[POLL] Wireless N users! What speeds are you connecting at? - EVO 4G General

What connection speed are you getting to your router? For some reason I can not get above 65Mbs connection. All my laptops connect at the 150Mbs. Any tweaks that you guys know of to increase this?

Dumb question. Is Wireless N on by default on the Evo these days?

thenags said:
Dumb question. Is Wireless N on by default on the Evo these days?
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Yes it is.

72 Mbps using MIUI's latest ROM.

Where can I see the connection speed?
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I connect at 72 mbps using cm 6.1.2.
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MrSpain said:
Where can I see the connection speed?
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Settings/wireless& networks/ wifi settings/ click the router your connected too and an info window will pop up.
There are probably apps available to give you wifi and router information also, I haven't checked.
The highest I've seen on mine was 54 Mbps.

I only see 65mbps with full signal, literally in the same room as my router, regardless of what router I use.
So folks seeing 100+: What router you usin', and are you lying?

So what am I doing wrong? I top out at about 30Mbps on my budget cable connection wired or wireless to the laptop. Speedtest.net app maxes out at 10 to the Evo.

72 mbps here completely stock

phatmanxxl said:
Settings/wireless& networks/ wifi settings/ click the router your connected too and an info window will pop up.
There are probably apps available to give you wifi and router information also, I haven't checked.
The highest I've seen on mine was 54 Mbps.
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Had a blonde moment there, my bad, thanks.
But ****, I don't even see my N network. My netgear router has dual channel, and I only see the wireless G signal on my evo. The N network doesn't even show up!
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MrSpain said:
Had a blonde moment there, my bad, thanks.
But ****, I don't even see my N network. My netgear router has dual channel, and I only see the wireless G signal on my evo. The N network doesn't even show up!
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The evo 4g supports 2.4GHz 802.11n, not 5GHz. This may be your issue.
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My Evo shows the connection at 65mbps but I've only ever achieved between 6 and 7 mbps using Xtremelabs Speedtest. Annoying since my net package is supposed to be up to 15 mbps but I guess that's only going to be under perfect circumstances.

tempe38 said:
My Evo shows the connection at 65mbps but I've only ever achieved between 6 and 7 mbps using Xtremelabs Speedtest. Annoying since my net package is supposed to be up to 15 mbps but I guess that's only going to be under perfect circumstances.
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its the phone, I have a 10 mb connection my phone always says 4 to 8, but my loptop always gets the full 9 to 10 MB download speed.

phatmanxxl said:
its the phone, I have a 10 mb connection my phone always says 4 to 8, but my loptop always gets the full 9 to 10 MB download speed.
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+1 exactly.
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phatmanxxl said:
its the phone, I have a 10 mb connection my phone always says 4 to 8, but my loptop always gets the full 9 to 10 MB download speed.
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Eh, sometimes I get better with my other computers, sometimes not. I mean, my PC connects at 300mbps but there's no way I'm actually going to get that from the internet with my plan only at 15. I think some folks may have some confusion that the settings are only telling you the network connection, not necessarily the internet speed.

DarkAudit said:
So what am I doing wrong? I top out at about 30Mbps on my budget cable connection wired or wireless to the laptop. Speedtest.net app maxes out at 10 to the Evo.
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That's the downstream bandwidth, which seems actually pretty good.
What we're talking about is intra-network throughput. Speed in which your device communicates with your router.

I had to install a modified wireless kernel module to get N back after the 2.3 Gingerbread update. Or one can install a custom kernel which includes the wireless N fix such as freedom or chopsuey.
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Does the epic have wireless N?

I've noticed that my wireless N network doesn't appear on my epic is there a setting to turn it on it was advertised as having wireless N right?
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im having the same problem. it says it has n in the specs, but my network dosent show up
Are you running at 5ghz or 2.4Ghz on your home access point? Does the Epic only support 2.4Ghz N?
It does support N right out of the box. My E3000 router shows an active N connectionn when I enable the phone's WiFi.
Im connected to my wireless g network and i've noticed that it disconnects for like 2 seconds and then reconnects right away
Anyway to fix this
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Shows up as N on my router. Interestingly enough, max throughput for both my Epic and Evo are approximately 11 mbps.
done12many2 said:
Shows up as N on my router. Interestingly enough, max throughput for both my Epic and Evo are approximately 11 mbps.
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theres probably an 802.11b device on your network. The network has to drop down to the speed of the slowest device on the network and b devices operate at 11 mbps
bsnyder217 said:
Im connected to my wireless g network and i've noticed that it disconnects for like 2 seconds and then reconnects right away
Anyway to fix this
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Force it to run on N only.
"how do I do that?"
Manual or google specific model.
It would be specific to your router. My epic is connecting to my single band 2.4ghz router. To force it, you'll need to access the router through your browser, like you would to change the network id or password.
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theres probably an 802.11b device on your network. The network has to drop down to the speed of the slowest device on the network and b devices operate at 11 mbps
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That would seem unlikely - most modern routers support mixed-mode operation. I can push over 80 Mbit on my N-based laptop over 2.4GHz with b devices connected. On the 5GHz band, I get closer to 112 Mbit, but that's a different point entirely.
Both the Evo, Captivate, and Epic seem to top out, for me, at around 9-11Mbit. This is probably a processing limitation, WiFi chipset limitation, or chipset bandwidth limitation more than anything else.

[Q] 4g tethering

Ok so I have been searching the forums for a few days now and have yet to find the answer to my question. So please don't bash me for not using the search function cuz I did. There is a good chance that my question has already been answered and if it has please direct me to the proper thread. Otherwise my issue is that my epic is rooted as of a few days ago cuz I moved into an apartment and I don't have any Internet yet. Not for a few weeks, but I am using the android wifi tether app. That's working good for me except I am not getting any 4g speed through it. If I'm lucky i will get maybe 1 to 1.5 Mbps but most of the time less than 1 mbps. Does anyone know if the wifi App supports wimax speeds or not. Yes I have 4g coverage in my area. Where I am sitting right now on my phone speed test results are above 3.5 to 4 mbps. But while using my iPad (which I am using to write this) via wifi tether app speed tests are dreadfully low. Same with all other devices I have tried connecting like my xbox or laptop. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Is that the results withe 4g on? 3-4mbs? I get that with 3g untethered 4g untethered is around 8mbs. Have you tried testing it in another area? You might just be in a 4g deadspot. With wifi tether I get 3-4mbs on 4g. I can't really tell you where to go for info but those numbers sound more like 3g to me.
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Yes that is with 4g on. Where my phone is this very second. I have 2 bars of 4g signal. And it's working fine for me. Sitting side by side with 4g activated and wifi tethering on. My phone will get 4mbps and iPad will get 1.5mbps. From the same server on speediest.net. And I run the tests at separate times so they don't conflict for bandwidth.
Update: just ran test again.
iPad - 350ms ping 1.63mbps download .86mbps upload
Phone - 122ms ping 3.96mbps download 1.2mbps upload
This is a known issue..it happens in android-wifi-tether and mobile-ap as well..its definitely using the 4g connection and wifi should be capable of transmitting more..I mean even the lowest is capable of 11mbps..but N should be a lot higher.
As far as I know there is no solution yet...the EVO had the same issue at one point but it was fixed I hear..
Maybe it has something to do with the settings on your phone. I noticed with mine that my speed would just climb and climb then suddenly just drop at around 8. It wouldn't be a slow climb either it's like it's actually being throttled somehow. Try clearing the cache or something, but for some reason those number just don't sound right to me.
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Any idea how or what fixed it?
Just factory reset my phone last night.. And as for the numbers.. I know right.. Something isn't working here..
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Any idea how or what fixed it?
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In their case it had to do with a routing table..but that routing table was for HTC devices so its not related to ours...
Both Mobile-AP and Android-Wifi-Tether experience the same issue as well :/..I do not think its wifi related either..it must be something in between the software and the sending to wifi.
Reason I say this is if you try the device with 4g on 1 bar, then 4g on 2 bars, then 4g on 3 bars on both the device and on phone you will see the speeds vary..example:
1 bar
phone: 4mbps/1mbps
laptop: 0.5mbps/0.03mbs
2bars
phone: 7mpbs/1mbps
laptop: 2mbps/1mbps
If it was the wifi speed, then the speed would not have dropped so much.. something in between is effecting it
Oh.. That makes sense. It's just too bad though. Thanks for helping me understand.
Probably the way the wifi and 4g radios are set up and how they interact with each other, maybe 4g has more priority than wifi. I'm just guessing though. I don't know much
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Just FYI I too was getting slow speeds but with Sprints hotspot that I was paying $30 a month for. Needless to say I cancel the feature and will seek rooting my phone and add the free tethering, casue at those speeds it isnt worth it.
Sounds like the problem you are having might be caused by something that is the result of 4G and Wifi frequencies being the similar. If you are using both frequencies in a close proximity such as a room or house the frequencies have a high likeliness of causing interferences by reflecting off each other. A way to test this would be to compare wirless tethered speeds to wired ones on the same device.... Hope this helps.
Gagstr said:
Sounds like the problem you are having might be caused by something that is the result of 4G and Wifi frequencies being the similar. If you are using both frequencies in a close proximity such as a room or house the frequencies have a high likeliness of causing interferences by reflecting off each other. A way to test this would be to compare wirless tethered speeds to wired ones on the same device.... Hope this helps.
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Thing is its getting full speed on the device...at the time its using wimax..so wimax is not having the issue..not to mention..there is a relation to the wimax bars and the wimax speed which is strange...

Wireless router question

Ok so I'm moving to another place by myself and need to buy a router. The internet averages about 7-10mb/s here. My question..is there any reason to go with anything over a 150mb/s rated wireless router? Like say a netgear n150? I play ps3 online..watch "videos" etc...mainly does the fact that my internet connection is far less than what the router is rated at matter?
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eric70634 said:
Ok so I'm moving to another place by myself and need to buy a router. The internet averages about 7-10mb/s here. My question..is there any reason to go with anything over a 150mb/s rated wireless router? Like say a netgear n150? I play ps3 online..watch "videos" etc...mainly does the fact that my internet connection is far less than what the router is rated at matter?
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There's little reason to buy a router based on its rated speeds - 95% of the time, you will get MUCH higher wifi network speeds than the actual internet is... It's only of use if you are transferring files between two computers both on the wifi network.
The outside connection is the same speed regardless, but an 802.11n network should have a better range (and is faster).
Ahh ok..so I don't need to dish out for a high rated router since im not actually using the network part of it. Thanks.
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eric70634 said:
Ahh ok..so I don't need to dish out for a high rated router since im not actually using the network part of it. Thanks.
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Just because it says 150mbs on the box won't mean you will get that. Sure if you are standing next to the phone you will, but as soon as you start movign away it will DROP fast. on my home pc which is maybe 20 metres away it gets around 11-54mb.
on wireless G it would barely connect, i would go with N to be safe

[Q] Wifi Tether with 4G Speed

I'm running stock Froyo (rooted) and used Wifi Tether 3.0 pre 12 through 14. I can successfully get my phone to tether internet to my Asus Transformer but I can't seem to get over 3G speeds.
Wifi Tether seems to crash when I have 4G enabled so I have to start it up with 4G turned off. After Wifi Tether is enabled an my transformer is connected, I can then start up 4G. However it doesn't seem to make a difference is speed.
I tested my phone's 4G with the speed test app and alone it hits about 9mb-10mb. Once tether is enabled I get 500kb-1.2mb.
Anyone else having this issue or have any suggestions?
Many Thanks
Unfortunately, my experience is the same. The 4G on tether gives 3G speeds
Wifi tether 3 pre 14. Did exactly what you said. Activated on 3g then once it was up and running I turn on 4g..
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JohnCorleone said:
Wifi tether 3 pre 14. Did exactly what you said. Activated on 3g then once it was up and running I turn on 4g..
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is 3 kbs suppose to be 4g?
mrhocuspocus said:
is 3 kbs suppose to be 4g?
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That was taken at the end of viewing a You Tube Video so it had already slowed down. I can have multiple devices (had 5 linked up to it at a coffee shop) without any lag what so ever. It was actually giving better performance than the coffee shop's Wifi. That's why everyone was trying to grab my signal. I had forgotten to set my Wifi Encryption. EDIT..the Wifi 3 pre 14 actually gives twice the 4g tethering speed than my buddy's Evo that's running the latest and greatest ROM they have. We constantly use mine instead of his...EDIT 2..I actually have perfect 4g service and pay for Hotspot and this is the first and only time I have considered stopping that service as the Wifi Tethers have always been **** compared to it but not anymore
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I think I am on pre 12 and I get 4g speeds on tether, do you have a link to pre 14
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Is this what you are looking for?
WiFi Tether for Root Users 3.0-pre14 *** EXPERIMENTAL ***
weird, I'm on pre 14 now and get garbage speeds. I'm going to look into a few customer roms to see if I can get bluetooth tether to work and I'll see if there's a speed increase there. I've never been able to get bluetooth tether to work on stock froyo, tried about 3 different programs.....
DCRocks said:
Is this what you are looking for?
WiFi Tether for Root Users 3.0-pre14 *** EXPERIMENTAL ***
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Thought I read somewhere that there was a "caution" with these newer builds...don't remember what it was. Is it true they also offer regular infrastructure mode? And does it have security/mac filtering?
Don't want to mess anything up with my market version. Had it hooked up to CM7 nook color (1200 MHZ ocerclock) w/ GPS tether on top...... sweet G Maps driving Nav!! Hard to miss a turn with the 7" gigantic GPS!
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I haven't had a problem while running pre12 on Midnight 5.2. I normally see >3.5m on 4g service streaming from Netflix to my tablet.
So I flashed my phone with midNIGHT rom 5.3 and running Wifi Tether Pre 14 and now I'm getting between 2.2mb - 3.5mb down. Not exactly blazing fast but definately a far cry from my original 500kb lol. Still better than paying $30 for the actual tethering fee.
hoy128 said:
So I flashed my phone with midNIGHT rom 5.3 and running Wifi Tether Pre 14 and now I'm getting between 2.2mb - 3.5mb down. Not exactly blazing fast but definately a far cry from my original 500kb lol. Still better than paying $30 for the actual tethering fee.
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What are you using for speed tests? I've run speed tests with the Ookla/speedtest.net app, and gotten pitiful speeds, then fired up netflix and saw 4x the speed.
phdeez said:
What are you using for speed tests? I've run speed tests with the Ookla/speedtest.net app, and gotten pitiful speeds, then fired up netflix and saw 4x the speed.
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I have tested with Ookla and also CNET's speed test. The speed between the two are consistant as well as the download speeds that I see when downloading files.

Weak upload speeds with fios router

Hello I have a sidekick 4g with a fios router. I have a question on the speed test I get 17 mb download speeds with the wifi router the router is made by motorola if tha helps but a horrible 1 mb upload is something wrong here?
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I have noticed that on some phones in general upload speeds over wifi are weak regardless of the router you're connected to. Maybe that's the case for you as well?
what's your FIOS plan actually should give ? how much are you getting upload on other computers or phones?
Fios is rated at 15 dl and 5 mb up load. And my phone sits right near the router btw and the computer. Clocks 29 mb download and 6 upload
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