Anyone here uses 5ghz band on their home wifi network? I currently use it but the signal is so bad. Say i'm 6-7 feet away from the router, i run wifi analyzer on my GN2 to check 5ghz signal strength, and it sits at -70 to -80 db. Now if I go to my room signal drops tremendously and then it disconnects from wifi.
I initially thought maybe my router, which is a netgear WDNR4000, has issues. But after comparing the signal strength my laptop gets, i determined my router is perfectly fine. I ran inSSIDer to check signal strength on wifi.
Anyway, if you happen to be using 5ghz band, can you let me know how good/bad your signal is? If it's bad, what did you do to improve it?
I have 5ghz and 2.5ghz support on my wireless router. on my pc at home i always get 100% signal on the 2.5ghz, whereas I get around 75%-80% on 5ghz channel.
i believe that the 5ghz signal degrades more rapidly with distance, it's nothing really to do with the phone.
So based from what you are saying, this is normal for 5ghz signal? I guess my laptop uses more power or has better wifi card which is why it has stronger 5ghz signal.
iwin2000 said:
i believe that the 5ghz signal degrades more rapidly with distance, it's nothing really to do with the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm inclined to agree with this all my devices with 5ghz see this drop off quicker than 2.5ghz
Regurgitated From My Giant Note II
It's a known fact the 5ghz does have better speeds but lacks distance and penetration compared to 2.5ghz.
peekeesh said:
So based from what you are saying, this is normal for 5ghz signal? I guess my laptop uses more power or has better wifi card which is why it has stronger 5ghz signal.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your laptop has a larger antenna in it.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II.
Related
How does it compare to devices like SGS2 (witch I consider poor in this aspect)?
Can someone test it with Wifi Analyzer?
Seems great on 2.4ghz. Disappointing on 5GHz.
802.11n includes a number of "optional" features, so how much of it does the Galaxy Nexus actually implement?
My Wifi router supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously with different SSIDs, but the Galaxy Nexus only ever sees the SSID of the 2.4GHz AP. So I suppose it does not support 802.11n in the 5GHz band?
Also, even when standing right next to the router, it showed only a 65Mbps connection. Shouldn't that go to at least 150Mbps? And actually higher if MIMO is supported?
If the Galaxy Nexus' "802.11n" doesn't support anything better than 2.4GHz band with 65Mbps, it's a fake - 802.11g does 2.4GHz/54Mbps, so the "802.11n"-support boils down to be effectively nothing.
Has anyone managed to get better Wifi results with the Galaxy Nexus?
i think the gnexus is only supposed to support 2.4ghz band if i remember correctly. i get the same, 65mbps. all is good though i get great speeds and more distance. if 5ghz is in the hardware then software doesn't support it yet.
It does support 5ghz. Go to settings and then press wifi. Press the menu on the bottom right and select advanced. Then, wifi frequency band.
Weird... My WNDR3700 running DD-WRT is setup for 2.4 and 5GHz... My MacBook Pro is connected to the 5GHz SSID, but that is not displaying on my available wireless networks on my GNex...
The wifi settings are set to "auto", but even when set to only use 5GHz, it still doens't list it.
I'm connected to my 5GHz network right now so yes it does support it.
SomEngangVar said:
I'm connected to my 5GHz network right now so yes it does support it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm connected to my 5Ghz network as well, however I'm only seeing 65 Mbps connection speed. Are you seeing a better speed?
Wi-fi performance for file transfers have been pretty abismal. Using the app andFTP and the sftp protocol I can only get about 1300kbps download speeds.
I get a weak WiFi signal on both spectrums compared to my DInc, DX, & DX2.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
My Galaxy Nexus connects to my 5ghz just fine. One problem though, the phone shows signal of my 5ghz lower than the 2.4ghz in the same spot and I'm meters away from my router.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
I've been playing around with WiFi - stock Verizon GN, 4.0.2. Cisco/Linksys E4200 DualBand Router.
Using WiFi Analyzer, my GN sees both 2.4GHz and 5GHZ bands, with the 2.4GHz band being slightly stronger (-46 dBm vs -15 dBm, for example). When WiFi Band Selection is set to Auto, it will connect to 2.4GHz every time. If I change it to 5GHz Band only, it will readily connect to that band.
Using Speedtest.net, I get Download speed of around 6mbps with 2.4GHz, if I force it to use the 5GHz band, I'll get over 30mbps. This was tested 3 times, semi-randomizing the sequence.
The range of 5GHz is obviously less, so it would not be practical to leave it on the 5GHz band only, as I'll need the 2.4GHz elsewhere in my home.
For what it's worth, I'm using Channel 11 on 2.4GHz and Channel 161 on 5GHz. I saw a few threads where only certain 5GHz channels are supported for connection, and those didn't include 161, but mine will connect fine. It's just that it'll go for 2.4GHz when given a choice, and a slight differential in excellent signal strenth.
Is this just the nature of the beast? Anything I can do to have it "prefer" the faster 5GHz band, while allowing it to connect to 2.4GHz when needed?
Hello again
Typically when dealing with 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz, you would assign different SSID's to each. That way you can control which network you associate with. As you already stated, you understand that 2.4Ghz has a greater range than the 5Ghz network.
As we discussed before in the other thread, wifi likes to hold on. However, it will show a preference to 2.4Ghz bands when signal strengths differ.
frogskins said:
Hello again
Typically when dealing with 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz, you would assign different SSID's to each. That way you can control which network you associate with. As you already stated, you understand that 2.4Ghz has a greater range than the 5Ghz network.
As we discussed before in the other thread, wifi likes to hold on. However, it will show a preference to 2.4Ghz bands when signal strengths differ.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Very interesting, thanks for the information! I also have the same router and when I return home tonight, I will assign a different SSID to the different bands.
Thanks!
i have two names for my WiFi at home: sausage fingers (2.4) and because racecar (5) lol
frogskins said:
Hello again
Typically when dealing with 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz, you would assign different SSID's to each. That way you can control which network you associate with. As you already stated, you understand that 2.4Ghz has a greater range than the 5Ghz network.
As we discussed before in the other thread, wifi likes to hold on. However, it will show a preference to 2.4Ghz bands when signal strengths differ.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Funny running into you here!
I can play around with using different SSID's, but I'm guessing my GN will still choose the 2.4GHz if given the choice, since its signal is a bit stronger. If that's the case, then I'd have to manually have it connect to the 5GHz band anyway, little different from my current situation.
Too bad the WiFi settings don't allow us to prioritize our connection preferences.
Thanks again.
Please ignore this post.
I have a similar experience
sent from my googletron
Just to provide some follow-up here, I was able to more or less improve the situation.
On my Linksys E4200 Router, I changed the SSID on the 5GHz band, and removed the SSID oif the 2.4GHz band on my GNexus. So downstairs, it will automatically see the 5GHz band, and will connect to that, providing superior throughput.
I have the Netgear Wireless Adapter upstairs also on a different SSID (this is a 2.4GHz band), and when I go up there, the 5GHz signal is pretty weak, and so my GNexus switches to this fairly quickly. Not immediately, but pretty quick.
When I return downstairs, same thing - it will switch to the 5GHz signal reasonably quickly, especially if I sit down at my Computer, which is just underneath the Linksys router.
Hope this might be of help to somebody.
I've had the phone for about 10 days and I've consistently noticed that my G3 has a much weaker wifi signal than other phones, both at work and at home. At my house about 5 feet away from the router it was registering 1 bar on the 5Ghz network and about 2 or 3 bars on the 2.4 Ghz. Being that close to the router it should be full! The 5Ghz also has problems staying connected. At work where I used to have full bars with my GS4 and other phones and now I only get 1 or 2. While I haven't had the same problem as others with wifi dropping, it is rather annoying that the signal is so much weaker and I have noticed that with the reduced signal strength my connections are slower. I really hope its a software issue and not hardware related. I'm seriously thinking about going to T-Mobile and asking them to look into it.
The wifi my zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) does not work well when the frequency of 2.4GHz
Everything is good, the wifi signal is strong and stable when I change the frequency to 5GHz
But when I leave in the 2.4GHZ frequency of the signal it is estremamente weak and begins to fall, disconnect, because the signal was weak.
What might be happening?
This phone has so many issues, but this is a new one. sometimes other things running at 2.4GHZ can interfere with the signal. If I were you, i'd just stay with the 5GHZ because it's better anyway.
5GHz is better agree, but not every place has this frequency.
I wish I could use 2.4GHZ when necessary.
Any suggestions how to solve this problem?
Are these antennas?
Use this app and see if there is interference from another wifi or device. I was having this problem at work connecting to a router that was on the same channel as the wifi that bridges the buildings, changed the channel and now it connects much faster.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en