WiFi signal on TP2 - Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General

Hello everyone,
i have noticed that my TP2 has very poor WiFi signal comparing with my Nokia E51 which every time detect so many wifi networks and show good signals
but when I tun the Wifi on TP2, its difficult to detect the same networks
for example, in my work place there are 6 Wifi networks on each floor, and
and for laptops, and Nokia phone it's not a problem to connect on everyone
BUT my TP2 only shows me the closest to me, with very poor signal and its very hard to connect it.. the same situation is when Im outside.
Is the same situation with yours TP2 ? and is there any solution?
P.s. in WiFi advanced set. I have choose Best performance..but no difference!
the rom is orig HTC 1.19.401.1 (51489) WWE - 06/22/09,
and the radio is 3.46.25.30
if u have any ideas please, share it with me..
With best regards,
patzkata

Same here
I have exactly the same problem. I contacted HTC support but they gave me useless advices (like set best performance not best battery, replace the AP, etc). Their final conclusion was to go to warranty with the device - but looking at this forum and finding so many complaints about WiFi I doubt they can replace my phone with a better one ...
Radu

I noticed the same think on my one..
g connection with wpa-psk enabled only two bars on the meter connection... and i'm 3mt far from access-point
my rom is 1.19..
and radio is the latest avaible 4.49.25.17

My Kaiser (Tilt 1) has pretty poor WiFi performance too.

Same problem here. Wifi connection is very poor on my TP2. It was much better on my Kaiser. With my TP2 you need to be standing next to the AP to get a connection.

.. So there isnt a solution, right ?

Wifi connection is very good on my TP2

Have they fixed the 1mbs download (receive) limit that we had on the Touch Pro?

I dont' know, but I don't think that this will help to the Wifi
Somebody told me that Rodium with the metal cover (which is mine) has poor signal because of the metal!
that is the reason for some other phones with metal cover.. but I don't know
anyway .. I reflashed my TP2 with the original from the HTC support page
byt everithing is the same
any body have an Idea ?

mine works great, even with static routing setup. linksys is my main wired router with an smc wireless router connected to it. no problems whatsoever. could be something in the router setups.

crazythunder said:
mine works great, even with static routing setup. linksys is my main wired router with an smc wireless router connected to it. no problems whatsoever. could be something in the router setups.
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Even with the strong signal, notice how your Rx rate is only 1 Mbps....
I think this is what everyone is complaining about

iboj007 said:
Even with the strong signal, notice how your Rx rate is only 1 Mbps....
I think this is what everyone is complaining about
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I i noticed, that when I open the hardware keyboard, the signal become a little bit better, but my Rx rate is also 1 Mbps, and this is at home, where I'm 5m from the WiFi router ..
I noticed and that the Wifi anten is closer to the power buton from the top of the TP2, becase when my hand is over the Power button side the signal reduced

Bummer. I see from the screen shot that it has the same hobbled 1mbps receive rate. I was hoping HTC would fix that. It makes wifi practically worthless. :-(

Signal on my Touch Pro2 is weak too.. it's full only 1-2 meters from router. But RX rate working fine. With full signal i have RX at 54Mbps. With weak signal is lower. And what is TX rate? RX rate is only 1Mbit when i set power mode to best battery. With normal or best performance settings it depends on signal power.

I connected my daughters iPhone to my wifi networkand noticed that she has 3 times the signal strength that I get on my TP2. HTC needs to fix this it is NOT acceptable

iboj007 said:
Even with the strong signal, notice how your Rx rate is only 1 Mbps....
I think this is what everyone is complaining about
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Mine works great. Getting 54 Mbps Tx and Rx. I'm using a NetGear router with RangeMax don't know if that makes a difference or not. It shouldn't.

Something tells me that there's an ideal channel which the device will work on

Channel 5
I have channel 5 set on my Linksys AP, never had full signal, but from time to time I have both RX and TX on 54Mbps. In the past I had an hp ipaq 6915 with 802.11b (11Mbps max) with great signal, but still the real transfer rate (i.e. loading web pages, FTP etc) was lower that TP2's.
I'll try to make a poll to see on which European channel people have their APs and get the best out of TP2.
Radu

Got my Tilt 2 yesterday and I can confirm that it's got crappy wifi sensitivity. I hope a firmware / radio update can improve it.

Wifi problem in router, not TP2
Touch_Pete said:
I connected my daughters iPhone to my wifi networkand noticed that she has 3 times the signal strength that I get on my TP2. HTC needs to fix this it is NOT acceptable
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Whilst the signal radio reception strength may differ, this doesn't affect the actual receive rates that the unit defaults to.
It has nothing to do with the TP2 as to whether the rate is 1Mbps or 54... it is a setting in the router that alters this. I spent all yesterday looking at all the options on both units... what can be changed in the TP2 settings compared to then changing the router settings.
I found that by forcing the router to broadcast on g or n, and defaulting to channel 3, it forces the TP2 to accept 54 & 54 whereas it was showing 54 & 1 beforehand.
Most routers are default set to 'All' range types, so includes b, g and n (if included) and then most users leave the router to default the rest of the settings.
I have now set my router to force g and n only and forced 20MHz radio rate... although some might not have this setting.
Overall performance is nor much better, and has also improved the wireless rates for all the other wifi units around the house.

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[Q] Slow WiFi on stock TP2

Hi all,
Been fiddling with WiFi on my stock Euro latest ROM TP2. Not really had cause to use WiFi too much up until recently hence the interest.
I've noticed in the advanced WiFi properties screen, where the signal strength bar and Tx/Rx rate figures, that when I first connect to my wireless network, the Tx/Rx is 54Mbps for both, then after around 5 seconds, the Rx rate drops down to 1Mbps and stays there.
The WiFi is set to "best performance" instead of "best battery life" - not that it seems to make much difference to me.
How can I get & KEEP the Rx rate to 54Mbps?
PS: While I'm asking WiFi questions, how to stop WiFi being turned off when I switch the screen off?
Thanks in advance,
Adam.
Mine did the same thing. I changed my router from "Auto-negotiate" to a hardset 54Mbps transmit/receive rate.
The bit rate is determined by the router, not the device. jonto's solution would appear to be the correct one for you.
As for keeping wifi alive while the screen is off, check this thread. Be advised that your battery will drain MUCH faster.
Thanks guys.
The router solution is awkward as my router, a brand new, top end Netgear N300 offers 802.11n/g mixed mode - but only 300Mbps/54Mbps, and can't be set to a specific rate.
I'm curious though. The router is broadcasting at 54Mbps on 'g' and all my other WiFi devices can pull data at >1Mbps and my TP2 sees 54Mbps for a few seconds before dropping back to 1Mbps.
Surely that shows the device is actually picking up the faster speed and the router is transmitting it, but the TP2 is for some reason dumping the speed downwards?
Does anyone else notice this behaviour or want to try out what I said in my original post?
Thanks everyone,
Adam.
adamchap said:
Thanks guys.
The router solution is awkward as my router, a brand new, top end Netgear N300 offers 802.11n/g mixed mode - but only 300Mbps/54Mbps, and can't be set to a specific rate.
I'm curious though. The router is broadcasting at 54Mbps on 'g' and all my other WiFi devices can pull data at >1Mbps and my TP2 sees 54Mbps for a few seconds before dropping back to 1Mbps.
Surely that shows the device is actually picking up the faster speed and the router is transmitting it, but the TP2 is for some reason dumping the speed downwards?
Does anyone else notice this behaviour or want to try out what I said in my original post?
Thanks everyone,
Adam.
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300Mbps is the theoretical max for 802.11 N. 54Mbps is the theoretical max for 802.11 G. It doesn't mean either will ever hit those speeds. That's just the highest transfer rate that is possible on either protocol. I would suggest that you might have too many things connected to the router or your bandwidth is less than the amount of traffic the network is requesting.
Yeah I appreciate all of that - but even with a single device - the Touch Pro2 - on the network, I get just 1Mbps from it. If I put just my laptop over WiFi, I hit 40-odd, so that's taking account of the overheads. If my desktop (wired) is on, I get up towards the 100Mbps I should do.
It's definitely the TP2 at fault here. Any more ideas?

Wireless N and battery life

I thought I read somewhere that wireless N uses less battery??
Now the epic does not have a 5mhz radio...
So if I go buy a 2.4mhz wireless n router, will I see better battery life?
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Wireless N is more efficient than A B G. But your still having to transfer a lot of data, so I it all depends on how much you use it really. If you mean compared to using 3g then yes it will use less battery.
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Will i see an improvment in battery with 802.11n over 802.11g?
(ldle with useage...)
Im sure i wont see much incress in speeds, right?
Thanks!
Nathan
ac16313 said:
Wireless N is more efficient than A B G. But your still having to transfer a lot of data, so I it all depends on how much you use it really. If you mean compared to using 3g then yes it will use less battery.
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nathan951 said:
Will i see an improvment in battery with 802.11n over 802.11g?
(ldle with useage...)
Im sure i wont see much incress in speeds, right?
Thanks!
Nathan
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Mhm, you'll see an increase in speeds since 802.11n is able to handle more bandwith than 802.11g
And yeah you'll have better battery since its more efficient
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nathan951 said:
I thought I read somewhere that wireless N uses less battery??
Now the epic does not have a 5mhz radio...
So if I go buy a 2.4mhz wireless n router, will I see better battery life?
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Not sure how this will be more efficient if your still running in the same spectrum? The whole point in wireless N is to run in a different spectrum then A B G. 2.4 is full and fragmented unless you have a N capable device it is still going to be in the full and fragmented 2.4 spectrum sorry just doesn't compute for me. If your saying a N router will handle 2.4 better not to sure about that. Unless the Epic is N capable and if that is the case I will be going out to buy a new router
Just my 7 cents worth! Sorry use to be 2 cents but inflation you know.
I have wireless n. On eclair I would see massive difference in using wifi over 3g as far as battery but not on froyo they are about the same now. But speed wise the n is way faster and has really good range too.
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Not sure how this will be more efficient if your still running in the same spectrum? The whole point in wireless N is to run in a different spectrum then A B G. 2.4 is full and fragmented unless you have a N capable device it is still going to be in the full and fragmented 2.4 spectrum sorry just doesn't compute for me. If your saying a N router will handle 2.4 better not to sure about that. Unless the Epic is N capable and if that is the case I will be going out to buy a new router
Just my 7 cents worth! Sorry use to be 2 cents but inflation you know.
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Yes he's asking if it will be better to buy an N capable router to replace his A B G.
7 is the new 2
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nathan951 said:
I thought I read somewhere that wireless N uses less battery??
Now the epic does not have a 5mhz radio...
So if I go buy a 2.4mhz wireless n router, will I see better battery life?
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From my limited knowledge and experience, it really depends on signal strength. Let's pose an example.
Assume one's 3G signal is 1 bar out of 5, while their 802.11g (Wifi) signal is 5 bars out of 5. Running on Wifi will lead to much greater battery life than on 3G because your connection will be much stronger, i.e. less chance of dropped signal, blah blah, etc.
Now, assume one's 802.11g (Wifi) signal is now 1 bar out of 5, while their 3G signal is 5 bars out of 5. This is iffy territory, but generally one can safely imagine that running on 3G will yield better battery life, simply because the phone is still going to have to work pretty hard to maintain a constant Wifi signal.
Now, move into the realm of 802.11g vs 802.11n. Assume signal strength for both will be equal, either 1 bar out of 5, 2 bars out of 5, 3 bars out of 5, etc. The difference between each signal is efficiency and speed. The faster one can transfer the same amount of data, the less amount of time the phone has to remain in a state of high CPU frequency and heavy load. Furthermore, 802.11n (Wireless-N) is known to have a higher efficiency than 802.11g (Wireless-G), so battery should be saved there, too.
Still, I think it's also safe to say that the difference between a Wireless-G router and Wireless-N router will be about equal in terms of battery life. Maybe you'll get another 15 minutes of battery if you upgrade to Wireless-N. MAYBE. And that's assuming you transfer or download large files on your phone, or listen to lots of Pandora where you're constantly using data. Is it worth it? Will you actually notice that in the real world? Is that assumption even applicable to how you use your phone?
tl;dr - Unless the Wireless-N router's greater range over the Wireless-G router will get you more bars when connected to Wifi on your phone, the difference is likely negligible.
Thanks for the info!!!
Ok so I gather that I won't see a big increase in battery, by buyn a new N router, but I stil might just to add one to my network for stronger signal...
Now I have a large house, 3500sf. I have 3 routers (fios router, one in media closet, one in back side of house) why won't my epic drop the weak wifi, and connect to stronger one? Won't this help battery life?
Also is there a wifi preference order (prefred wifi connection), like on windows?
Right now my routers are just set as access points (not gateways), so my fios router is my dhcp for all wireless routers on the same subnet... currently each router has a different ssid....
Should I set all ssid as the same name, can this help? Or will it just confuse my phone?
Thanks again,
Nathan
Blankrubber said:
From my limited knowledge and experience, it really depends on signal strength. Let's pose an example.
Assume one's 3G signal is 1 bar out of 5, while their 802.11g (Wifi) signal is 5 bars out of 5. Running on Wifi will lead to much greater battery life than on 3G because your connection will be much stronger, i.e. less chance of dropped signal, blah blah, etc.
Now, assume one's 802.11g (Wifi) signal is now 1 bar out of 5, while their 3G signal is 5 bars out of 5. This is iffy territory, but generally one can safely imagine that running on 3G will yield better battery life, simply because the phone is still going to have to work pretty hard to maintain a constant Wifi signal.
Now, move into the realm of 802.11g vs 802.11n. Assume signal strength for both will be equal, either 1 bar out of 5, 2 bars out of 5, 3 bars out of 5, etc. The difference between each signal is efficiency and speed. The faster one can transfer the same amount of data, the less amount of time the phone has to remain in a state of high CPU frequency and heavy load. Furthermore, 802.11n (Wireless-N) is known to have a higher efficiency than 802.11g (Wireless-G), so battery should be saved there, too.
Still, I think it's also safe to say that the difference between a Wireless-G router and Wireless-N router will be about equal in terms of battery life. Maybe you'll get another 15 minutes of battery if you upgrade to Wireless-N. MAYBE. And that's assuming you transfer or download large files on your phone, or listen to lots of Pandora where you're constantly using data. Is it worth it? Will you actually notice that in the real world? Is that assumption even applicable to how you use your phone?
tl;dr - Unless the Wireless-N router's greater range over the Wireless-G router will get you more bars when connected to Wifi on your phone, the difference is likely negligible.
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2 things you may want to research 1 put your router in the center of your house then range issues are gone. If you cannot put it in the center then look at making the other routers a wireless repeater of the first. Which means they would all put out the same ssid and all be the same wifi connection just repeated from the first router just stronger cuz the 2nd and 3rd routers are transmitting and recieiving data. Now I'm gonna throw in a 3rd option go buy a cisco wireless access point that will have your wifi covered for a qtr mile and has connection speeds of 110mbps rather than 50mbps but that wireless access point is $750
If I do bey an expencive router that has a high output radio, will I have a problem with the router receiving the data packets from my low output epic radio?
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2 things you may want to research 1 put your router in the center of your house then range issues are gone. If you cannot put it in the center then look at making the other routers a wireless repeater of the first. Which means they would all put out the same ssid and all be the same wifi connection just repeated from the first router just stronger cuz the 2nd and 3rd routers are transmitting and recieiving data. Now I'm gonna throw in a 3rd option go buy a cisco wireless access point that will have your wifi covered for a qtr mile and has connection speeds of 110mbps rather than 50mbps but that wireless access point is $750
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The connection speeds on any wireless N router are 100mps aren't they? I mean if the device can handle it of course.
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ac16313 said:
The connection speeds on any wireless N router are 100mps aren't they? I mean if the device can handle it of course.
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Just ran a speedtest off my dualband 150mbps router.
on pc i average: 9 ping, 30.5 mb download and 3.5 upload
on phone just got: 29 ping, 13.5mb, and 3.5 upload
So it's not going to be as fast as your connection if you have a good connection, but if it's a slower connection(10m or so), you oughta be fine.
You have amazing speeds haha.
I get about 11mbps dl 4mbps ul
On my computer
And about 14mbps dl and 4mbps ul
On my epic
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I have a 15 meg connection, and when I upgraded my router from g to n, I went from getting about 8 meg on the phone to about 12. My new router is a dual band, so that helps too. I live in a crowded wireless area, so channel selection is everything. Luckly there are android apps to help with that. I can't really say if it made much difference in battery life since I change roms too much, but its definately better than the weak 3g signal in my apartment.
P.s. if you're upgrading your router, look at the buffalo wzr-hp-g300nh. Its got dd-wrt, is high powered, and has tons more ram and cpu than anything under $100.
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wifi weak( 20db less)

Wifi range has been terrible on this phone. I tried messing with my router settings for a while and thought maybe some phones are better than others but i lose my wifi calling too easily so I installed a wifi analyzer app and compared to my moms galaxy S 4g and my laptop. My network and the half dozen networks around me show the the same relative strengths but minus 20 db on the defy. Near or far g or n open or secured its pretty consistent -20 in comparison for each network i can see. I can get full bars of the wifi icon on defy but only with line of sight to the router.
Is this a known defect? If i return this phone is there a good chance that i'll get another one with bad wifi? I don't think there's too many defys left in the store.
Im running stock rom still so i don't think its a software problem.

[Q] WiFi and Netgear Powerline Wireless Adapter-technical question

I have a Cisco E4200 Wireless N Router downstairs, which provides great speed with my Galaxy Nexus. My bedroom is at the other corner of the house, and the signal has poor penetration there. Our house also has poor 3G/4G reception, and in fact, we have to use the Network Extender to get call reliability. So I need to get a better Wireless signal up there.
So, I just bought and installed the Netgear AV200 Powerline Wireless N Extender - the 'base' unit connects to the router downstairs via ethernet, and plugs into a wall socket. The Wireless adapter plugs into a socket in our bedroom, and is able to access the network via powerlines, and generates a strong Wireless N signal.
The problem relates to SSID, signal stength, etc.
Initially, I set up the Netgear adapter to use the same SSID and passphrase as the Cisco Router. Using WiFi analyzer, I can see this signal and it's strong. But my GNexus doesn't connect to it, but remains connected to the 2.4GHz signal coming from downstairs, even though it is much weaker.
I then created a different SSID for the Netgear Wireless Adapter, and a corresponding new WiFi connection on my phone, and it connects fine and gets great signal. But it doesn't seem to want to switch from the weaker downstairs signal, to the stronger upstairs signal, when I go upstairs. I have to manually switch.
So:
Is there any way to configure things to use the same SSID, and have my phone seamlessly switch between the 2 signals, using whichever is the strongest? Why isn't working to begin with?
Or, is there someway to configure the phone so that it readily switches to whichever SSID has the strongest signal?
If this needs to be posted elsewhere, please suggest where.
Thanks.
I cannot speak to the capabilities of Linksys by Cisco gear, but what I can tell is how we combat this issue in a "WiFi dense" area such as stadiums or hospitals. On all of Cisco's enterprise level products, you have the ability to disconnect any client that drops below a certain speed/signal (thus pushing to a closer AP with better signal). So, it a large, WiFi dense area, we would push all clients off an AP that were connecting at say, less than 24Mbit/s in a G environment.
You can try to see if your Linksys product supports that but I doubt it. Maybe a 3rd party firmware is available for your Linksys like DD-WRT that can offer that capability.
The downside to WiFi is, once a client connects, it holds on for dear life.
Thanks for the reply frogskins.
I looked through all the Cisco Router's settings and don't see anything that would enable what you're suggesting.
With a little more observation, it does appear that, with different SSID's at present, my phone will eventually switch to the stronger signal on its own, but it takes a while. As you said, it seems to want to "hold on" but eventually comes to its senses!
Any other thoughts on this, or how to use the same SSID, and have it switch seamlessly? With the same SSID, WiFi Analyzer showed both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands from the Cisco Router, and also the slightly different (2.6 GHz?) band from the Netgear adapter, all with the same SSID, but my phone didn't seem to be using or accessing the Netgear band, even though the signal was dramatically stronger.
Thanks.
G products should all fall within one of the 11 channels allocated within the 2.4GHz range. N products can do either 2.4 and 5Ghz. You should definitely not see anything in the 2.6 range on Wifi Analyzer.
Another thing you could consider is: does the Linksys support external antennas? By using higher gain dipoles or even directional antennas you can boost signal coverage in distant areas of a house or office without using the wireless extender. Lastly, usually products from the same manufacturer work best, ie Linksys AP and Linksys extender. Even though 802.11n is a standard now, interoperability is still an issue.
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Having the same SSID in different devices isnt going to make the phone switch from one to the other. You need to set up one device as an "extender" of the other, if you have already done this, then disregard this post and there is nothing you can easily do to fix your problem as you are running two different networks.
I know for my apple wireless routers, one unit is the base and my second and third units just grab the main signal and extend its reach.
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Having the same SSID in different devices isnt going to make the phone switch from one to the other. You need to set up one device as an "extender" of the other, if you have already done this, then disregard this post and there is nothing you can easily do to fix your problem as you are running two different networks.
I know for my apple wireless routers, one unit is the base and my second and third units just grab the main signal and extend its reach.
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Well, I configured the Netgear Wireless adapter with the same SSID and passphrase as my Linksys E4200 Router.
Is there some other step, on other device, so that the Netgear device is seen as an "extender"?
Also - someone else suggested that the two devices with the same SSID and passphrase must be on separate channels in order for this to work - is that correct?
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Also - someone else suggested that the two devices with the same SSID and passphrase must be on separate channels in order for this to work - is that correct?
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That is 100% correct. Even though most WiFi AP's allow you to select channels 1-11, the only channels that do not overlap at all are 1,6 and 11. To prevent the signal from one device degrading the signal from another, they should be on separate, non-overlapping channels. This goes for any wifi signals you are possible picking up from neighbors, etc too. Run WiFi Analyzer and see what channels would be best to use.
And my apologies, I mis-read your original post. I thought you said the Netgear was an extender, not just another AP. If it is not an extender, then we have other issues to deal with.
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That is 100% correct. Even though most WiFi AP's allow you to select channels 1-11, the only channels that do not overlap at all are 1,6 and 11. To prevent the signal from one device degrading the signal from another, they should be on separate, non-overlapping channels. This goes for any wifi signals you are possible picking up from neighbors, etc too. Run WiFi Analyzer and see what channels would be best to use.
And my apologies, I mis-read your original post. I thought you said the Netgear was an extender, not just another AP. If it is not an extender, then we have other issues to deal with.
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Thanks again.
Regarding the frequencies, WiFi Analyzer shows my Linksys Router as using Channel 11 at 2462 MHz. The Netgear Adapter is shown as using Channel 1 at 2412 MHz. I knew I saw a "6" in there somewhere
The Linksys Router is set to use Channel 11, the Netgear Adapter is set to "Auto" but can be changed to a specific channel if desired.
As for whether the Netgear Adapter is an "extender" or "just another AP" I'll have to confess ignorance. Here's a link to Netgear's page on this:
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/powerline-and-coax/work-and-play/XAVNB2001.aspx
So currently, I have different SSID's for each device, and my phone will switch to the stronger signal eventually, but it seems to take at least 2 to 3 or so minutes to do this.
It makes me wonder that even if I can successfully configure both to the same SSID, if it will switch any faster than this.
Basically, I'd just like to configure things so that my phone quickly and seamlessly switches to the strongest available signal. Any thoughts on the best way to do this, or is it just going to take the phone a few minutes to switch to the better signal?

Weird wifi issue with solution on 5ghz arris chips

So my phone seems to act really wonky on 5ghz band and ATT and comcast both have arris chipset based routers, the throughput speed is fine but the ping goes up and it has a intermittent packet throughput or something when i play games it goes from orange to green to orange to green with totally inconsistent ping times, i could only find one thread where i read these phones do not like arris chipsets which kinda sucks because thats all these broadband providers give out. on comcast modems you cant even use the 5ghz band its so bad, on att it works half of the time but the solution i found is to login to the 2.4ghz band, then logout then switch back to the 5ghz band and it seems to work, i know its working properly because my ping times are consistently 25ms when its having a problem its always 45+ms which isnt that huge of a difference but its so strange because clearing the cache does not solve this problem, im on the latest nof27b updated running pure nexus now, so i really wish they could fix this problem, if my router is unplugged and plugged back in it has this problem as well, i hate that i have to do a buncha restarting and logging in, at first i thought my pixel was broken, and i spent upward of 6 hours flashing and reflashing back to stock and rooting etc. anyone else with a similiar problem
Get some of the network tools on your phone and do some testing/data collection. If it truly is bad connecting to the 5Ghz network your only solution might be to buy your own wifi router and connect it to the cable modem and use your own WiFi setup (make sure you set it to use different channels than the ISP one if you can't turn off the ISP WiFi). We have Netgear X8 here at home and I only connect to 5 Ghz with zero issues.
vidfinnx said:
So my phone seems to act really wonky on 5ghz band and ATT and comcast both have arris chipset based routers, the throughput speed is fine but the ping goes up and it has a intermittent packet throughput or something when i play games it goes from orange to green to orange to green with totally inconsistent ping times, i could only find one thread where i read these phones do not like arris chipsets which kinda sucks because thats all these broadband providers give out. on comcast modems you cant even use the 5ghz band its so bad, on att it works half of the time but the solution i found is to login to the 2.4ghz band, then logout then switch back to the 5ghz band and it seems to work, i know its working properly because my ping times are consistently 25ms when its having a problem its always 45+ms which isnt that huge of a difference but its so strange because clearing the cache does not solve this problem, im on the latest nof27b updated running pure nexus now, so i really wish they could fix this problem, if my router is unplugged and plugged back in it has this problem as well, i hate that i have to do a buncha restarting and logging in, at first i thought my pixel was broken, and i spent upward of 6 hours flashing and reflashing back to stock and rooting etc. anyone else with a similiar problem
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I have a suggestion to your problems, i think this has something to do with this problem that you mentioned, it has a intermittent packet throughput or something when i play games it goes from orange to green to orange to green with totally inconsistent ping times, see this is where the problem is, as you said before, login to the 2.4ghz band, then logout then switch back to the 5ghz band and it seems to work, but wait i have a suggestion login to the 2.4ghz band, then logout then switch back to the 5ghz band and it seems to work, and so do i, and i spent upward of 6 hours flashing on comcast modems you cant even use the 5ghz band its so bad, i hate that i have to do a buncha restarting and logging in with totally inconsistent ping times, wonky on 5ghz band and ATT and comcast both have arris chipset based routers, anyone else with a similiar problem, ne thread where i read these phones do not like arris chipsets which kinda sucks because thats all these broadband providers give out. on comcast modems you cant even use the 5ghz band its so bad, on att it works half of the time but the solution i found is to login to the 2.4ghz band, then logout then switch back to the 5ghz band and it seems to work, i know its working properly because my ping times are consistently 25ms when its having a problem its always 45+ms , the ping goes up and it has a intermittent packet throughput or something when i play games it goes from orange to green to orange to green with totally inconsistent ping times, i could only find one thread where i read these phones do not like arris chipsets which kinda sucks because thats all these broadband providers give out. on comcast modems you cant even use the 5ghz band its so bad, on att it works half of the time but the solution i found is to login to the 2.4ghz band, then logout then switch back to the 5ghz band and it seems to work, i know its working properly because my ping times are consistently 25ms.
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Example...See all the ping times around the 25ms range then after all night it jumps to the 40s for some reason In the morning and network toggle doesn't seem to help now switching networks...
this is getting annoying cant seem to fix this and it seems to happen if the phone sits around idle for a while
You'll probably need to get your own WiFi router to plug into the cable modem. That was the only solution of us when we were in an apartment 2 years ago where they supplied ATT Uverse. WiFi was practically unusable. Plugged my router in and we connected to that with zero issues. Phones and computers.
aspexil said:
You'll probably need to get your own WiFi router to plug into the cable modem. That was the only solution of us when we were in an apartment 2 years ago where they supplied ATT Uverse. WiFi was practically unusable. Plugged my router in and we connected to that with zero issues. Phones and computers.
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ok so it is probably ATT shoddy equipment then, i figured as much
vidfinnx said:
ok so it is probably ATT shoddy equipment then, i figured as much
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Keep your fingers crossed the cable modem connection is good. If there are any issues in their network you may find that plugging your own router in won't work. I'd buy one from someplace you know you can take it back for a refund if it doesn't solve your problems. At least in our situation it was their crappy wifi router that wasn't good and the network itself was okay.
aspexil said:
Keep your fingers crossed the cable modem connection is good. If there are any issues in their network you may find that plugging your own router in won't work. I'd buy one from someplace you know you can take it back for a refund if it doesn't solve your problems. At least in our situation it was their crappy wifi router that wasn't good and the network itself was okay.
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network is fine, pretty sure its this crappy router as it has zero customisations whats weird though is it only disagrees with the pixel xl sometimes i dont understand it, ive had to reset it before and then it works fine.
This problem is getting annoying, it pops up no matter what factory image i flash, and if i shut off my wifi and then immediately turn it back on it happens, is anyone else having problems like this on their wifi i hate to feel like something is hardware broken on my pixel i dont wanna return it to verizon and get a bootloader locked one, this is on a completely stock reflash nmf207b Using an ATT gateway 5268AC, throughput speeds are fine but this ping consistency is annoying. What controls the wifi in these, which driver or radio or image. 5ghz AC band on a dual band

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