Folks;
running CM10.1 and FXP Extended Kernel (+Linaro WiFi modules) on a WT19i/Live, I wonder whether there are any known issues regarding WiFi speed? Actually, using lftp to sync the device via FTP to a local folder on a Linux host makes me end up with something like 500kB/s transfer rate. Using FolderSync and SSH, it's half of that at best. WiFi signal quality is rather stable, both the Linux laptop and the WT19i are in the same network, and the WLAN itself should be capable of doing 54Mbps. Anything to track down what's making things slow here?
TIA and all the best,
Kristian
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I have been looking for an application which is a more powerful version of the WiFi Tethering already included in a phone.
I have been looking for an application on Xda, Google, and the Marketplace but none I have found provides me with the ability to see individual users (or Mac addresses) data usage.
First a little background on what I am trying to achieve.
I regularly provide a WiFi router for people with IPods and devices with wireless but no internet connection who need internet access to update games / browse the internet, and whilst my FUP at 500mb is quite low, I rarely use more than 20mb in a month so it doesn't bother me as beyond 500mb the connection is just limited to text and images (downloads and internet streaming are disabled after 500mb) which is all that I need.
However when my FUP has been exceeded alot of devices cant do the small updates this is no good when games or apps require it (as I have seen a couple even stop working till updates are completed) due to the connection being restricted. I have usually tracked it down to an over enthusiastic user who is watching videos on youtube, which has wiped out 100mb of my usage within 2 minutes on one occasion.
I am running both Android and Windows Mobile on my HD2, however I doubt WM will have a suitable app which is why I am hedging my bet with the Android market place, however a Windows Mobile version wouldnt go without great thanks, Whilst the built in "Portable Hotspot" of Android is good as it lets me restrict the number of users and see the Mac address of connected clients, it doesnt let me monitor their usage and then let me disconnect individual users them from the connection.
Whilst im sure there is apps for overall phone usage I am looking to monitor the individual devices usage as with 3-5 devices it is hard to distinct between legitimate usage and constant heavy usage.
Is there any Wifi Tethering app to let me do this?
To summarise:
Wifi Tethering App
Android / Windows Mobile
Shows Client Usage
MAC filtering (or alternatives which allow individual devices to be disconnected)
Preferably freeware however im sure I could be persuaded otherwise.
Thanks in advance
I was also thinking an app like this would be useful.
I can keep track of all data with 3G Watchdog, but knowing exactly how much data each wifi connected user takes up would be nice.
I realize this is thread necromancy, but did you ever find such an app? I too share my unlimited connection with coworkers, and there is one in particular that likes updating Xilinx (a "patch" is 8GB) and Windows Updates and so on over my connection. I am looking for something with QoS so I can put bandwidth caps on the heavy users that aren't my 4 machines.
Bandwidth ruler
There is an app called " bandwidth ruler free " for this . But this app monitors all users data connected to the Wifi hotspot . So it gives the overall data usage.
It can also set the download/upload speed for the wifi hotspot and this applicable for all the users .
it can also create multiple simultaneous data plans for the wifi hotspot.
you can download it via this link :
Also , you can find its description in the following xda thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-bandwidth-manager-android-t2972889
Hey guys,
sorry if this is a stupid question or its been asked before, but how can I test the wifi connection speed on my Prime? There must be a way to do it as all of the reviews have results..
Thanks for any info.
Search market for speed test speedtest.net have a nice app for that
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thanks for the reply but i've tried that, it just tests my internet connection speed. I want to test my local wifi network speed
That is what a wifi test is doing is checking your internet speed.
Now if you want to check your signal strength, then look in the market for apps called wifi analyzer.
Speedtest is serverside so the max speed is going to be dependant on my internet connection.. all i'm interested in is my local speed.
Thanks for the replies.
I don't think there is an android app out, but you could go the other way around.
You could download a lan speed test for your PC and then connect to the IP address of your tablet/connected device and test the speed?
Maybe that will work for you?
Dnakaman said:
I don't think there is an android app out, but you could go the other way around.
You could download a lan speed test for your PC and then connect to the IP address of your tablet/connected device and test the speed?
Maybe that will work for you?
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Ah now that's thinking outside the box!
Cheers, i'll give it a go.
You need to have some sort of server and an app to download files from that server.
I tested download speed from my nasserver to my Galaxy S2 to compare Wifi G vs Wifi N.
Went from 2.26MB/s on G to 3.66 MB/s on N wifi.
"Filesize / seconds"
My laptop is 10mb/s on same N wifi netowrk.. could be faster but is only 100mbit lan netowork..
Transferring a (large) file from a server to your tablet would measure not only local WiFi speed, but Prime's internal capability of processing and storing data. I just did a quick test downloading a file from my work's Samba server and got speeds of about 0.6 and 2.5 kbytes/s for the Prime and my laptop, respectively. This is in line with kunddizzle, who got laptop speeds about four times faster that from the Prime.
This is interesting. Clearly, WiFi speed is not everything. Prime doesn't seem to be dealing very well with incoming data. Don't know whether it is due to its WiFi receiver, processor, memory, storage or something else. But, at least in two cases reported here, it is slower than a laptop on the same network.
UnitedWeFall said:
thanks for the reply but i've tried that, it just tests my internet connection speed. I want to test my local wifi network speed
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Hi,
I known it's an old thread, but I had the same problem and was not able not find any local wifi speed test application after read a tons of forum. So I've just written an android application that can do that test. Maybe it will be useful for you too.
Just find "wifi speed test" (pzolee) on Google Play.
I am not a big expert in android programming but I tried to do my best
We do not have broadband available where we live. I have a Verizon Unlimited data plan, and 4G LTE recently came to our area. I want to use my Rezound strictly for internet. It will be plugged into a Linux computer, which will be serving the internet out to the WAN port of my router.
I need a stable rom that has Native USB tethering enabled for this to work well. I don't care what android version it is or what features it has. All I need is for it to be extremely stable, fast, and native USB tethering enabled.
I am having a hard time finding it in the descriptions whether or not roms have USB tethering enabled. It would take a long time to test them all... Does anyone have some good suggestions on which rom/roms I should try?
I do not want to mess around with an app that needs to be running, because in my tests this slows down the network and causes other issues. If an app is required to be running, it won't automatically reconnect at times, etc. This is a headless computer, so I am going to configure it once and from then on it will just run. (At least in a perfect world it would)
Newts one xxx Rom over at the mikmik forums works great for that just use pdanet. Or you can use neo's infection and use native USB tether.
Waiting on that jellybean super stoked!
It's enabled in CM10.1
sup,
i wanted this device as a media tablet, i currently use plex on ipad to watch media which reqs having a computer on to stream it which isnt ideal. I tried usb and was so slow and then i tried the xperia connect thing which transfer ed one hd movie (7.64gb) in 10mins+ thats far too slow to be useful.
does anyone know of a way to transfer much faster than that, using wifi ideally since my router has 600+ on the 5ghz band?
apps: AirDroid, TotalCommander (has FTP, SFTP, SMB plugins) and a bunch more.
Superbeam.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.majedev.superbeam
Download the PC client on your Web browser.
Be aware though. The XZ2 is restricted on its wi-fi download speeds.
DeadlyDazza said:
Superbeam.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.majedev.superbeam
Download the PC client on your Web browser.
Be aware though. The XZ2 is restricted on its wi-fi download speeds.
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Ive actually tried superbeam. It's very buggy and frequently drops connect no matter what I try.
Do you mean with the setting "wifi optimization"? I've unchecked that and get somewhere in the region of 460mbps from the tablet and z2 phone on 5ghz. It seems really odd to me that transfers are so slow, even via USB. It's a brand new device, they should have this crap sorted by now. It seems transfer rates haven't improved at all since android's conception.
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Wifi will always suck for large files. It's never going to actually run at the speed it says it can do. Copying to a MicroSD directly using the pc and then putting the MicroSD into the tablet will always be quickest. Don't forget to change the disk policy in Windows to performance or it won't be the best speed.
Hi all.
I recently got the Z3 Compact and was enthusiastic about its WiFi transfer speeds when connected to my PC. My earlier phone the Nokia 5800 XM did it at a pretty good speed, and so I was expecting the 5 year jump to a new phone with newer technology would have massively improved on the network file transfer speed.
I tried 2 ways to transfer huge files (1 GB+) to and fro between my PC & the phone.
1.) I used the a couple of the many WiFi Transfer Apps, including Wifi File Transfer Pro & Airdroid.
2.) I turned on an FTP server on my phone via the FTPServer & My FTP Server apps, and then tried the file transferring using FileZilla on my PC.
However, even after using both the methods, I noticed that I was only getting speeds of about 3 MBps. I read in one of the forum threads that the speed might be getting slowed down due to "encryption" while using a non-ftp server based method, and that is why I gave the FTP Server method a try as well. To no avail though.
My Wi-Fi router is the Digisol DG-BG4100N and it boasts of bollocky 100 Mbps+ speeds. My PC is the Asus SX086D K55VM.
What am I doing wrong here? How do I get a faster transfer rate? Xender easily does 5 MBps on an average between two devices. Surely, the PC should be able to equalize that speed, if not better it, right? Thanks a ton for any suggestion you'd like to make, including your own method of the fastest wireless file transfer method between a PC and an Android device.
EDIT - This is the first time I'm posting a thread here at XDA, kindly advise if I have posted it to the wrong sub-directory.