Is anybody experiencing issues with Wireless N connectivity on the Captivate? Everybody and everything is telling me it can do Wireless N, but it wont see my Wireless N network at all! I've done everything i could to the router to make it as simple as possible for the phone to see it, but it never works!
Anybody know what the deal is on this? Seems to me like it doesnt have Wireless N capabilities.
2.4 Ghz band only. If your router is 5 Ghz your Galaxy won't see it at all.
2.4 works for me. Using a Linksys WRT320N from Sams.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
works fine with netgear wndr3700.
However, it does get slightly less speed than my laptops on speakeasy speedtest
WheresWaldo said:
2.4 Ghz band only. If your router is 5 Ghz your Galaxy won't see it at all.
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There we are! Thanks for that info! Where did you find that? Maybe i overlooked it everywhere i've seen it.. But thats the case! Mines running 5GHz right now, thats why its not seeing it, i changed it to 2.4 and it worked beautifully!
We, or at least I, found it in the specification for the chipset that runs wifi/Bt/gps wherein it specifies the frequency/speed of the N to be N-150 which means 2.4GHz bands in conjunction with the b/g connectivity. Ah if it were only a/b/g/n... then it would have worked at 5GHz
Does The Sensation Do Both - 801.11n bands. 5 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz?
I have a netgear N600 - wndr3400 Seems It ONLY Does 5ghz N ?
And the Dumb Phone isnt showing the N network
It Shows Only B/G Network ..
I am Confused .. Any Thoughts Or Help Guys ?
WarlockW said:
Network - 801.11n bands. 5 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz?
I have a netgear N600 - wndr3400 Seems It ONLY Does 5ghz N ?
And the Dumb Phone isnt showing the N network
It Shows Only B/G Network ..
I am Confused .. Any Thoughts Or Help Guys ?
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the phone isn't dumb, it's in the specs that it doesn't see 5ghz plus you bought the wrong router anyway....Linksys FTW but if you log onto the router you should be able to make it broadcast 2.4ghz N and the phone will see it. http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-sensation/#specs
nccu_eagles said:
the phone isn't dumb, it's in the specs that it doesn't see 5ghz plus you bought the wrong router anyway....Linksys FTW but if you log onto the router you should be able to make it broadcast 2.4ghz N and the phone will see it. http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-sensation/#specs
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Well The link you gave does not show what ghz the phone will run on.
And Its a Netgear not a linksys :/
However after you said "you should be able to make it broadcast 2.4ghz"
I did go back and look at the wireless settings .. a found you can change
the speed of the 2.4ghz channel .. from 54 - 145 - 300 < I set it to 300
However I am Not sure I am connecting with "N" Speeds with the phone.
Is there a way to tell ? If your connected as b/g/ or N ?
WarlockW said:
Well The link you gave does not show what ghz the phone will run on.
And Its a Netgear not a linksys :/
However after you said "you should be able to make it broadcast 2.4ghz"
I did go back and look at the wireless settings .. a found you can change
the speed of the 2.4ghz channel .. from 54 - 145 - 300 < I set it to 300
However I am Not sure I am connecting with "N" Speeds with the phone.
Is there a way to tell ? If your connected as b/g/ or N ?
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Sensation connects to b/g/n which is normally 2.4ghz it would say "A" as in a/b/g/n if it connected to 5ghz networks. I brought up Linksys because they are 100 times better than netgear routers...
I'm connected to a 2.4ghz wireless N network on my Sensation right now...
is wireless n mode disabled somehow in Sensation like it was in EVO as I read somewhere or maybe not working full-speed? as i have n-connection at home but as i can see it's working only in G standard. i did various speedtests and it seems like n is disabled.
my AP is wireless-N only and the phone connects fine.
make sure you set you wireless-N frequency to 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz
meloos said:
is wireless n mode disabled somehow in Sensation like it was in EVO as I read somewhere or maybe not working full-speed? as i have n-connection at home but as i can see it's working only in G standard. i did various speedtests and it seems like n is disabled.
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Wireless N operates on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, the HTC sensation however does not support 5Ghz, Thats why you may find data speeds are not what you were expecting.
Also, 2.4Ghz has better range than 5GHz.
I was attempting a file transfer between my NAS and Phone today, but realised that despite the Nexus 5 supposedly supporting 20/40mhz bands on wireless N, I was instead negotiating with my AP at only 72mbps.
I have a Asus RT-N16 router running Tomato USB and my other devices can connect at 300mbps fine, but there is something about my Nexus that won't. Even though I think its suppose too.
Now this is separate to 802.11AC, my router doesn't support this and AFAIK it may work fine compared to 802.11n.
So my question is, has anyone else managed to get 300mbps N link speeds on their device when using a 802.11n network spec @ 40mhz?
Seems for some reason my device is telling the AP that it supports single band 20mhz only and is defaulting to this low connection link.
I have tried different WiFi tweaks, switching too and from mobile data modes after some research on here and none of it helps, still stuck at 72mbps.
Hello.
I an having an issue with my sm-g955fd phone. I need to use the 5ghz frecuency for wifi and I can't seem to make it work. Flashed Renovate Ice 9.5 and tried many different csc's but none enables 5ghz wifi. If anyone could point me to which custom rom to flash or csc to try. I would be most greatful forever.
Thanks in advance.
Bobbyto said:
Hello.
I an having an issue with my sm-g955fd phone. I need to use the 5ghz frecuency for wifi and I can't seem to make it work. Flashed Renovate Ice 9.5 and tried many different csc's but none enables 5ghz wifi. If anyone could point me to which custom rom to flash or csc to try. I would be most greatful forever.
Thanks in advance.
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How's 5ghz work when on stock OS?
Does it support the 5ghz wifi (hardware wise)?
I know most devices are still on the 2.5 or 2.4 (don't know exactly which).
RossTeagan said:
Does it support the 5ghz wifi (hardware wise)?
I know most devices are still on the 2.5 or 2.4 (don't know exactly which).
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Yes of course it does. All Samsung phones have used 5GHz for years.
If there is a problem getting an S8 to work then it's either a (rare) fault, or due to the custom ROM.
JeffDC said:
How's 5ghz work when on stock OS?
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5ghz didnt work either on stock rom. That's why i first tried changing it to a custom rom.
RossTeagan said:
Does it support the 5ghz wifi (hardware wise)?
I know most devices are still on the 2.5 or 2.4 (don't know exactly which).
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I think so. But i may be wrong. The model is sm-g955fd. How can I tell if the hardware supports 5ghz?
Bobbyto said:
I think so. But i may be wrong. The model is sm-g955fd. How can I tell if the hardware supports 5ghz?
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All S8/S8+ variants include support for 5 GHz WiFi. Are you sure you have properly set up your AP? Does the 5G connection work with some of your other devices? Try getting closer to the AP. If it does not work by then, it is likely a hardware fault.
kernel.killer said:
All S8/S8+ variants include support for 5 GHz WiFi. Are you sure you have properly set up your AP? Does the 5G connection work with some of your other devices? Try getting closer to the AP. If it does not work by then, it is likely a hardware fault.
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I have tried with different devices and AP's. The phone doesnt pick the ssid of any of them.
Bobbyto said:
I have tried with different devices and AP's. The phone doesnt pick the ssid of any of them.
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As others have stated Samsung phones and other makes of high end phones have supported
2.4GHz and 5GHz wi fi for several years.
Although I wouldn't expect your problem to be caused by a custom Rom else other users of the ROM would likely have reported the problem , I would suggest putting a standard official Samsung rom on your phone at least until you get your wi fi functionality.
I would suggest a free play store app like wi fi analyser to easily determine which wi fi signals are seen by your S8+
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
Also be aware when you do get 5GHz working you will notice higher data bandwidth than with 2.4Ghz but less range from your router to your phone before signal drop out.
RR-99 said:
Yes of course it does. All Samsung phones have used 5GHz for years.
If there is a problem getting an S8 to work then it's either a (rare) fault or due to the custom ROM.
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I did some research and on gsmarena I found that Galaxy S8+ uses the Wi-Fi 802.11 (https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8+-8523.php)
Went on Wikipedia and it seems that this 802.11 support communication in the 900 MHz and 2.4, 3.6, 5, and 60 GHz frequency bands. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11)
Also, I checked my home network and the router is working both on 2.4 and 5, however, the 5 (which is set as another network) can't be used y any device (no laptop or smartphone).
I don't want to create confusion here, but it seems this 5ghz frequency is not as usual as the 2.4 one. And by checking my Internet connection speed on the 2.4ghz frequncy, it looks like there is no advantage of using the 5 frequency (my Internet speed on wifi is close to the Internet speed via Lan cable).
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I did some research and on gsmarena I found that Galaxy S8+ uses the Wi-Fi 802.11 (https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8+-8523.php)
Went on Wikipedia and it seems that this 802.11 support communication in the 900 MHz and 2.4, 3.6, 5, and 60 GHz frequency bands. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11)
Also, I checked my home network and the router is working both on 2.4 and 5, however, the 5 (which is set as another network) can't be used y any device (no laptop or smartphone).
I don't want to create confusion here, but it seems this 5ghz frequency is not as usual as the 2.4 one. And by checking my Internet connection speed on the 2.4ghz frequncy, it looks like there is no advantage of using the 5 frequency (my Internet speed on wifi is close to the Internet speed via Lan cable).
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802.11 has a large number of subcategories
802.11a
802.11b
802.11n
802.11ac
and a vast number of others.
These have different frequency allocations and different channel bandwidth.
I could have explained better that in some cases 2.4Ghz will give adequate throughput (at or close to your internet speed)
802.11g is a 2.4Ghz standard with maximum of 54Mbps
However if internet speed is much higher as in my case then I get benefits from using
802.11ac 5GHz standard with single link bandwidth up to 500Mbps.
I would agree that wi fi using 5GHz probably not as common usage as 2.4Ghz which can have additional benefits as less potential for interference from nearby wi fi that uses same frequency range
RossTeagan said:
I did some research and on gsmarena I found that Galaxy S8+ uses the Wi-Fi 802.11 (https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8+-8523.php)
Went on Wikipedia and it seems that this 802.11 support communication in the 900 MHz and 2.4, 3.6, 5, and 60 GHz frequency bands. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11)
Also, I checked my home network and the router is working both on 2.4 and 5, however, the 5 (which is set as another network) can't be used y any device (no laptop or smartphone).
I don't want to create confusion here, but it seems this 5ghz frequency is not as usual as the 2.4 one. And by checking my Internet connection speed on the 2.4ghz frequncy, it looks like there is no advantage of using the 5 frequency (my Internet speed on wifi is close to the Internet speed via Lan cable).
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I use 5G all the time..have high speed internet so see big diff. Since you say none of your devices can connect to 5G, you should play around with channel used..know there is a diff between US and Europe and channels used.
If you see same speed from reg wifi and hardwired lan line..5G will not make a diff.
Thanks to everyone i deffinitely cant get it to work. The reason I need 5ghz is cause i am using a slinstudio device wich works only on 5ghz frecuency and i cant connect to it. So i tried other 5ghz networks and found that i cant connect either. I guess i will have to change phones or something but its a shame i cant get it to work.
Another potential solution is to check your router's IP blocklist. I had the S7 Edge and now the S9+ and apparently the phone may spam the router with UDP requests making the router think you are performing a DDOS attack. Clearing the IP your phone is using from the block list may resolve the issue.
S8 on 5ghz WiFi
To get your device to run on 5ghz WiFi all you need to do is ...
Open WiFi connections ...
Add new network ...
Type out your SSID followed by a (space) and the number 2 ...
So ... if your SSID is homeWiFi ... you need to add homeWiFi 2 ... the pass key is the same and won't need changing
RossTeagan said:
Also, I checked my home network and the router is working both on 2.4 and 5, however, the 5 (which is set as another network) can't be used y any device (no laptop or smartphone).
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Your router is likely using a channel assignment that isn't available to your client devices, check the ETSI standards for acceptable use on the 5GHz band if you're in Europe.
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