Hi Guy's,
Does anyone have any idea how to improve the wifi strength?
I am using a BT homehub 3 wireless N router and all of my other devices (laptops, iPod Touch, ZTE Blade etc) are able to pick up wifi ins ome areas of my flat and my viewpad will show no signal. My router broadcasts all of the wireless type at the same time and I have tried only broadcasting wireless g.
Are there any tweeks that can be made or is it just an underpowered chip that cant talk back to the router?
My first post, please be kind.
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Been looking around to see if there is a consistently good performing wifi router and prime combo. Since we ain't getting any love on the primes wifi side I figure maybe a different router will do the trick
I currently have a e4200 which performs in the 3 to 10 mbps / -55db range in my apartment which at most I'm 7m from the router. Ideally I'd want something that can do a min of 15mbps constant. Anyone have a good experience with a particular router?
PS. I tried multiple firmwares and settings on the e4200 and disabled MLS or whatever. Still prefer something faster so my HD vids stream properly
Im using a Netgear WNDR4500 and streaming using BSplayer to play 720 and 1080p vids from my linux server ....and never have had any issues
ssjgesus said:
Been looking around to see if there is a consistently good performing wifi router and prime combo. Since we ain't getting any love on the primes wifi side I figure maybe a different router will do the trick
I currently have a e4200 which performs in the 3 to 10 mbps / -55db range in my apartment which at most I'm 7m from the router. Ideally I'd want something that can do a min of 15mbps constant. Anyone have a good experience with a particular router?
PS. I tried multiple firmwares and settings on the e4200 and disabled MLS or whatever. Still prefer something faster so my HD vids stream properly
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I am actually using the New Asus RT-N66U (Dark Knight) with no problems. But, what is your ISP speed? There is a guide. I am to lazy to find atm. But it talks about changing a few settings... (channel etc) to get better performance.
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I have the Cisco e4200 wireless N and it works fine.
I'm streaming from my local NAS so ISP speed shouldn't matter.
I've tried a lot of different channels but one of my main issues is that my air is flooded with neighboring wifis so most channels are bad
I've heard good things about the Asus one, might check that out.
btw my e4200 works...its just not as fast as I need
My old as dirt Linksys WRT54G works fine with my Prime. I did do a channel scan to find the channel least used by the many other WiFi devices in my area.
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In case this hasn't been suggested before, this printable antenna dish may help draw in better reception from the fringe. Only experimentation will tell as everyone's situation is different. Years ago, my own use of this dish did help me pull in distant signal and keep a stable connection.
Keep in mind, some wireless access points with dual antennas have one that both transmits & receives while the second antenna receives only. Concentrating the signal with the reflector dish on the main tx/rx antenna will affect its reception for all your WiFi devices. Same thing if you only have one antenna.
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To get past the attenuation caused by the all aluminum panel, probably one that will result in sterility
Seriously though, a router OE seller should use the Prime as a litmus test for how good their router is with signal. Not in the same room of course, but at least one floor of seperation and an average expected range. Hard to believe the Acer A500 is actually weaker for wifi than the Prime.
Only rooted (not cm7/9) 16g/1g NT using Dolphin.
I seem to notice very significantly better internet/wireless performance when at McDonalds or some other unsecured wireless than at home even though my home wireless is a much stronger signal and my home internet is 8mb/s DSL. My home wireless router is a fairly high quality dlink dir655 N/gigabit. All of my other home devices (computers), wireless and wired, have good internet performance.
I'm wondering if the processor is low powered enough compared to my laptop, etc that just dealing with the wpa encryption impacts performance noticably or if I should be looking at other configuration issues either on my wireless router or the NT.
Thanks much for any thoughts.
I could be wrong but Im pretty sure Ive always noticed a difference with my wireless devices. I leave mine unsecured, turn off the SSID broadcast and turn on the MAC filter. Nobody even knows its there, and even if they did, they cant connect unless I add their devices MAC address.
Anyone else use a 5Ghz wifi network and notice slow performance with the Dinc4G? I have a dual band router, with one network on 2.4Ghz, 20Mhz of bandwidth, lots of interference since I live in an apartment complex of mostly younger people. Everyone has a 2.4Ghz network, most of them are bandwidth hogs and are using 2 bonded channels, so the 2.4 Ghz performance isn't great around here. The Dinc4G gets a solid 65mbps connection on the 2.4Ghz side anywhere in the apartment.
My 5Ghz network is 2 bonded channels, 40mhz, the only detectable network on 5Ghz high anywhere in the complex. My PCs average between 240-300 mpbs on this network anywhere in the building. The Dinc4G barely breaks 20mpbs connection and has latency issues, constant wifi drops, etc.
I'm running a Netgear WNDR3400 dual band router with DD-WRT.
Isolated hardware issue or is this a known problem with these phones?
I haven't noticed any issues with mine but then I haven't put actual numbers to it. I haven't had drop outs or anything like that though.
I can say that I've been experiencing similar issues with a Linksys WRT 610N v1 device, which is configured similar to yours. I'm also utilizing the 5Ghz band for the same reasons. While I haven't measured speed, my Dinc4 is constantly dropping connectivity, despite excellent signal strength. Moving to the 2.4Ghz channels seemed to make it worse.
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I have the Netgear WNDR3700. I tried using 5ghz and the speed was the same but with much less range. I use WiFi analyzer on my phone to compare signals and the 2.4ghz signal is always stronger than the 5ghz. If I'm out in the yard I pick up the 2.4ghz but lose the 5ghz altogether. From what I read this is normal, 5ghz has less range than 2.4ghz?
For what it's worth, I use 5GHz for the same reasons with a Netgear N600. I'm usually seeing connection speeds between 52 and 72Mbps and no connection drops. This is being used in my condo & on the balcony. Maybe 1800 sq ft. My tablet, which runs on the 2.4 has frequent connection drops.
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Canpitt27 - Yes, 2.4 will typically yield better range due to the signal propagation of 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz. A radio signal transmitted at the same power from the same gain antenna at 2.4Ghz will typically propagate farther and penetrate structures better than an equivalent 5Ghz signal. 5Ghz is beneficial for users like me in an area with congested 2.4Ghz bands as a means of eliminating interference from nearby wifi networks running on the same frequencies. Multiple access points utilizing the same channel interfere with one another and can lead to packet loss, poor signal to noise ratios, etc. 2.4Ghz is also occupied by bluetooth, cordless phones, and can suffer interference from poorly shielded microwave ovens.
5Ghz is a newer standard in the US, so there aren't as many users on it (yet lol). Of course all of this is dependent upon the quality of the radio equipment in question. I should be seeing results similar to Jafmf95's, where the 5Ghz signal is of a higher quality than the 2.4Ghz signal, but that isn't the case sadly . Neither band is particularly impressive on the Dinc4G, though I do experience more drops on 5Ghz than I do on 2.4Ghz, which makes no logical sense as the 5Ghz signal is of a much higher quality throughout my building than the 2.4Ghz.
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Canpitt27 - Yes, 2.4 will typically yield better range due to the signal propagation of 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz. A radio signal transmitted at the same power from the same gain antenna at 2.4Ghz will typically propagate farther and penetrate structures better than an equivalent 5Ghz signal. 5Ghz is beneficial for users like me in an area with congested 2.4Ghz bands as a means of eliminating interference from nearby wifi networks running on the same frequencies. Multiple access points utilizing the same channel interfere with one another and can lead to packet loss, poor signal to noise ratios, etc. 2.4Ghz is also occupied by bluetooth, cordless phones, and can suffer interference from poorly shielded microwave ovens.
5Ghz is a newer standard in the US, so there aren't as many users on it (yet lol). Of course all of this is dependent upon the quality of the radio equipment in question. I should be seeing results similar to Jafmf95's, where the 5Ghz signal is of a higher quality than the 2.4Ghz signal, but that isn't the case sadly . Neither band is particularly impressive on the Dinc4G, though I do experience more drops on 5Ghz than I do on 2.4Ghz, which makes no logical sense as the 5Ghz signal is of a much higher quality throughout my building than the 2.4Ghz.
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I have very frequent drops on 5ghz. And none on 2.4. From what you explained that makes sense. I definitely have leas range with 5ghz. I lose it if I go upstairs in my house.
Thank you for the very good explanation. I understand much better now.
Glad I could help! I'm usually the one on the receiving end of help on XDA as I'm far from an Android / Linux guru heh.
I hope I'm posting this in the right sub-forum, since I think this is not a device-specific problem.
So, I recently bought a Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 and as you probably know, the Drone can be controlled via an Android App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parrot.freeflight). First I simply tried the app with the default touch controls, but it was not precise enough and I missed the tactile feedback. Then I had the idea of connecting my PS3 controller with the Sixaxis app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller) to my phone (Moto G 2nd Gen., 2014, Dual SIM variant) and controlling the Drone with that. And here comes my problem:
If I have only Wifi enabled on my phone I can fly about 25-30m with the Drone
If I enable Bluetooth (to use the PS3 controller) and Wifi the distance drops to about 10m and I get a lot of connectivity issues to the drone.
I also tried my ASUS Transformer Prime (TF201), that's even worse. As soon as I turn on Bluetooth the Wifi signal drops to almost nothing.
I have found others with similar problems (for example: http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...wifi-reception-severely-affected-by-bluetooth or here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10-5-wifi-problems.html).
Can anybody explain why the Wifi quality drops (massively) when Bluetooth is turned on?
I was experimenting a little more this weekend and the issue is definitely there. I was outside of the city, where there was no other Wifi or anything. Looked at the networks with Wifi Analyzer before and after turning Bluetooth on. Without BT all channels had max. rating, with BT on they all dropped to 1-2 stars...
Hello guys,
I work with Android APP's development, and my last work was with latency reduction.
I tried ICMP pings to a lot of destinations, TCP pings and also TCP stablished connection, and the spikes keeps happening.
After days trying to find the issue that was causing network spikes, I saw in tracert that the communication of Black Shark 5 PRO with router was not good, even close to router. I tested with 3 different routers and providers.
The most annoying is that a Moto G from 2015 and a Xiaomi Redmi Note using the same Wi-Fi has a very stable connection.
This doesn't happen with RJ-45 USB-C adaptor, when connected directed by cable with router, so I guess that it can be a Wi-Fi driver problem, I don't know.
Could you try by yourself and leave the results here? Just ping google.com and check for connection spikes.
Regards.