal GPRS.
H is HSDPA. High Speed Download something or other, also known as 3.5G and is currently the fastest mobile internet you can get on GSM I believe. I may be wrong though.
So, in order of ascending speed, the icons you may get when connected to t'internet are: G, E, 3G, H.
Hope that helps a bit.
EDIT: Something I feel I should say regarding the matter. Linux and Android are community driven, open source projects. People ask other people with more experience how to do things. If everyone's answer to anything was "Let Me Google That For You," even the mighty Google would have no answers. I learnt my way around Debian by asking on Debian forums how to do things like chown, chmod (the two things I remember as being most confusing), kernel programming and everything else I now do on my laptop as second nature.
Just because something seems blindingly obvious to one person doesn't mean it is to someone else and shouldn't treated with a generic and offhand 'google' response.
I don't mean to seem agressive or anything, but as it says on the back of learner driver cars "Please be patient. You were a learner once too."

Super slow wifi DL speeds! Anyone else?

I've searched around a bit andfound nothing on this topic. So I'm wondering if my epic's wifi radio is bad or something. Or if a new router may fix it. 500-1000kbps down and 3000-5000kbps up.
Background: I traded in my droid x for this after coming to the realization that it would never get true custom roms. When the X first came out it suffered the same issue but was reported all over the net and patched almost instantly and pulling ~15mbps down like it should. So unless their is a compatibility issue specific to the epic and my linksys E1000 I believe (bought at BB 2-3 years ago) I think it may be my phone. I can't find anyone else reporting this issue, wife's iPhone still connecting fine, laptops connecting fine, after patch the droid X connected fine, not sure what else it would be.
However, I am already considering a new router with mimo, dual band and usb support. Two smart phones, two personal laptops, two work laptops, a wii, and soon a new htpc or google tv just seems to be over working the poor little linksys and constantly needs reset anyway... If you guys think that could fix my epic problem ill get one sooner than later and not bother harrassing sprint.
If anyone else is suffering of was able to fix, please share!
Thanks in advance! You guys are da bomb and much appreciated!!!
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Oh yeah. With other devices I full connectivity everwhere in my house (1000sqft condo) even outside a little ways. With the Epic, I get one bar downstairs two bars upstairs and USUALLY tthree when sitting right in front of it at my desk... Thanks again
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I'm running an E3000 and have zero problems whatsoever - pushing about 12Mbit in some cases. A few questions: Do you have WiFi N enabled? Mixed-mode? What channel? (The Evo, which has the same WiFi chipset, does NOT work well on channel 1, for instance).

Thank you very much for your response. It was very helpful! For some reason i didn't even think to mess with my router settings. I tried bunch of different stuff and what i think i found is that my router is not broadcasting well in wireless N. My best results for my epic ended up being wireless G only mode and channel 1. Now getting 4.5-5mbps down and 2-2.5mbps up on my phone. Which i can live with until i get a new router! Thanks again!

I am getting 10+ Mbps and I have a G router, I am going to be picking up and N router which the Epic can handle, cant wait.

[Q] Wireless Auditing with XOOM

Hi, I am looking at the XOOM for doing some wireless Auditing around work. I was hoping that you would be able to provide some insight on its feasibility...
things on my wish list to find & map are: infrastructure mode AP's, Ad Hoc & polling/active clients.
I have some experience using Kismet on a laptop and it is the kind of functionality i would like.. just would like a more portable form factor for this, it will involve driving around a large campus style location and walking through buildings..
My Questions:
from what i have read, the Broadcom chipset used in these devices do not have a "Monitor" or "RFMON" Mode that would allow it to see all the packets flying by.. I have read a bit in some other forums about some work being done on this, but no recent activity... does anyone know of any current efforts on this?
I have read in previous discussions that the Xoom has problems connecting to a Ad-Hoc mode devices, does it still detect it?
I havent played with the Android war-driving apps too much, are they listening for packets or is it a probe and respond due to the lack of RFMON?
For those with experience, which war-driving apps would you recommend with the pros & cons?
Thanks in advance!

I can't answer most of your questions but I can say that my Xoom does not see my Samsung Epic when I set up wireless tether in Adhoc mode, only when I set it up in Infrastructure mode. It doesn't even see the SSID, but my netbook sees it fine.

I'm a diehard Android fan to say the least I'm an anti-apple but I do keep my options open. I own a few Touch, iPad, SGS Fascinate and Samsung Galaxy tab 2.2 and the Xoom is/was on my list. Last night I spend sometimes with the iPad that I own or should I say my kids owns it, I got IOS 4.3 GM on it to see the improvements. All I can say it's the same, no big changes except for better Apple TV support and browser speed. It's been months since I looked what was available on iTunes for it and to tell you the truth on what I saw was impressive. This has not changed my mind on getting the Xoom or did it? Now on Xoom, I've been reading almost every reviews on the net about it, spend a few hours with it at the local store "BB Bj's etc" and after reading the Ars review, I feel a little bit more hesitant about getting now than 2 days ago! I intend to get the Xoom Wifi only ver but no one knows when it will arrive, and what’s up with Europe getting it first? I have the deepest feeling that in six to ten months Honeycomb support will explode for it but that's in the future. With the release of the iPad 2, anyone getting it will look away from Android tablet for at least a year even if the Android tablet support quadruples. Starting March 11, the road is going to get very bumpy for Android and companies releasing Tablet for it. Just like harsaphes said, I too is on the fence for the Xoom…
Let me know what do you think about the Xoom no fanboys argument…Thanks guys

mjbeam said:
I can't answer most of your questions but I can say that my Xoom does not see my Samsung Epic when I set up wireless tether in Adhoc mode, only when I set it up in Infrastructure mode. It doesn't even see the SSID, but my netbook sees it fine.
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Have you tried with a wardriving app?

Blaisun said:
Have you tried with a wardriving app?
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No. I was just in the settings looking for the Epic wireless tether SSID.

Update broke my 802.11n Wi-fi

Anybody else?
Before the update I had my D-Link DAP-2553 wireless access point set for 802.11n only even though my stock, unrooted hardware version 3 Evo would never show connected faster than 65Mbps (WPA2+TKIP), it worked fine.
After the update, it won't even connect unless I set my AP to b, g, & n mixed mode. Then the phone phone will connect but only at 54Mbps.
I've rebooted a few times, disabled fast-boot and even pulled the battery but so far wireless N has been broken for me by the update. Did a "forget" in the wireless settings and even reset my AP to factory defaults and set up everything all over from scratch but still no go.
Any ideas?

limpiador31 said:
Anybody else?
Before the update I had my D-Link DAP-2553 wireless access point set for 802.11n only even though my stock, unrooted hardware version 3 Evo would never show connected faster than 65Mbps (WPA2+TKIP), it worked fine.
After the update, it won't even connect unless I set my AP to b, g, & n mixed mode. Then the phone phone will connect but only at 54Mbps.
I've rebooted a few times, disabled fast-boot and even pulled the battery but so far wireless N has been broken for me by the update. Did a "forget" in the wireless settings and even reset my AP to factory defaults and set up everything all over from scratch but still no go.
Any ideas?
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limpiador31, feel your pain. I thought this had only happened to me. I tried everything you mentioned with no success on fixin the issue. When I went into settings About Phone, Hardware Information I see that Wi-Fi is listed as 802.11 b/g when before it had n also. Since I'm rooted I nand back and Wi-Fi n is back. Just glad I'm rooted. Not sure why HTC would bork up something like that as that is taking steps backward and definitely not forward with respect to speed.

Thanks for the feedback.
Like you, I was trying too hard to fix the problem and didn't look at the obvious - 802.11n support has been removed from this update.
This is unacceptable and I consider it an unwelcome downgrade as my SpeedTest numbers on wi-fi have gone from about 11-12 down and 5 up to now 5 down and 3 up.
I'm going to do my best to stir up some trouble about this. People have been kind of meh because there's not a lot to see in the new update but for me, this new "feature" of losing half my connection speed jumped out and ate my face.
Everybody is so damned concerned that they can't get their Netflix fix which isn't HTC's problem, but losing a wireless protocol that's been there from the start is HTC's problem and I want it back!
I work in IT and am a geek/tech kinda gal but have strongly resisted rooting just because I know how much of my time I would invest in it but this may be the last straw that pushes me over the cliff.

limpiador31 said:
Thanks for the feedback.
Like you, I was trying too hard to fix the problem and didn't look at the obvious - 802.11n support has been removed from this update.
This is unacceptable and I consider it an unwelcome downgrade as my SpeedTest numbers on wi-fi have gone from about 11-12 down and 5 up to now 5 down and 3 up.
I'm going to do my best to stir up some trouble about this. People have been kind of meh because there's not a lot to see in the new update but for me, this new "feature" of losing half my connection speed jumped out and ate my face.
Everybody is so damned concerned that they can't get their Netflix fix which isn't HTC's problem, but losing a wireless protocol that's been there from the start is HTC's problem and I want it back!
I work in IT and am a geek/tech kinda gal but have strongly resisted rooting just because I know how much of my time I would invest in it but this may be the last straw that pushes me over the cliff.
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I sent an e-mail to Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, to vent my frustration at his tech team for taking a step backward by removing 802.11N support. I also posted a short note on HTC's facebook page. But HTC is only addressing "kind" posts and not those reporting issues. Go figure. I loved the ROM but I use WIFI at work and 4G the rest of the time except when traveling then I usually am forced to go back to 3G due to spotty coverage.

My wi-fi says 802.11b/g after the update to 2.3.3 as well. Not sure what it said prior to the update to be honest. But before the update the best I could get on SpeedTest when in the same room as my Cisco E4200 was 10.65Mbps down and 3.61Mbps up with a 30ms Ping. Just a couple minutes ago, post-update and in the same room as my E4200, I got 14.01 down and 3.67 up, with a 21ms Ping.
Not really sure if my EVO is now faster on wi-fi, but I don't think the update hurt my wi-fi speeds...
YMMV...

It hurt my speeds on mu wifi. I was usually getting around 20-25 down and mow on getting like 10
if you cant live large, look big in the coffin!!!

After posting this all over the world, someone told me the Evo never supported wireless N so I did a little digging... according to most of the published specs I've reviewed, they only list the b/g standards.
When the Evo first came out with Eclair, even though the hardware had a chip capable of 802.11n, it was crippled by HTC. The great dev's here figured out that by changing a few lines of code, wireless N could be enabled. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707218
When Froyo came out, the above wireless G speeds were unlocked in the update making the Eclair hack unnecessary. I'm guessing that due to lack of "antenna diversity" i.e. the Evo only having one wireless antenna that this fell short of the 802.11n standard so they maybe never advertised wireless-N? This would also explain why Evo's could only connect at 65mbps rather than at 150 or 300 like true N should do.
All I know is I use to connect to my A/P which was in N only mode (no mixed b/g/n) at 65mbps. After today's update, my Evo can see my A/P in N only mode but not connect to it. If I set my A/P to mixed b/g/n, my Evo will connect at 54mbps and no higher.
Regardless of the standard or b/g/n letter, my Evo now connects into my network at 11mbps slower than it did before the update.

Wow, that's some bull....!!! Is this the same with 2.3.4?? I am going to try SavagedZen 2.3.4 and see.

Same here
Router shows my EVO only connecting as 802.11g, though other devices successfully connecting to 802.11n at the same time. Settings > About Phone > Hardware Information only shows Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g. Why would they reduce such a key feature?!?
I sent a tweet to @sprint and @htc yesterday, no response yet. I'm trying @sprintcare now.

limpiador31 said:
After posting this all over the world, someone told me the Evo never supported wireless N so I did a little digging... according to most of the published specs I've reviewed, they only list the b/g standards.
When the Evo first came out with Eclair, even though the hardware had a chip capable of 802.11n, it was crippled by HTC. The great dev's here figured out that by changing a few lines of code, wireless N could be enabled. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707218
When Froyo came out, the above wireless G speeds were unlocked in the update making the Eclair hack unnecessary. I'm guessing that due to lack of "antenna diversity" i.e. the Evo only having one wireless antenna that this fell short of the 802.11n standard so they maybe never advertised wireless-N? This would also explain why Evo's could only connect at 65mbps rather than at 150 or 300 like true N should do.
All I know is I use to connect to my A/P which was in N only mode (no mixed b/g/n) at 65mbps. After today's update, my Evo can see my A/P in N only mode but not connect to it. If I set my A/P to mixed b/g/n, my Evo will connect at 54mbps and no higher.
Regardless of the standard or b/g/n letter, my Evo now connects into my network at 11mbps slower than it did before the update.
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Yeah i got slammed by someone in the sprint community saying too may ppl complaing about a feature gone that was never supported by sprint/htc to begin with.
I did some looking and sure enough I couldn't find a single thing that stated the EVO supported wireless N officially from sprint or htc.
What I find real odd is that with the 2.2 update they tweaked the kernel to allow wireless N support in the first place. I am going under the assumption this update was rushed and hence there are some bugs and things lacking in return. I can't see them having a reason to take it out other than they rushed the update. I guess its slightly possible that it coulda borked the kernel or messed with other stuff but I highly doubt that.

I saw the latest kernel modified to fix WiFi n in the dev section under one of the ofical release threads
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Recommendations on the best VPN capable router/switch?

Hi All,
My current home network is not protected by a VPN across all ports/units, rather I indiviudally conenct to a VPN when required on a specific device. Given the state of things, I would really like to get my whole network behind a VPN, but want a capable switch that won't limit me (too much) in speed.
My current setup:
Cable modem in bridge mode ----> ASUS AC66U router (WiFi disabled, DDNS enabled through afraid.org)
----(Port 1)--> Ubiquiti AC WiFi Pro (this is my WiFi for the house)
----(Port 2)--> POE switch ----->4 security cams
----(Port 3)--> dumb switch #1 -----> multiple devices throughout the home
----(Port 4)--> dumb switch #2 -----> multiple devices throughout the home
I have various streaming devices, NAS and gaming systems that take advantage of the internet, as well as 3 kids that consume YouTube videos like there's no tomorrow.
My primary concern is a balance of speed and security. My internet plan now is a 150mps/10mps service.
I'm hoping this group might have some recommendations on a powerful/affordable VPN router/switch. As you can see from the above, it does not need to be WiFi capable as I'm using my Ubiquiti router.

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I can't provide you with a personal recommendation but, the following links are very helpful and from a very good website that I go to for various information like this one your asking.
http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/stay-anonymous/
http://www.toptenreviews.com/computers/networking/best-wireless-routers/
There's other helpful information on that site for this but, I just wanted to give you a good start.
Good Luck!
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Anyone?

junkyj said:
Anyone?
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Hello
I´m an IT admin and i will recommend you this VPN routers, it are think for bussines but they can serve you:
VPN 1
and this is a bit expensive
VPN 2
They all have WAN ports and in the last DMZ port.
Best Regards

cisco 2620?

Why not just install openvpn on your AC66U? You're barely using it as it is with wifi disabled. The Asuswrt-Merlin firmware project is an excellent 3rd party firmware for ASUS routers that includes excellent VPN support and you should be able to find a VPN based Merlin firmware for your AC66U.
junkyj said:
Hi All,
My current home network is not protected by a VPN across all ports/units, rather I indiviudally conenct to a VPN when required on a specific device. Given the state of things, I would really like to get my whole network behind a VPN, but want a capable switch that won't limit me (too much) in speed.
My current setup:
Cable modem in bridge mode ----> ASUS AC66U router (WiFi disabled, DDNS enabled through afraid.org)
----(Port 1)--> Ubiquiti AC WiFi Pro (this is my WiFi for the house)
----(Port 2)--> POE switch ----->4 security cams
----(Port 3)--> dumb switch #1 -----> multiple devices throughout the home
----(Port 4)--> dumb switch #2 -----> multiple devices throughout the home
I have various streaming devices, NAS and gaming systems that take advantage of the internet, as well as 3 kids that consume YouTube videos like there's no tomorrow.
My primary concern is a balance of speed and security. My internet plan now is a 150mps/10mps service.
I'm hoping this group might have some recommendations on a powerful/affordable VPN router/switch. As you can see from the above, it does not need to be WiFi capable as I'm using my Ubiquiti router.
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el80ne said:
Why not just install openvpn on your AC66U? You're barely using it as it is with wifi disabled. The Asuswrt-Merlin firmware project is an excellent 3rd party firmware for ASUS routers that includes excellent VPN support and you should be able to find a VPN based Merlin firmware for your AC66U.
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I've tried that and my throughput drops significantly. I don't have the numbers in front of me now, but clearly the processor on the router is not robust enough to manage the extra load.

junkyj said:
I've tried that and my throughput drops significantly. I don't have the numbers in front of me now, but clearly the processor on the router is not robust enough to manage the extra load.
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Yeah the AC66U's are still using the pretty dated MIPS74K, so that would surely be a drag on the VPN with lots of devices.
The Netgear Nighthawks are the best performing consumer grade wifi routers on the market. The latest X10 R9000 running a high performance 1.6 gig @ Arm A9 Quad would make a HUGE difference than what you saw on your single core MIPS74K. But you might not be feeling like dropping 400 bucks on a wifi router when it sounds like you're happy with the performance of your Ubiquity.
But if you could live with about 80% the speed of the R9000 you could get away with paying less than half that for a Nighthawk R8000 which uses a 1 GHz ARM A9 Multicore or even a Nighthawk R6700 which has the exact same proc specs but I've seen going for under a hundred bucks. The R6700 and the R8000 share the same CPU and therefore the VPN performance will be the same, but the R8000 is tri-band while the R6700 is only dual-band. So it'd be up to whether you'd want to pay more for that extra 5 gig radio.
Install DD-WRT and openvpn and you'd be on your way.

el80ne said:
Yeah the AC66U's are still using the pretty dated MIPS74K, so that would surely be a drag on the VPN with lots of devices.
The Netgear Nighthawks are the best performing consumer grade wifi routers on the market. The latest X10 R9000 running a high performance 1.6 gig @ Arm A9 Quad would make a HUGE difference than what you saw on your single core MIPS74K. But you might not be feeling like dropping 400 bucks on a wifi router when it sounds like you're happy with the performance of your Ubiquity.
But if you could live with about 80% the speed of the R9000 you could get away with paying less than half that for a Nighthawk R8000 which uses a 1 GHz ARM A9 Multicore or even a Nighthawk R6700 which has the exact same proc specs but I've seen going for under a hundred bucks. The R6700 and the R8000 share the same CPU and therefore the VPN performance will be the same, but the R8000 is tri-band while the R6700 is only dual-band. So it'd be up to whether you'd want to pay more for that extra 5 gig radio.
Install DD-WRT and openvpn and you'd be on your way.
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Thanks! This is really helpful

Mikrotik, is the way to go.
With a bit of a learnig curve you could program them to do whatever is needed.
or a Ubiquiti edgerouter if you want to stay with Ubiquiti
Mikrotik is similar to Cisco type configs and a fair bit cheaper.
Since we moved over to them we have not looked back.

Bad:Command said:
Mikrotik, is the way to go.
With a bit of a learnig curve you could program them to do whatever is needed.
or a Ubiquiti edgerouter if you want to stay with Ubiquiti
Mikrotik is similar to Cisco type configs and a fair bit cheaper.
Since we moved over to them we have not looked back.
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I second the Mikrotik. They're quite easy to understand with Winbox and you can get more advanced than you'd ever want to be in a home setup!