I'm trying to trace through an issue with being unable to connect to my mixed mode A/N Wi-fi band @ 5Ghz.
I need to know if both the chipset in the phone supports 5Ghz N connections and that Android 2.2 supports it (at least as it is implemented with Verizon's OTA 2.2 update).
I can connect, under both 2.1 and 2.2, to the 2.4Ghz B/G band I've setup.
I don't see the SSID (the router is broadcasting) for the N bands. Setting up the connection info manually on the phone just indicates that I'm "out of range".
Troubleshooting this from another angle, if you've got the 2.2 OTA already, and you have successfully connected to a 5Ghz N network (not 2.4Ghz please), that would be good information for me as well. As that would indicate that I've got a problem with my router, or router configuration.
TIA
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Thank you. That leaves either the phone's OS or my router as the problem.
I got new dual band router. My Mac Air can see and use 5GHz SSID but M8 does not see it at all - it only lists 2.4GHz SSID. I tried to set the frequency band to "5GHz only" on M8 - the list of networks is empty in that case. The firmware is stock lollipop, rooted. The channel I am using is 149.
Any advice? Thank you
SOLVED: the channel 149 is used in China. For the Europe, the channgel 36 is more compliant. Just in case if that will help to anybody.
I have a 500cl model Zenfone 2, the Taiwan version. I'm having trouble seeing my dads 5g wifi network at his home.
The network mode is set to A/N/AC-Mixed and the wireless channel is set to Auto.
I understand there are some limitations to the channels or something in the phone in terms of 5g radio. I really don't know. I'm a total noob. It would be nice to be able to connect to the 5g wifi though. I can't even see it in my list at the moment.
The networks works fine itself, as we have a number of other devices connected already. Just can't get my zenfone to spot it.
I do not have any issue with wifi 5ghz
When i was at a friends i couldn't see his 5g ac router at all i did some research and found a old thread said to put the channel on 159 and sure enugh soon as we did it my phone was able to see it and connect. At home my phone finds my 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz with my wireless n router but connected at max of 74Mbps so i did some tweaking and found certain channels the phone woudn't see the 5Ghz band anymore but at 157 found it again and connected at 150Mbps both me and my friend run ddwrt on our routers.
Try changing the channel. My phone connects to my 5GHz network automatically without hassle and will switch from 2.4GHz to 5GHz preferentially when I come in from the backyard for example.
I am using a smart DNS service (such as unblock-us / unlocator) on my Amazon Fire TV as well as on a Fire TV Stick, in order to watch shows in my home country language, as I am currently living in Germany.
The DNS setup was done directly on the Fire TV Box, not in my router due to limitations from my internet provider. When I started with the DNS service, everything worked like charme from the start. But yesterday evening my Fire TV got the update by Amazon onto OS version 5.0.5 (before it had an OS version called 51.1.6.3.) From this moment on, the DNS service stopped working on the Fire TV.
Everything is still set up correctly, but I just get the German content, no matter what region I have set in my DNS Service account. No error message though. I tried to restart the device, deleted and re-added the network with the DNS settings and restarted again, restarted the router, but nothing helped. I haven't done anything different than before. So I am quite sure, it has to do with the OS update by Amazon. The Fire TV Stick in the other room still has the former OS version (54.1.2.3.). There, everything still runs smooth as it used to be as well on the Fire TV box.
Is anyone here facing the same issues with the new Fire TV OS 5.0.5? Does anyone know how to solve this or what I can do different, to make it work again?
Thanks in advance for your help.
same !!!
I have same prob since update today.. I was using overp*ay
Any luck getting it sorted thx
One way around is to get your internet provider to bridge their modem (if it is build into router) and buy a good router you can set-up using a custom DNS/VPN
I talked to the u*locator support today (Smart DNS Service I use). They say it's because of IPv6 that seems to break their service. Under settings → system → about → network, the DNS is not in IPv4 but IPv6 format. Apparently Android 5.1 (Fire OS 5.0.5) and my cable provider plus the Fritz!Box Router I am forced to use by them don't go well together in this combination. Former OS version was based on Android 4.2.2. - no problems. I found several reported issues in other contexts (smartphone wifi, smartphone push notifications, etc.) with the keywords IPv6 in combination of Android Lollipop, my ISP and the router I gotta use. So it seems I am unlucky with this combination.
So does anyone have a hint, what workaround options I have?
- downgrade to the former OS? How can that be done?
- would rooting and disable IPv6 on the Fire TV be a possibility?
- (bridging the modem as bula1ca said is unfortunately no option with my ISP)
I heard wired connections on the firetv box doesnt have this problem but im curious to know the fix because I have a fire tv stick
So I got a solution! Inspired by bula1ca's post, I am additionally using an old TP-Link Router now (TL-WR841ND), which doesn't support IPv6. No rocket science. I just connected the WAN Port of that Router with a free LAN port of my original Fritz!Box, set up a wireless network on that old router and changed DNS to my smart DNS service in DHCP settings. So now I have an additional wireless network that I only use with the Fire TV and my Fire TV Stick. Result: The Fire TV doesn't get a IPv6 DNS anymore, but only Ipv4. Works like a charme.
Whizzkid78 said:
So I got a solution! Inspired by bula1ca's post, I am additionally using an old TP-Link Router now (TL-WR841ND), which doesn't support IPv6. No rocket science. I just connected the WAN Port of that Router with a free LAN port of my original Fritz!Box, set up a wireless network on that old router and changed DNS to my smart DNS service in DHCP settings. So now I have an additional wireless network that I only use with the Fire TV and my Fire TV Stick. Result: The Fire TV doesn't get a IPv6 DNS anymore, but only Ipv4. Works like a charme.
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Happy that worked for you however some modems need to be "bridged" before you can use your own router.
My router is a Fritzbox and I'm using it in bridge mode. I have simply disabled ipv6 support for the home network:
-DNSv6-Server in Home Network - DNSv6-Server through Router Advertisement (RFC 5006) - off
-DHCPv6-Server in Home network - deactivate
SmartDns is working again even over a Wlan connection. Other router brands might also have this possibility
I'm facing the same problem with IPv6/IPv4.
How do you connect WAN with LAN ports etc., and what else needs to be done how so that the FireTV can eventually work with an IPv4 address?
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I'm facing the same problem with IPv6/IPv4.
How do you connect WAN with LAN ports etc., and what else needs to be done how so that the FireTV can eventually work with an IPv4 address?
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See my answer above. You have to find a way to disable IPV6 DNS in your home network.
-You might be able to do it in your router settings
-if your router doesn't allow switching it off attach another hardware (router) to your WAN cable modem's port where it is possible to do so/or the router is an old pre-ipv6 model where it is off anyway.
Just connecting the firetv to a lan port won't help unless you have a special router setup
uzi74 said:
See my answer above. You have to find a way to disable IPV6 DNS in your home network.
-You might be able to do it in your router settings
-if your router doesn't allow switching it off attach another hardware (router) to your WAN cable modem's port where it is possible to do so/or the router is an old pre-ipv6 model where it is off anyway.
Just connecting the firetv to a lan port won't help unless you have a special router setup
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I can't disable IPv6 since my ISP is just providing IPv6 addresses. If I disable that within my router, there's no internet connection.
How do I setup another router via WAN? That may actually work. Do you happen to have a step-by-step guide how to do that?
Thanks.
will2go said:
I can't disable IPv6 since my ISP is just providing IPv6 addresses. If I disable that within my router, there's no internet connection.
How do I setup another router via WAN? That may actually work. Do you happen to have a step-by-step guide how to do that?
Thanks.
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You don't have to disable IPV6 completely, just for your home network (if your router supports it). - in case you get a dual stack IPV6 (you get an IPV4 and IPV6 address assigned the same time)
How to do it exactly, how to use a different router and what is possible for you, you would better ask in forums of your internet provider. (I had to request my internet provider to switch the router/cable moden they gave me to bridge modus, than I was able to hook up a different router on the LAN1 port of my cable modem - I needed it before for different purposes)
Your options are very much dependent on your internet provider and hardware you own, but basicly your goal is the have IPV4-only DNS on your home network
Not an option, sorry.
My router won't allow full disabling of IPV6 unfortunately.
I have just heard from unblockr.net a SmartDNS provider, and they suggest that it would potentially help to disable this.
My traffic is definitely being routed via their servers as I can connect to the DNS servers fine, but it won't unblock geoblocked content for a certain country I'm aiming for which is a shame.
johnsmithtetley said:
My router won't allow full disabling of IPV6 unfortunately.
I have just heard from unblockr.net a SmartDNS provider, and they suggest that it would potentially help to disable this.
My traffic is definitely being routed via their servers as I can connect to the DNS servers fine, but it won't unblock geoblocked content for a certain country I'm aiming for which is a shame.
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What kind of router do you have that can't handle this simple setting?
I'm having some problems with overlapping channels in my area. Is there any way to change the wifi channel Fire Stick (2nd gen) uses from Channel 1? Would be nice to move it to 6 or 11. Same thing with the 5ghz band as well but the 2.4ghz band worries me the most because I have a lot of devices that rely on it.
Used this as a test how many people still are taking supporting novice Fire TV users seriously.
Result, not many. (This is the result of flooding an enthusiast community with product support and "piracy not working, what now " questions, because novice bought box with the label "free" on it - also the result of depending on a product blogger and step by step tutorials to find your way around, and fleeing from a "community" as soon as your problems are "solved"...)
Here is your answer. You change Wifi channels in your router, not in the end device.
If your router hides this option from you, get a different router. Its a commonplace feature in even the cheapest routers and also in most ISP routers for that matter.
It's also worth pointing out that the AFTV2... Possibly the AFTS2? Does NOT like anything above Channel 48 (a/n/ac @5Ghz).
e.g. You can only use the lowest bands (Ch's 36 - 48), if you want it to work.
Again you will need to adjust this from the Router / MODEM!
Fire devices do broadcast WiFi
This is a legit question (some dismissed it, assuming the original post was referring to the network the device was receiving from). The Firestick/FireTV broadcasts a "Hidden" Wi-Fi network. It is used for the remote, I believe. Mine is on channel 11 and, yes, it would be nice change it. I am connecting to someone else's router (also 11) and do not have permission to change there.
sirdashadow said:
I'm having some problems with overlapping channels in my area. Is there any way to change the wifi channel Fire Stick (2nd gen) uses from Channel 1? Would be nice to move it to 6 or 11. Same thing with the 5ghz band as well but the 2.4ghz band worries me the most because I have a lot of devices that rely on it.
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I'm facing the same issue as there is no solution. It's pretty frustrating because I have serious interference.
Fire Stick WiFi Hidden SSID
Hi,
I have come across the same issue and unfortunately do not have any answers, only more information. My daughter has a Fire Stick connected to a Virgin Media broadband / WiFi router (ARRIS).
The router's 2.4GHz primary SSID channel was configured to 11 (20MHz). The Fire Stick was broadcasting a hidden SSID on channel 11 at about the same power level.
I switched the router to channel 1. The Fire Stick changed the channel that the hidden SSID is broadcast on to channel 1 at the same time (pretty much).
I can only conclude that the Fire Stick broadcasts its hidden SSID on the same channel as the one that it is using for its WiFI connection to an access point / router.
I suspect that this is due to a limitation in the wireless electronics of the Fire Stick.
I cannot find any Fire Stick configuration to change its WiFi channel.
harlekinwashere said:
Used this as a test how many people still are taking supporting novice Fire TV users seriously.
Result, not many. (This is the result of flooding an enthusiast community with product support and "piracy not working, what now " questions, because novice bought box with the label "free" on it - also the result of depending on a product blogger and step by step tutorials to find your way around, and fleeing from a "community" as soon as your problems are "solved"...)
Here is your answer. You change Wifi channels in your router, not in the end device.
If your router hides this option from you, get a different router. Its a commonplace feature in even the cheapest routers and also in most ISP routers for that matter.
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Can we just keep this account disabled?
I believe this is because the way they setup WiFi direct using the same chip as the regular WiFi. It's only capable of using one channel at a time. Roku does this also.