Does anyone know why the wireless N channel of my dual band router doesn't show up on my A500?
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Can't even see my N network either.. My wife's Xoom has a setting under advanced/wireless to change your setting, but my Acer doesn't.
It might be because the A500 doesn't recognize 5Ghz N networks, only 2.4Ghz.
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Does anyone know why the wireless N channel of my dual band router doesn't show up on my A500?
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If it's a 5Ghz that could be the problem, but maybe it's just the channels (12 or 13) that doesn't play nice and there's a fix posted already.
Well, mine is a 5Ghz N network.. so that may be the problem. Oh well.
a500 is 2.4 only not dual band like the zoom
Another strange thing.. Speed tests with the a500 are half as fast as my dinc using my wifi
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I just did a post about the wifi, since IMO, this is the feature the A500 is weak on.
No adhoc
No 5gz
Weak signal that is unstable in weaker wifi areas
The signal seems toggle in weak areas from one bar, two and zero, disconnects and then reconnects. Rinse and repeat.
My gTablet is a good device for wifi comparisons, but makes the A500 seem weak.
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i am using Netgear N wireless router at 150mbps
but my phone shows link speed of 65mbps
any way to force the device to connect at 802.11N
Are any other devices connected to the router? If there is and there not N speed the router will only work at that speed unless it is dual band.
No only my phone is connected
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any one? please
The Galaxy S uses a very restricted form of the 802.11N. In fact, it limits it to the 2.4GHz band and only a single 20MHz spatial stream.
Therefore, even on a router that supports N, 65Mbps is the best you are going to be able to get.
Ok i understand why my wifi is so bad too. Thanks
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Will it connect to a portable Wi-Fi hotspot from your phone? Has anyone tested that feature yet?
If it has wifi it will. It doesnt matter where the wifi is coming from. Its still wifi.
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OK, Thanks for the reply.
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If it has wifi it will. It doesnt matter where the wifi is coming from. Its still wifi.
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Actually, I think it matters what WIFI type you are doing. I have read that the KF will not support ad-hoc networks and some hotspots are set up this way. It will support Infrastructure Wifi.
From the specs list on Amazon, :
Wi-Fi Connectivity: Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, or enterprise networks with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
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Which is to say, no, it will not work with the many phone hot spots which produce ad-hoc networks.
I can confirm that you can use a phone as a hot spot and connect to the Fire. HTC EVO MUI rom... Have not tested others.
Works fine with portable hotspot on CM7.1 on Inspire
Works flawless with galaxy s2 sprint.
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Ii connected better to my phones wifi hot spot than it did to my work wifi.
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Well acording to all theese people doing this as we speak, im pretty sure it will work lol
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Working fine here too. From Samsung Galaxy SII to Kindle Fire. Works fine. ATT sucks.
What about Barnacle Wifi Tether? Does it work?
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Ii connected better to my phones wifi hot spot than it did to my work wifi.
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Actually somewhat had the same issue at home. At first it would connect to home wifi, then lose connectivity while all other wifi devices were fine..and worked flawlessly while tether. After reboot seemed to solve the issue, but was wondering if others were experience strange behavior like this?
So... does the KF work with Phones using Ad Hoc network-based apps from the market or only AP mode?
Works fine on my Optimus V
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Connected to my rooted Atrix 2 with wifi hotspot, no problem.
yep works fine with my droid pro
EVO 4g and wifi tether are good
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iOS tethering (As it is Ad-hoc) does not work.
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iOS tethering (As it is Ad-hoc) does not work.
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That's why you use the "Personal Hotspot" of iOS which creates a Wi-Fi network. That's how I use my KF on the go.
I'm on my second Nexus 4 and still can't get over how poor the WiFi range is on these phones. Both of my N4s have had the same results. When I'm in an area of my house about 20-25 feet from the router I get 0-1 bars of WiFi, where my laptop and PS3 both get 80-100% connectivity. Every other smartphone I've owned has had better WiFi reception than this. Anyone have suggestions?
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Try changing the security settings on your router to use a different protocol. For some reason that made a big difference for me. Generally I've found the WiFi range to be fairly good.
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Try changing the security settings on your router to use a different protocol. For some reason that made a big difference for me. Generally I've found the WiFi range to be fairly good.
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There hasn't been any security on either router I've been using so I know that isn't the problem. Thanks though.
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I'm experiencing the same thing: within 20 feet of the router, signal drops dramatically
I'm getting the exact opposite. I've noticed a huge difference with reception versus my Galaxy Nexus.
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nibrwr said:
I'm experiencing the same thing: within 20 feet of the router, signal drops dramatically
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Even when I'm standing 10 feet away with the router in site I get 2 or 3 bars. Pretty pathetic
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I setup a repeater recently but my nexus still gets 1 or 2 bars with WiFi.
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Also experiencing a similar problem. I don't think I've ever seen 4 bars on wifi since my 3 weeks of owning the phone. Almost all the time it's at 2 bars, even when other devices right next to me will have full signal.
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btse said:
Also experiencing a similar problem. I don't think I've ever seen 4 bars on wifi since my 3 weeks of owning the phone. Almost all the time it's at 2 bars, even when other devices right next to me will have full signal.
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Its terrible dude. I've got an iPhone 4s next to my N4 and the N4 is going between 0 and 1 bar of WiFi and the iPhone is getting between full and 1 less than full. Speed tests on the iPhone are also much faster
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Are you on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz band? My N4 refuses to work on the 2.4Ghz band. When it did connect, I would get less than 1MB connection link. Switched over to 5Ghz band, and I get a consistent 72MB connection. It even picks it up out to the middle of the street. Try changing bands if you have a capable router. Hopefully the next update will solve the WiFi problems this phone has.
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Are you on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz band? My N4 refuses to work on the 2.4Ghz band. When it did connect, I would get less than 1MB connection link. Switched over to 5Ghz band, and I get a consistent 72MB connection. It even picks it up out to the middle of the street. Try changing bands if you have a capable router. Hopefully the next update will solve the WiFi problems this phone has.
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The router I'm using right now is 2.4 only. When I go back to my apartment next week I can test the 5GHz signal
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You guys should give wifi analyzer a try. I it might show that there are other signals on the same band?
I personally get poor wifi signal, but with wifi analyzer I saw that there are a total of 13 networks nearby
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floppyears said:
You guys should give wifi analyzer a try. I it might show that there are other signals on the same band?
I personally get poor wifi signal, but with wifi analyzer I saw that there are a total of 13 networks nearby
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I know that there are no other WiFi networks nearby because I live in the middle of the woods lol
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Try flashing a aftermarket kernel such as Franco Kernel. You can change the WiFi algorithm as well to see if it improves at all (changable with his app, Franco Kernel updater)
A lot of people reported that R19 and newer fixed their N4's wifi problems.
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Try flashing a aftermarket kernel such as Franco Kernel. You can change the WiFi algorithm as well to see if it improves at all (changable with his app, Franco Kernel updater)
A lot of people reported that R19 and newer fixed their N4's wifi problems.
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I was using his 23rd release all day yesterday and got the same problem
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I get decent range on both 2.4 and 5 GHz ranges. Dont have it set on channels and allow the router to set that. Obviously do to the higher freq I get less range on the 5 GHz range but use this for my phone and my wife's S3 as it will run on it as well. Keeping the 2.4 side as clutter free as possible. Love my dlink dual band router.
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The bars really are not a good method of determining anything. My WiFi works just as good as any of my other devices, iPod,iPhone,nexus 7, touchpad and more. I am not looking at the bars though but rather just going by how it works and it works fine for me. I can go as far as my mail box at the end of my driveway..
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Hi guys, I know there are a few threads regarding wifi connectivity issues, however, my issue is slightly different. I have an asus dual band router rt n66u. When I connect to the 2.4 band, my connection is solid. When I connect to the 5g band it connects however randomly it will lose signal, no rhyme or reason. It may go days and be fine or it may drop it few times a day. When trying to reconnect, it will give me authentication error. I have tried everything so far that has been posted to no avail. Only happens on 5g band. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Are you sure it is not a router issue?
Yep, have another gadget that connects to that band without any drops.
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5g bands have always been flaky with phones. The behavior you describe was common place on the Evo LTE. Everybody I know just disabled the 5g and their battery life went up and the wifi drops stopped. I have a feeling that you haven't seen to many complaints is because everyone is using 2.4g because its more reliable.
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I'll have to give it a shot. Reason I'm using 5g band is that I'm pulling full speed throughout the entire house, even on the complete other side.
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I have a Asus n56u and my wifi randomly drops also.
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starkillers said:
Hi guys, I know there are a few threads regarding wifi connectivity issues, however, my issue is slightly different. I have an asus dual band router rt n66u. When I connect to the 2.4 band, my connection is solid. When I connect to the 5g band it connects however randomly it will lose signal, no rhyme or reason. It may go days and be fine or it may drop it few times a day. When trying to reconnect, it will give me authentication error. I have tried everything so far that has been posted to no avail. Only happens on 5g band. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Check this post I made about WiFi.
Seems the S4 doesn't 'like' some routes default settings.
Did that already, no love. It seems to be an apparent driver issue between the S4 and my Asus router using the 5g band. I used an older firmware with an older set of drivers and it works with no drops.
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Hi,
I use my Nexus 4 quite a bit at home and at school. My school has a very slow over populated 2.4ghz, the 5ghz band though is very quick. I've noticed the Nexus 4 jumps on the 2.4 automatically, to get on the 5ghz I have to turn on 5ghz only. However when I get back home, my wireless router only runs at 2.4, so I have to turn Wi-Fi back to auto. This gets annoying having to do this 5 days a week. My question is simple, is there a way to set 5ghz as the preferred band for Wi-Fi when both are present? I should mention my phone is fully rooted.
any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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zazierx said:
Hi,
I use my Nexus 4 quite a bit at home and at school. My school has a very slow over populated 2.4ghz, the 5ghz band though is very quick. I've noticed the Nexus 4 jumps on the 2.4 automatically, to get on the 5ghz I have to turn on 5ghz only. However when I get back home, my wireless router only runs at 2.4, so I have to turn Wi-Fi back to auto. This gets annoying having to do this 5 days a week. My question is simple, is there a way to set 5ghz as the preferred band for Wi-Fi when both are present? I should mention my phone is fully rooted.
any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Can you forget the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi network? That way it won't connect to it. Some ROMS have where you can prioritize the networks too so if both are in range and you have connected to both it will prefer whichever one you set at higher priority. If you don't have a ROM like that just install an app that can do this for you. Here is one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.za.flash.wifiprioritizer&hl=en
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Can you forget the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi network? That way it won't connect to it. Some ROMS have where you can prioritize the networks too so if both are in range and you have connected to both it will prefer whichever one you set at higher priority. If you don't have a ROM like that just install an app that can do this for you. Here is one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.za.flash.wifiprioritizer&hl=en
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Unfortunately the 2.4 and the 5ghz networks have the same name, I don't see a way to distinguish the two just with the stock OS.
Try go on just 2.4 then forget the one it connects to while on 2.4 only.
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Try go on just 2.4 then forget the one it connects to while on 2.4 only.
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When a router has 2.4 and 5 GHz on one SSID, it doesn't appear as 2 separate access points, just one. Maybe you could make some sort of tasker profile that forces the phone to 5 GHz while your at school, and 2.4 anywhere else if that's possible.
Good point, I forgot about that. I named mine differently. Yeah try tasker, if you can figure it out.
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I don't think switching between 2.4/5 GHz is currently possible in tasker.
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