Like the title says, does anyone know for sure if the 900 supports 802.11n over 5ghz instead of 2.4ghz? been searching and i can't seem to find anything.
Thanks in advance
simbadogg said:
Like the title says, does anyone know for sure if the 900 supports 802.11n over 5ghz instead of 2.4ghz? been searching and i can't seem to find anything.
Thanks in advance
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it does not. Samsung focus s did. The hd7, lumia 710 and 900 do not.
I can confirm. My Focus S saw and connected to my 5Ghz wireless with no problems.
The Lumia 900 doesn''t even 'see' it.
Just out of curiousity, what would you do with an N connection on your phone?
Just curious, not judging or questioning your need.
hx4700 Killer said:
Just out of curiousity, what would you do with an N connection on your phone?
Just curious, not judging or questioning your need.
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for me , I just want to connect with what's available. But I have the same type of question around camera quality..why do you expect voque quality pics from from a phone camera placed in your pocket.
Your question to the wireless gave tme the perspective for the camera!
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Just out of curiousity, what would you do with an N connection on your phone?
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I assume you're asking why would I need a 5GHz connection and not a 2.4GHz connection: both can be 802.11n.
The reason is simple in my case. From various spots in my apartment, there's upwards of 25 different wireless connections on the 2.4GHz band. There's zero on the 5GHz band. If I'm connected on 2.4GHz, I'm lucky to get a signal 20 feet from my router.
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I assume you're asking why would I need a 5GHz connection and not a 2.4GHz connection: both can be 802.11n.
The reason is simple in my case. From various spots in my apartment, there's upwards of 25 different wireless connections on the 2.4GHz band. There's zero on the 5GHz band. If I'm connected on 2.4GHz, I'm lucky to get a signal 20 feet from my router.
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No, I am asking what the benefit of a potential 300MB(N) connection VS 10MB(B) or 54MB(G) to a cell phone would be considering most home internet is in the 1MB to 10MB range.
So essentially, what does one need a 300MB connection to their cell phone?
However, in your case I assume you only have N on the 2.4G band and no B or G ?
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No, I am asking what the benefit of a potential 300MB(N) connection VS 10MB(B) or 54MB(G) to a cell phone would be considering most home internet is in the 1MB to 10MB range.
So essentially, what does one need a 300MB connection to their cell phone?
However, in your case I assume you only have N on the 2.4G band and no B or G ?
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I think it could be useful if you do the "Wireless Sync" option with Zune. 300MB/s internal network speeds would make wireless syncing a lot faster.
But now that I think about it - since wireless syncing usually happens at night, while you're asleep, and your phone is charging... super fast speeds probably aren't need anyway.
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Anyone been able to connect to a 5GHz WiFi network witht the Galaxy Nexus?
Forcing the "Wi-Fi Frequency band" setting to 5GHz only just results in an empty list of available networks, despite the phone being sat underneath a very decent enterprise-grade dual band AP (Ruckus 7363, Atheros chipsets). Have tried a bunch of different channels on the Ruckus AP (in both the 36-64 and 100-136 range) and switched between 20 and 40Mhz channel widths to no avail.
As far as I can tell, the Galaxy Nexus uses a BCM4330 chipset should have a 5GHz amp, would be ashame if there's no 5GHz antenna for it?!
Chris.
My bad. Think I was changing channels on the wrong AP when testing out 5GHz earlier.
The Galaxy Nexus does indeed support 5GHz, albeit on a limited number of channels (connecting at a 65MBps maximum datarate):
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Just to finish up on this: After a bit of testing with an iPhone 4s (which also uses the same BCM4330 chipset and has no problems with any 5GHz channels), I'd guess that the GN's apparent limited support for 5GHz wifi is down to a software issue.
Basically the channels it supports are the ones that don't require DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) to be enabled on the AP, for use in the US (Europe apparently doesn't care about DFS).
I'd guess that the driver as is doesn't support interop with DFS (which I'd assume should be an AP-side function anyway) and rather than trust me that I'm in Europe, it just prevents those channels from being used.
Ashame, as it means 5GHz support is basically broken when it comes to using it with 'enterprise-grade' kit (not sure if consumer APs generally support DFS or not).
it should work with 5 Ghz WiFi
even the SGS2 works with 5 Ghz WiFi
at home i can connect using my 5 Ghz WiFi
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Just to finish up on this: After a bit of testing with an iPhone 4s (which also uses the same BCM4330 chipset and has no problems with any 5GHz channels), I'd guess that the GN's apparent limited support for 5GHz wifi is down to a software issue.
Basically the channels it supports are the ones that don't require DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) to be enabled on the AP, for use in the US (Europe apparently doesn't care about DFS).
I'd guess that the driver as is doesn't support interop with DFS (which I'd assume should be an AP-side function anyway) and rather than trust me that I'm in Europe, it just prevents those channels from being used.
Ashame, as it means 5GHz support is basically broken when it comes to using it with 'enterprise-grade' kit (not sure if consumer APs generally support DFS or not).
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Hmmm...there's something odd going on with my GN with 5Ghz Wifi - I have a couple of Netgear routers 802.11N running on channels 36 and 44 and the GN connected no problems for the first few hours, but now it just won't grab an IP address. I've resorted to the G channels on 2.4Ghz, but have no idea why the handset suddenly won't pick up an IP on the 5Ghz even though I'm getting 'excellent' reception.
Any ideas? I've rebooted the phone and the network. The Mac and the iPad are the other devices on the 5Ghz and they're fine...
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I'd guess that the driver as is doesn't support interop with DFS (which I'd assume should be an AP-side function anyway) and rather than trust me that I'm in Europe, it just prevents those channels from being used.
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Have you check if it's not just your Regulatory domain settings that are wrong? I don't have a GN yet so I can't check but used to be under Advanced in Wifi settings.
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Hmmm...there's something odd going on with my GN with 5Ghz Wifi - I have a couple of Netgear routers 802.11N running on channels 36 and 44 and the GN connected no problems for the first few hours, but now it just won't grab an IP address. I've resorted to the G channels on 2.4Ghz, but have no idea why the handset suddenly won't pick up an IP on the 5Ghz even though I'm getting 'excellent' reception.
Any ideas? I've rebooted the phone and the network. The Mac and the iPad are the other devices on the 5Ghz and they're fine...
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Works fine on my Netgear WNDR3700, weird.
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Works fine on my Netgear WNDR3700, weird.
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It's very strange (I've got older DNDR3300 and WNDR3300 in the house) - it can see the SSIDs for 5Ghz, but just won't allocate me an IP address...I've looked at the wifi diagnostics through the *#*#info#*#* and there's nothing I can really do. I'm taking the thing back to '3' tomorrow.
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It's very strange (I've got older DNDR3300 and WNDR3300 in the house) - it can see the SSIDs for 5Ghz, but just won't allocate me an IP address...I've looked at the wifi diagnostics through the *#*#info#*#* and there's nothing I can really do. I'm taking the thing back to '3' tomorrow.
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have you tried allocating it an ip address manually in the router, basically forcing dhcp to allocate a specific one? Did you try connecting with no encryption as well (def worth a go)
animaleyes76 said:
have you tried allocating it an ip address manually in the router, basically forcing dhcp to allocate a specific one? Did you try connecting with no encryption as well (def worth a go)
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Yup - did all that. turned off encryption, added guest networks, turned off DHCP and entered manual IPs. The GN picks up the G and obtains the IP address no problem, but it just won't with the N...
chingf0rd said:
Yup - did all that. turned off encryption, added guest networks, turned off DHCP and entered manual IPs. The GN picks up the G and obtains the IP address no problem, but it just won't with the N...
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Bummer. assumed you would have had done all that..
Just to add to the body of knowledge surrounding this. I have an Airport Extreme (Gen2), which had a recent firmware upgrade. This set it's automatic channel selection to use channel 100 - which my GN could not see. It took a downgrade from 7.6 to 7.4.2 for it to use channel 36 - and now I'm happy and connected. (I have other b/g APs in the house, but its nice to be on the fastest!)
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Just to add to the body of knowledge surrounding this. I have an Airport Extreme (Gen2), which had a recent firmware upgrade. This set it's automatic channel selection to use channel 100 - which my GN could not see. It took a downgrade from 7.6 to 7.4.2 for it to use channel 36 - and now I'm happy and connected. (I have other b/g APs in the house, but its nice to be on the fastest!)
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Was it a case that the GN could not see your network at all before?
I mean, my GN can 'see' the N networks, it just won't grab an IP - it just says 'Saved, secured WPA2 etc...' and will not obtain an IP.
I'm gonna replace the handset soon anyway with the volume 2g problem.
For reference: The 5Ghz spectrum isn't required to use N-based routing. It'll give you a bit more distance and speed, but not very much (think in the range of an extra ~10%). It's a misconception that 5Ghz is the only way to use the N-band.
As far as distance goes, that shouldn't really matter for your phone unless you're on the absolute fringe of the range. As for speed, you'll absolutely never notice a difference using a phone. The only time you'd notice a difference in speed is when transferring large files from computer to computer (or if your data connection is upwards of 25Mbps, but this wouldn't matter for the phone, either).
OK, if this is just for reference, we'd best get it right ;-) All slightly off topic, but it goes someway to explaining why having the GN support for all the 5GHz channels would be useful.
Signal propagation at 5GHz is generally worse than at 2.4GHz. All other things being equal (xmit power, antenna gains, interference, etc) a 5GHz signal will actually have less range than a 2.4GHz one.
The 2.4GHz/5GHz issue isn't so much about range or relative throughput in the best case scenario. It's about the worst case scenario - what happens to your speed when there's interference.
The 2.4GHz band has three, useful, non-overlapping 20MHz channels (1,6 and 11). 5GHz has around 19 non overlapping 40MHz channels (of which the Galaxy Nexus supports a measly four) *and* a scheme for dynamically avoiding interference on-the-fly (DFS).
This translates into significantly more stable performance on 5GHz compared to a congested 2.4GHz band (as it is in most built up urban areas - eg I see about 30APs broadcasting on 2.4Ghz now from my home in central London).
TLDR; If you live in a field - 2.4GHz is fine. If you live in a city, 5GHz is the future.
I'd suggest the following for a good bit of background on WiFi, along with some useful benchmarks showing just why most domestic APs/Wifi routers are crap in any case:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wi-fi-performance,2985.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/571-wi-fi-beamforming-networking.html
Setting my Linksys 610 DDWrt router to channel 36 with a channel width of 40MHZ did the trick. Thanks!
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The 2.4GHz band has three, useful, non-overlapping 20MHz channels (1,6 and 11). 5GHz has around 19 non overlapping 40MHz channels (of which the Galaxy Nexus supports a measly four) *and* a scheme for dynamically avoiding interference on-the-fly (DFS).
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Does anyone know if the "measly four" is a mistake by the firmware, a regulatory thing or just a hardware limitation?
My router performs best at channel 161 (it's a DD-WRT firmware thing) which means I can't see it on my phone, but I'm fine to access it on both my netbook and laptop.
Just want to thank the OP for this truly excellent thread. I also uncovered that the GN can also connect to the UNII-3 and the 5.8 ISM bands (channels 149-165), which are also non-DFS.
BinkXDA said:
Just want to thank the OP for this truly excellent thread. I also uncovered that the GN can also connect to the UNII-3 and the 5.8 ISM bands (channels 149-165), which are also non-DFS.
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Seconded, I must have missed this post originally. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my GN connected to my Linksys E3000 running DD-WRT on channel 161 (40 MHz width).
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My bad. Think I was changing channels on the wrong AP when testing out 5GHz earlier.
The Galaxy Nexus does indeed support 5GHz, albeit on a limited number of channels (connecting at a 65MBps maximum datarate):
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Thank you very much. Simple, concise, worked perfectly. Cheers mate.
I purchased my phone shortly after launch, so I've had it for a while. Every now and then, I'll randomly perform a speed test through the Speedtest.net app. I've noticed that I've never gotten more than 10mbps down when connected via Wi-Fi, even though I have a 50mbps connection -- on LTE, I've gotten up to 20mbps. I've also tested the phone on other Wi-Fi networks, with the same result.
People often say that the online speed tests aren't 100% accurate, so I decided to test the phone using iperf. I used a Linux machine with a direct ethernet connection to the router as the iperf server. I ran several tests, and they all came back with ~10mbps.
Is this normal, or do I have a defective phone that needs to be taken back to AT&T? What's the warranty on these phones, btw? I bought it off-contract at an AT&T retail store.
No, I can get my full internet connection speed through my phone (15mbps). I'd suggest running the test when you the phone is physically closer to the wireless router.
Do you have a 'g' or 'n' wireless connection?
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No, I can get my full internet connection speed through my phone (15mbps). I'd suggest running the test when you the phone is physically closer to the wireless router.
Do you have a 'g' or 'n' wireless connection?
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I've tested on both G and N, as well as 2.4GHz and 5GHz. I've done all my tests within arms reach of the router.
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I've tested on both G and N, as well as 2.4GHz and 5GHz. I've done all my tests within arms reach of the router.
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Got me stumped then.
The phone connects at G not N, it doesn't have 5GHz capabilities.
The best on N connection (300mbps) PC to PC on my home network, is about sustain 12MB/sec (megabytes/sec), that's about 96mbps which is actually pretty good for N 300mbps.
The phone best can do is 1MB/sec, which is about what I was getting on G network card PC to PC, therefor it seems this phone doesn't actually have N connection
These statistics are pure amateur stats using NetMeter on PC and Traffic Monitor on phone.
My router doesn't show actual connection speed of a device
[email protected] said:
The phone connects at G not N, it doesn't have 5GHz capabilities.
The best on N connection (300mbps) PC to PC on my home network, is about sustain 12MB/sec (megabytes/sec), that's about 96mbps which is actually pretty good for N 300mbps.
The phone best can do is 1MB/sec, which is about what I was getting on G network card PC to PC, therefor it seems this phone doesn't actually have N connection
These statistics are pure amateur stats using NetMeter on PC and Traffic Monitor on phone.
My router doesn't show actual connection speed of a device
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You could see connection speed in wifi settings by tapping on connected network.
[email protected] said:
The phone connects at G not N, it doesn't have 5GHz capabilities.
The best on N connection (300mbps) PC to PC on my home network, is about sustain 12MB/sec (megabytes/sec), that's about 96mbps which is actually pretty good for N 300mbps.
The phone best can do is 1MB/sec, which is about what I was getting on G network card PC to PC, therefor it seems this phone doesn't actually have N connection
These statistics are pure amateur stats using NetMeter on PC and Traffic Monitor on phone.
My router doesn't show actual connection speed of a device
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You're right, it doesn't have 5GHz capabilities. My mistake. I did my iperf tests on two different routers, an ASUS RT-N66U (stock) and Linksys WRT54GL (w/ DD-WRT). I forgot that my phone only connects to the 2.4GHz band of the ASUS router.
Anyways, do believe that it does have N capabilities. It's listed in the specs. It's just that we don't get anything close to N speeds.
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You could see connection speed in wifi settings by tapping on connected network.
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65Mbps = G network...Nice lie, LG!
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You're right, it doesn't have 5GHz capabilities. My mistake. I did my iperf tests on two different routers, an ASUS RT-N66U (stock) and Linksys WRT54GL (w/ DD-WRT). I forgot that my phone only connects to the 2.4GHz band of the ASUS router.
Anyways, do believe that it does have N capabilities. It's listed in the specs. It's just that we don't get anything close to N speeds.
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It doesn't seem to be related to that though. I only have G wifi at home, and I can get 1.5MB/sec (12mbps) which is my maximum internet speed without any issue.
Have you tried running a speed test on a different wifi network?
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65Mbps = G network...Nice lie, LG!
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Not necessarily. Some routers can do better than 54mbps on wireless-G if the device supports it. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/125_High_Speed_Mode
Dunno if that's actually what's happening though.
Hi,
Just wondering what the best wireless connection people have made with the HOX.
With my current router i just get 65mbps, but only when i am right next to the router.
I was thinking of getting a wireless router one of those 450Mbps 2.4/5.0Ghz.
Does the Hox even support the 5.0Ghz band?
thanks
No it doesnt accept the 5ghz frequency unfortunately.
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No it doesnt accept the 5ghz frequency unfortunately.
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The HTX One X does have a dual band radio, so yes it can use either 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz. As for max speeds on most mobile devices these won't be great because of a few reasons like single antenna and power saving.
Having said that in the advanced wireless settings you can enable a setting for better wireless performance but it does warn that this will suck much more battery life. I haven't played with this myself but it may be worth trying to see what it does for you.
Good luck.
I can only seem to connect at 150Mbps. Is this phone wireless N 150Mbps or 300Mbps or 450Mbps?
Is your router capable of 300Mbps or 450Mbps?
actng said:
I can only seem to connect at 150Mbps. Is this phone wireless N 150Mbps or 300Mbps or 450Mbps?
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According to Geekaphone.com it's Wireless N 150Mbps. Hope this helps
No worries about that, to have an isp providing internet at that speed would put you on the to 1% list.
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I can only seem to connect at 150Mbps. Is this phone wireless N 150Mbps or 300Mbps or 450Mbps?
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I only ever remember seeing a 150Mbps linkspeed on TouchWiz, even though my Dlink WNDR3700 (w/dd-wrt) router supports faster, and I've only seen up to 65-72Mbps on CM10 fwiw.
I tend to use the 802.11G more than N, though, because it has much better range, and almost always gets a 54Mbps linkspeed, which is still plenty of bandwidth (~6MB/s) for just about everything these days. I'll sometimes switch back to N if G gets congested or in the rare case when I need slightly more bandwidth (like maxing out the 10MB/s write speed of my external class10 SDcard when not using USB).
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I have 30mbps down and 2mbps internet package
im getting between 16mbps and 20mbps down and 2mbps to 3mbps up.
my laptop with built-in wireless card gets pretty much the same but when i use my usb wifi adapter (linksys in 2.4ghz mode) it gets 30mbps down and close to the same upload.
my router is a belkin n300 share with stock belkin firmware
so i know the router can do 30mbps over wifi as my linksys usb wifi adapter proves that.
just wondering why my laptop AND GS3 only get about 20mbps consistantly over wifi....
anyone do a test on their S3 over "WIFI" and see what they get or tell me what is wrong with my laptop and s3?
the router can not do 5ghz it is only capeable of 2.4ghz and b/g/n with 20mhz/40mhz bandwith
when i use that linksys usb wifi adapter its really working good but im surprised the GS3 is not, the laptop i could even understand getting the 20mbps (wireless-n 1030 built-in)
it dont seem like any setting i make really changes the speed for the laptop or the phone
suggestions would be great
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en11gma said:
SPH-L710 (Sprint Official Stock Firmware Android 4.1.1) Rooted
I have 30mbps down and 2mbps internet package
im getting between 16mbps and 20mbps down and 2mbps to 3mbps up.
my laptop with built-in wireless card gets pretty much the same but when i use my usb wifi adapter (linksys in 2.4ghz mode) it gets 30mbps down and close to the same upload.
my router is a belkin n300 share with stock belkin firmware
so i know the router can do 30mbps over wifi as my linksys usb wifi adapter proves that.
just wondering why my laptop AND GS3 only get about 20mbps consistantly over wifi....
anyone do a test on their S3 over "WIFI" and see what they get or tell me what is wrong with my laptop and s3?
the router can not do 5ghz it is only capeable of 2.4ghz and b/g/n with 20mhz/40mhz bandwith
when i use that linksys usb wifi adapter its really working good but im surprised the GS3 is not, the laptop i could even understand getting the 20mbps (wireless-n 1030 built-in)
it dont seem like any setting i make really changes the speed for the laptop or the phone
suggestions would be great
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Have you used multiple speed test sites to get these scores? Some are inaccurate.
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Have you used multiple speed test sites to get these scores? Some are inaccurate.
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yep
i pick the servers with speedtest app
im picking the same exact server i get 30mpbs with my linksys usb adapter
just wanted to note:
when using iPerf (only checking b/w over the lan) i get about 10mbps from s3 to laptop wireless n 1030 buitlin
when hooking laptop straight to router with lan cord and run iperf i get the same 20mbps on the s3
there is something wrong with the wifi in the S3 i believe
could be
en11gma said:
yep
i pick the servers with speedtest app
im picking the same exact server i get 30mpbs with my linksys usb adapter
just wanted to note:
when using iPerf (only checking b/w over the lan) i get about 10mbps from s3 to laptop wireless n 1030 buitlin
when hooking laptop straight to router with lan cord and run iperf i get the same 20mbps on the s3
there is something wrong with the wifi in the S3 i believe
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In that case, Have you tried another rom or a full wipe?
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In that case, Have you tried another rom or a full wipe?
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how about someone here verify this is a problem i found
tell me what you get. im sure you are gonna check if you have a fast connection to the internet over wifi
ask someone to do a speed test over wifi and no one wants to take the time to do it?
takes a few mins
Nope my laptop and gs3 get the same speeds. In also have 30mbps down and 5 upload
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
en11gma said:
SPH-L710 (Sprint Official Stock Firmware Android 4.1.1) Rooted
I have 30mbps down and 2mbps internet package
im getting between 16mbps and 20mbps down and 2mbps to 3mbps up.
my laptop with built-in wireless card gets pretty much the same but when i use my usb wifi adapter (linksys in 2.4ghz mode) it gets 30mbps down and close to the same upload.
my router is a belkin n300 share with stock belkin firmware
so i know the router can do 30mbps over wifi as my linksys usb wifi adapter proves that.
just wondering why my laptop AND GS3 only get about 20mbps consistantly over wifi....
anyone do a test on their S3 over "WIFI" and see what they get or tell me what is wrong with my laptop and s3?
the router can not do 5ghz it is only capeable of 2.4ghz and b/g/n with 20mhz/40mhz bandwith
when i use that linksys usb wifi adapter its really working good but im surprised the GS3 is not, the laptop i could even understand getting the 20mbps (wireless-n 1030 built-in)
it dont seem like any setting i make really changes the speed for the laptop or the phone
suggestions would be great
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The USB WiFi adapter are far more advanced an faster than that of a phone or laptop its not a modem issue or device issue its just simply the WiFi adapters inside our devices i have a similar issue where i have a 35mbs plan and i only got around 15-20mbs i upgraded my router and now i nearly achieve my 35mbs mark but no matter what router you get if you use Ethernet or a USB WiFi card the internet will be faster because generally computers interpret internet faster over a hard connection vs a wireless connection where u still loose around 5-10mbs the only possible solution is maybe invest in a different router with the option to direct more bandwidth via WiFi or change your WiFi broadcast frequency to only one type or frequency weather it be 801.11n or 802.11g or 802.11b choose ONE that is fastest not all 3 or which ever you have because that generally slows your internet by great amounts as well
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Nope my laptop and gs3 get the same speeds. In also have 30mbps down and 5 upload
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
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and what were your speeds you got on both your laptop and gs3?
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The USB WiFi adapter are far more advanced an faster than that of a phone or laptop its not a modem issue or device issue its just simply the WiFi adapters inside our devices i have a similar issue where i have a 35mbs plan and i only got around 15-20mbs i upgraded my router and now i nearly achieve my 35mbs mark but no matter what router you get if you use Ethernet or a USB WiFi card the internet will be faster because generally computers interpret internet faster over a hard connection vs a wireless connection where u still loose around 5-10mbs the only possible solution is maybe invest in a different router with the option to direct more bandwidth via WiFi or change your WiFi broadcast frequency to only one type or frequency weather it be 801.11n or 802.11g or 802.11b choose ONE that is fastest not all 3 or which ever you have because that generally slows your internet by great amounts as well
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why exactly do the phone (gs3 in this case) and the laptop (built-in intel wireless-n 1030) get the same speeds?
with wireless-n (even at 2,4) single antenna it should get close to 150mbps (theorectical)
wireless G = 54mbps in actuality it is around 20mbps which is what im getting and yep i checked both the laptop and the gs3 show as wireless n connections
you made an interesting point about putting the router in a single mode like "N" and i have tried that but both the laptop and the phone will not connect unless i put the router in b/g/n mode
the linksys usb adapter will connect ok with the router in wireless "N" mode
i am running latest belkin firmware for my f7d3302 router
Because its a wireless signal most devices interpret signals much better through Ethernet or USB just because it cant capture the signal fast enough and long enough to keep it stable enough to stay at the same speed the router is broadcasting at sure enough the router is broadcasting at a stable speed but the device wont capture it fast enough the only solution i found is what i mentioned to either get a router which makes a more stronger secure signal or broadcast at only one frequency and the s3 should capture N maybe try changing from 2.4 to 5.0 and try N again otherwise there might be a hardware issue because i use my router at 2.4 with 801.11n on channel 10 and my internet is almost as fast as Ethernet and far longer range
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en11gma said:
and what were your speeds you got on both your laptop and gs3?
why exactly do the phone (gs3 in this case) and the laptop (built-in intel wireless-n 1030) get the same speeds?
with wireless-n (even at 2,4) single antenna it should get close to 150mbps (theorectical)
wireless G = 54mbps in actuality it is around 20mbps which is what im getting and yep i checked both the laptop and the gs3 show as wireless n connections
you made an interesting point about putting the router in a single mode like "N" and i have tried that but both the laptop and the phone will not connect unless i put the router in b/g/n mode
the linksys usb adapter will connect ok with the router in wireless "N" mode
i am running latest belkin firmware for my f7d3302 router
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28-32 down and 4-6 upload
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Or maybe your laptop and phone aren't setup properly to register this type of signal i know i had to call Acer to get my laptop to register a N signal so might want to play around with your wireless settings
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was able to put router in wireless n mode only (2.4ghz) by enabling "802.11e/WMM QoS"
now laptop with built-in nic and s3 can both connect at wireless n only
the laptop speed did jump up to what the hard wire ethernet cable AND linksys usb wifi are getting
they are all getting 28mbps (within a 1mbps deviation)
the phone is still stuck at 18-22mbps.
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so the phone can actually get over 22mbps in "WIFI" mode?
are you on 5ghz N or 2.4ghz N?
would like to add
iperf from the phone to the laptop (builtin nic) is now getting 25mbps in multiple runs
this is on the local lan only in wireless N mode (2.4ghz) with 20/40 enabled in router
so this is a big improvement over the 7-10mbps i was getting earlier but the wifi connected to net is still 20mbps
en11gma said:
was able to put router in wireless n mode only (2.4ghz) by enabling "802.11e/WMM QoS"
now laptop with built-in nic and s3 can both connect at wireless n only
the laptop speed did jump up to what the hard wire ethernet cable AND linksys usb wifi are getting
they are all getting 28mbps (within a 1mbps deviation)
the phone is still stuck at 18-22mbps.
daniel4653
so the phone can actually get over 22mbps in "WIFI" mode?
are you on 5ghz N or 2.4ghz N?
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With phones there is a bigger difference because they're might be many factors like the modem the type of WiFi chip the size of the chip range and capability also what ROM your running just too much that might vary but on my phone on average i get around 20mbs it seems to me there's a 10mbs variation because at work we have a 100mbs connection and i get around 85mbs i believe the s3 maxes out at 100 but to reach that you have to have some fast internet and either a gaming router or a business router
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on wireless n (2.4ghz) it should connect the "link speed" at 150mbps
when its at 150mbps this indicates "Channel Bonding" is working
im getting 72mbps and i had been reading other cellphone that had similar problems @ 75mbps
to my understanding the phones were not channel bonding correctly.
i have had 3-4 people saying all kinds of stuff without really saying anything scientific.
i could have done that too but instead i knew there was a real problem
i kept digging and am sharing my experience as i find out what is really going on.
to check your "link speed" you can long press on your wifi connection and then go advance and scroll down and it should show it.
you can also get wifi analyzer and change the view and then select your connection
from what it looks like this galaxy s3 and my belkin n300 share router are not getting along.
i need another router to see if that is the problem or if it is really my phone and the software its running.
if other people with their devices would post your findings here it would be great
thanks
I have Verizon fios quantum 150/75 my S3 never sees above 40/50. I have the newest Verizon actiontek rev. I router. My desktop receives 160/79 on LAN
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I have Verizon fios quantum 150/75 my S3 never sees above 40/50. I have the newest Verizon actiontek rev. I router. My desktop receives 160/79 on LAN
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Thats ridiculous
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blazerboy567 said:
I have Verizon fios quantum 150/75 my S3 never sees above 40/50. I have the newest Verizon actiontek rev. I router. My desktop receives 160/79 on LAN
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holy crap
looks like you are going to be the record holder
i take it that is at 5ghz and link speed is at 150
what is the fastest speeds you can get in wifi with only 2.4ghz?
40/50 is at 5ghz never tried setting the router to board cast 2.4ghz only. Is that the case why I do not see speeds higher then 40/50 on my S3. Never really thought about it
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40/50 is at 5ghz never tried setting the router to board cast 2.4ghz only. Is that the case why I do not see speeds higher then 40/50 on my S3. Never really thought about it
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if you try to put your router at 2.4ghz (wireless n with 20/40) and connect your phone at "link speed 150mbps" you might still get that same 40/50
if your "link speed = 72mbps" like mine you will probably only get 20mbps down and prob same thing up
im pretty curious as it does seem like your phone and internet is working correctly