Hello All -
Hopefully someone can help me out here. I have been trying for weeks to fix an issue I have with my Samsung Galaxy S5. Currently I have a Netgear wnr1000v2 router connected to an Arris Touchstone DOCSIS 3.0 modem (Comcast). The modem is located in my basement and my home has an Ethernet ports in every room. That being said, my modem has a Ethernet cable that ties in directly to the port to my office on the second floor of my home, no other jacks are active but the one leading from the basement to my office. The Netgear WNR100v2 is connected directly into the jack and I have another Ethernet cable going directly to my desktop. My wife has a laptop that is on the first floor of the home and there is no problem with that connection, we even can go outside. When I do speed tests on my desktop, they average about 15-25ms ping, a down speed ~90mbps and an up speed of 11-12mbps, all GB of course. My laptop has the same ping and up speed but the down runs about 40-50mbps.
This is where things get strange. I installed a the Netgear WiFi Analytics app on my S5 and I get 100% signal but it varies from 35-65mbps. I would be ok with that if it was true. Something very odd happens when I try to search the web, go on facebook, youtube or any other site or application. It just clocks and clocks and pictures never come up. I can easily switch on to 4G LTE (verizon wireless) and boom everything is there no problem. If I visit someone else's home with a wireless network, when I connect, everything is fine.
I have changed my wireless channels to 1, 3, 6, and 11, identified that I am the only network using channel 6 or 11 and although that has actually sped up my laptop connections, it has done nothing for my S5 smartphone. I only use WPA2/AES which again by taking away the TKIP with WPA2, it has sped up the laptop, but nothing for the phone. My signal strength on the phone when I am 5 feet from the router is around -35 to 40 dBm, and does not vary much until I go outside the home. I can go into 90% of the home and still get those numbers. I have unplugged the batteries in my cordless home phones, nothing. Turned off home alarm, nothing. Even other people's cell phones are slow in my home.
I do work out of the home so I have no reason not to connect to my home wifi and reserve the data for when I leave the home. One other caveat, is my work, for some strange reason requires me to have DSL for my work connection, but I put that on channel 1 and the home cable is on channel 11. They are, however, in the same room but I do not thing it would make a huge difference....I turned that off too and still no improvement.
So, I am at a loss....I have been playing with the wifi settings for weeks and I am not getting anywhere. Thanks in advance for any help, advice, or suggestions!
Chris
Kinda sounds like a dns issue. Not so much a speed/connection problem, but that would probably cause same trouble on other devices. Router should just get dns info from the modem. For laughs, see if anything is set in the router for dns. Should be blank. Same on your s5.
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I don't really use WiFi so it's not that big of a deal but for some reason, when I do try to turn it on, it looks for a network, does find something, but then immediately shuts itself down before actually connecting to anything... Not sure what I did to cause this. Anyone have any ideas?
I've found the wifi chip to be extremely picky. I had an older SMC b router, and my TP would find it, try to connect but ultimately time out, while my Mogul would connect no problems. I bought a Buffalo b/g router and all is now good.
I also am hit or miss with the TP with hotspots. But if you can NEVER wirelessly connect you may have a defective wifi chip. There have been some threads in other communities where this was the case.
Well I ended up hard-resetting my device and the WiFi now stays connected... I must have changed some registry setting at one point...
Now on my 3rd HTC One and all have same issue. It will not connect to my router. The router is an old linksys 54 mbps. Spent hours with t'mobile and htc. Everyone says it has to be the router but I suspect the One has software issues they aren't admitting or are aware of.
The One is the only device that will not connect to the router. iphone 5, galaxy s4, laptops, apple tv, wii, etc all do just fine. Yes I tried disconnecting all devices changing password and still no connection.
The One will connect when I completely remove the security. WPA back on One's connection back off.
When I try to connect it goes through Authenticating, Obtaining IP again and again and eventually gives "network avoided due to poor internet connection"
I also got this 2 times when trying to connect to the secured wireless at the local coffee shop but 3rd time it connected.
On another note..On three separate occasions I have plugged the phone into my laptop to charge and when I come back after a while my computer has "improperly shut down".
I love the phone otherwise and wish I could use it.
Thanks for any help
I have a Galaxy S2 I9100 which I'm using as a media center at the moment. The problem I have is that my WIFI speed more than halfs when I connect the MHL adapter which I need to connect the phone to my TV. The signal doesn't change at all, I use WIFI analyzer and it shows the signal is unchanged whether MHL is connected or not. But a speed test shows a slower more inconsistent download the moment the "HDMI connected" notification appears.
Without MHL connected my test shows 4Mbps and goes through the test consistently with no hitches and all, my videos/streams play perfectly. As soon as I connect MHL the speed test goes to 1.5 at best and also stops and starts during the test. My videos/streams take longer to start and often freeze. I even tried starting a test, it was running fine at 4Mbps as usual, then connecting MHL during the test and as soon as that "HDMI connected" notification appears the test drops down towards 1Mbps and stalls repeatedly. Its really quite bizarre.
I'm using an official HDMI adapter, my wireless security is set to 2.4Ghz B/G and I've tried numerous channels all with no change. I have security on WEP, because at first I thought WPA2 was causing the problem, but I also tried no security again with no change. No doubt its not a WIFI signal problem though as WIFI Analyzer has since shown me.
My current ROM is Optimus 4.0 XWLSW. I decided on this because unlike a lot of other ROMs it supports MHL TV out. So if anyone has any suggestions on another good MHL compatible ROM to try please let me know. Any other suggestions welcome, cheers.
Having the same issue with a Galaxy Nexus using a Samsung MHL device. Haven't found any solutions but I am seeing the same issues as you in terms of speed.
Here's the issue. I've got an Appradio 2 in my car that I used to keep connected to my Note 2. The radio will allow you to use all functions of your phone from the dash, as well as displaying your home screen and any other pages you may have. This was never an issue when using a Samsung Device. It gave me access to everything my phone could do, as well as being able to display the GPS on screen. In order for this to work, an MHL adapter is required.
When using the HTC One m8 via an MHL connection, I experience drastic to total signal loss depending on the circumstances. If I'm an an area with a full signal, as soon as I connect the phone to MHL, I will drop down as far as 1 to 0 bars, and then standard 4g will kick in, but it will not be LTE. If I have anything less than a full signal, 4g will kick in, but drop down to 3g. If I have a weak 4g signal, then total signal loss occurs when the phone is connected. I've tried several different phones, and all of them work. This leads me to believe that the issue is not my adapter or my setup, but it's something internal with the phone itself. I've not seen anything online about it, so I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and is there a way to correct it?
No one has any clue? Surely someone has experience with this.
Bump. Could really use some help on this.
I thought I would take a moment and share what I have experienced recently with my home network connection.
I got a new Internet service provider since the local one I was using had too many dropped connections and my job depends on being online. But at least the modem was in the office and I could use an Ethernet cable to connect to my desktop computer to the Internet without using WIFI. This has not been the case with my new connection. The modem was in the living room. So I had to find a way to connect my desktop computer using wifi. This meant I had to buy a stick-like device and plug it into a USB port as a sort of antenna
But I had issues with this. Sometimes the connection dropped. After a while I have resorted to having an Ethernet cable go from my living room to my office. And this is where I am now. Any thoughts? It works. And, as the expression goes, "if it is not broken, don't fix it" but maybe I should be looking ahead to a better solution.
I was thinking about a wifi booster. But, on the other hand, is there nothing better or faster than having a direct and hard wired connection?