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Hoping someone could shed some light and/or point me in the right direction. I just go my TF and upgraded to the latest stock firmware from ASUS. I am having two issues that may or may not be unique to me, one being almost a deal breaker for me.
1) My wifi speeds are running below my expectations. I am measuring around 11Mbits/s reads, while using various SMB explorers. I have run internet speed tests that have measured around 20Mbit/s reads from the stock browser though. I am running on a wireless 54 Mbit/s g-router. While I didn't expect 54Mbit/s, I did hope for the 30ishMbit/s I have been getting with various laptops.
My concern mainly lies with video streaming from my NAS as 11 Mbps is borderline for my uses. I am getting those transfer rates from the NAS and from my Win7 setup as well. My hope is that the SMB file sharing apps aren't optimized and I can wait it out and hope to get at least the 20 MBps rates that I am seeing from the internet speed tests. Should I try to throw in a wireless N in to the mix and if so besides WEP (which I assume is limited to 54mbps) is there any other encryption that the TF supports over WiFi? I ask so I can research the best match wireless -n access point for the TF. I don't see the ability to change the authentication/encryption as the 'Advanced' tab on the TF settings is greyed out.
2) I am getting significant audio sync issues while recording video. Playback of video is smoother with the new firmware but I see an occasional stutter. I could live with that if the audio stayed in sync (playing back with built in player and mobo). THis one is not a dealbreaker as I will rarely use the video but I am concerned this is an issue with my device. The realtime playback during recording is terribly stuttery (though this isn't a big deal since the playback is far smoother).
I haven't rooted yet but has anyone used cifs.ko successfully and seen better transfer rates than some of the SMB implementations in terms of transfer rates?
Thanks for any advice on routes to go or just general confirming that these are issues you don't see.
Anyone able to chime in on this for me?
1) It sounds like you need to upgrade your wireless hardware. WEP is easily crackable nowadays by anyone who googles how to do it, and has been for a while. WPA2 is usually a much safer option if your equipment doesnt support it then its probably time for an upgrade. Wireless N routers are pretty cheap nowadays via ebay, so there's not really any reason not to get one (I've bought a few for around £5 each on there). It should increase your throughput dramatically, and increase the range you can use your wifi devices at. I'd also advise setting up MAC filtering and hiding your network from prying eyes if you do all this to make it more secure. Plenty of guides on the net for that, and it's very easy to do.
2) I don't get the audio sync issues you have, but then the quality of the audio via video recording is terrible, so I've not used it much. I've yet to try this, but perhaps plugging a microphone into the headset jack will help with your sync issue, just an idea to try. And if it doesnt help then perhaps another app would.
thanks for the reply.
I will try both suggestions.
stuntdouble said:
1) It sounds like you need to upgrade your wireless hardware. WEP is easily crackable nowadays by anyone who googles how to do it, and has been for a while. WPA2 is usually a much safer option if your equipment doesnt support it then its probably time for an upgrade. Wireless N routers are pretty cheap nowadays via ebay, so there's not really any reason not to get one (I've bought a few for around £5 each on there). It should increase your throughput dramatically, and increase the range you can use your wifi devices at. I'd also advise setting up MAC filtering and hiding your network from prying eyes if you do all this to make it more secure. Plenty of guides on the net for that, and it's very easy to do.
2) I don't get the audio sync issues you have, but then the quality of the audio via video recording is terrible, so I've not used it much. I've yet to try this, but perhaps plugging a microphone into the headset jack will help with your sync issue, just an idea to try. And if it doesnt help then perhaps another app would.
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don't want to hijack but i have been using a netgear dg834 and am looking for a new router and a way to improve security as i use my wireless a lot more now so any links to tips or recomends for routers would be greats
combat goofwing said:
don't want to hijack but i have been using a netgear dg834 and am looking for a new router and a way to improve security as i use my wireless a lot more now so any links to tips or recomends for routers would be greats
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Any well known brand (such as Belkin, Netgear, Linksys, Buffalo) will do you fine. Just check out their product page from the manufacturers website before you buy. Things that it should have as basic specs are a NAT firewall, 256bit WPA2 encryption, 2.4ghz operating spectrum and obviously compatibility with your current operating system. An easy to use setup is always a must for those not very confident in their tech abilities.
Hi guys I recently lost my cable service and I've been relying on my inspire for wifi around the house lately. I thought I'd share a few tidbits with you that I've gleaned from the experience.
My inspire is running cyanogen mod 7 nightlies and I found that it only broadcasts wifi on channel 6 - very annoying because most routers ship with channel 6 as the default (at least here in the US)
This means that if there are wifi networks near you your range is going to be unpleasant. If you have a wireless router in your house make sure you change it to channel 11 - that tends to significantly decrease interference issues between the two devices. Pick up a free wifi analyzer program in the market it will let you scan all the networks in the area and show you the free channels - very helpful if you're setting up a network in an apartment complex! Just keep in mind channel 6 needs to be free near your phone if you're tethering otherwise you'll suffer from some drastically reduced range and speed.
My wireless router is running dd-wrt and can broadcast on channels 12-14 as well - European and Japanese standards. The FCC probably wouldn't like it but it can seriously push my wifi out of the way of other networks. The inspire can NOT SEE THOSE CHANNELS. Not even with cm7 - I believe a kernel or radio fix could be implemented which would be nice.
I've tried bridging and sharing my wifi tethered desktop with the rest of my network but I've run across a few serious issues with the windows 7 network stack. It hates the fact that I have and use so many networks and network adapters. I'm going to push my luck some more but at the moment I'm content having finally gotten them to work together at the same time so I can stream some movies to the other systems in the house while tethered with my phone.
The most annoying issue I've found lately is that at&t seems to be monitoring my use of unusual ports. Every few days I find that many applications I depend on stop having access to the internet over the tethered connection - the ports get blocked - all but port 80 which only allows basic browsing. The best way that I've found to fix this is to shut the phone down properly, pull the battery, and turn it back on. It seems to lose it's specific network address and gain full port access again.
Just some food for thought guys, I thought I'd share this stuff with you because of the issues I've had making it work. Maybe it will help others to be less frustrated.
Here is a list of wishes:
The ability to change the broadcast channel while tethering
The ability to view, use, and broadcast on channels 12-14
The ability to increase transmit power by a few mw through a userland interface
Thanks for the info and I'm really sorry you lost your cable service
Me too - this economy sucks
Interesting info. What app are you using?
Gonna box up this fantastic looking & beautifully constructed piece of kit and return it for a refund,why?,the software is garbage.
Latest problem to hit my rt is the dreaded "limited WiFi".
Just ain't worth the hassle any more.
wildcat777 said:
Gonna box up this fantastic looking & beautifully constructed piece of kit and return it for a refund,why?,the software is garbage.
Latest problem to hit my rt is the dreaded "limited WiFi".
Just ain't worth the hassle any more.
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Did you update with the latest patches? As far as I know the limited connectivity WiFi issue was fixed weeks ago.
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Did you update with the latest patches? As far as I know the limited connectivity WiFi issue was fixed weeks ago.
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Yeah mate,done all the updates, but I'm still getting limited WiFi sporadically. The only way I can get my internet back when this happens is to switch of my surface completely and then switch on again, its really annoying. Shame really, really wanted to keep my surface, but the flakiness of the WiFi is a deal breaker,i take it your surface is working without this issue?.
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Yeah mate,done all the updates, but I'm still getting limited WiFi sporadically. The only way I can get my internet back when this happens is to switch of my surface completely and then switch on again, its really annoying. Shame really, really wanted to keep my surface, but the flakiness of the WiFi is a deal breaker,i take it your surface is working without this issue?.
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I have seen the limited connection message when I connect for the first time to a new network. I click the button for Airplane Mode off and on, reconnect, and the issue never comes back for that network. It also no always happens with all new networks.
Yeah toggling WiFi or Airplane mode fixes it when it happens.
Yeah I have this problem, but we shouldn't have to keep fixing this damn bug. I'm sick of bugs with my surface.... anyone had a video driver problem? I have!
Also I would have thought this tablet would have Silverlight, but according to Sky Go website it doesn't.
If anyone knows a work around then please share.
If you have pro model, you can just install latest Silverlight. I have it on mines. If its an rt, I'm not sure.
Silverlight was discontinued a long time ago... I would be more surprised by it being included in RT than not included. There is *no* good reason to use it, ever, even when it was new. It was only available for windows on x86, it had no native x64 version (x86 version crashed a fair bit) and the mac version was buggy. Severely limited site audience. Sky, netflix and BT in my opinion were completely retarded to use it, flash isn't a tech I love but does the exact same job and on multiple systems (including RT).
Netflix at least provided native apps for most platforms (including RT). They are also supposed to be moving to HTML5 instead of silverlight quite soon.
Just leaves Sky Go, the BT equivalent and a few other moronic sites.
wait, did you try updating your router's firmware???
Listen guys...
Solution is here !
I'm having the same issue with the same type of Surface (RT with 64Gb).
It is not clear for now from where the exact problem comes, but is other threads people found that disabling 802.11n band makes Wi-Fi more stable.
I've locked my surface to 802.11 b/g mode and got no "limited" connection for 12 hours.
To lock Surface to 802.11 b/g band you can use 'Regedit'.
Open Desktop -> Search -> regedit
Open regedit. Select menu Edit -> Find...
Enter "AutoUse40Mhz" -> do search.
There are 2 such entries in registry. We need to change one, located under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\" branch.
Set "AutoUse40Mhz" to "0" (it has value "1" by default)
Set "Band" to "4" (it has value "6" by default)
Reboot and Surface will connect using 802.11 b/g band.
This is a workaround not a solution. By doing this you restrict the speed of your whole network to 54 Mb/s split between your wireless devices, ok until you have multiple devices and streaming / data sharing on your internal network.
I have similar problems. Sorry but a workaround that impacts on performance is not a solution.
Wish i'd purchased a pro!
deepcorex said:
Listen guys...
Solution is here (shortened to save space)
Reboot and Surface will connect using 802.11 b/g band.
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rosebud said:
This is a workaround not a solution. By doing this you restrict the speed of your whole network to 54 Mb/s split between your wireless devices, ok until you have multiple devices and streaming / data sharing on your internal network.
I have similar problems. Sorry but a workaround that impacts on performance is not a solution.
Wish i'd purchased a pro!
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That hack locks the surface to b/g, not the router. The router will carry on interacting with other N devices fine.
You lock the surface to 54Mb/s, plenty for streaming local media between a local network and I doubt many people have internet speeds that high anyway for online stuff (even less who will care that they now get a mere 54mb/s).
The routers speed limit will remain unaltered, windows has no control over that.
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That hack locks the surface to b/g, not the router. The router will carry on interacting with other N devices fine.
You lock the surface to 54Mb/s, plenty for streaming local media between a local network and I doubt many people have internet speeds that high anyway for online stuff (even less who will care that they now get a mere 54mb/s).
The routers speed limit will remain unaltered, windows has no control over that.
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depends on whether your router has 1 or 2 radio chips.
your wireless network is only as good as your slowest connected device
Alright, first let me say that I have had zero issues with this tablet until I upgraded to MM.
For some reason, I am having constant issues with the Wi-Fi either dropping, or changing channels. If I set the Wi-Fi to 5Ghz only, it will eventually switch over to 2.4Ghz. If I set the wireless to automatic, it will constantly switch back and forth between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. Setting the wireless to just 2.4Ghz still results in random drops.
So far, I have experienced this issue on all of the major MM ROMs found here in the NVidia Shield section. I event restored my tablet with the latest image from NVidia.
Is this just an inherent issue with MM on the original shield tablet? Am I going to be stuck using 5.11?
The only thing I haven't done is flash back to the original stock image and do OTAs back the latest MM update.
Any help would be appreciated.
I agree, wifi on lollipop was miles better. I also think lollipop was better on the whole. I'm on stock unrooted.
Setting the "Wi-Fi frequency Band" to "5 GHz only" shouldn't drop you to 2.4 GHz. This setting works perfectly for me as setting it to "2.4/5GHz only" results in the other band completely shut off.
If your SSID is identical for 2.4GHz and 5GHz, then yes, it can switch back and forth. However since most Wi-Fi clients are too stupid to know when to switch over, it is highly recommended to use a different SSID for 2.4 and 5GHz.
On Lollipop, there is an Android bug (it affects my phone too) where if you have SSID and SSID-5G or SSID_5G (and perhaps others), even if you never joined SSID, it'll occasionally drop the 5GHz connection and connect to 2.4GHz. This is apparently fixed on Marshmallow as my LTE tablet has remained connected to 5GHz since the update.
At least for me, my WiFi experience drastically improved with Marshmallow. So my suggestion is to make sure the 2.4 and 5GHz SSID's are different and check for interference from the neighbors using an app like WiFi Analyzer or NetX. I recommend NetX over WiFi Analyzer as it can also show you WiFi SSID's that span 40MHz.
Also note that your own home devices can also cause interference. The Roku box w/ WiFi Direct is notorious for this.
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Setting the "Wi-Fi frequency Band" to "5 GHz only" shouldn't drop you to 2.4 GHz. This setting works perfectly for me as setting it to "2.4/5GHz only" results in the other band completely shut off.
If your SSID is identical for 2.4GHz and 5GHz, then yes, it can switch back and forth. However since most Wi-Fi clients are too stupid to know when to switch over, it is highly recommended to use a different SSID for 2.4 and 5GHz.
On Lollipop, there is an Android bug (it affects my phone too) where if you have SSID and SSID-5G or SSID_5G (and perhaps others), even if you never joined SSID, it'll occasionally drop the 5GHz connection and connect to 2.4GHz. This is apparently fixed on Marshmallow as my LTE tablet has remained connected to 5GHz since the update.
At least for me, my WiFi experience drastically improved with Marshmallow. So my suggestion is to make sure the 2.4 and 5GHz SSID's are different and check for interference from the neighbors using an app like WiFi Analyzer or NetX. I recommend NetX over WiFi Analyzer as it can also show you WiFi SSID's that span 40MHz.
Also note that your own home devices can also cause interference. The Roku box w/ WiFi Direct is notorious for this.
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Having the same SSID for different frequencies should never be a problem. As a system administrator, I have never run into an issue such as this, unless it you have your device set to "automatic" so that it can swap back and forth between the two different bands. If I set the radio to 5Ghz only, then it should stay on 5Ghz, and vice versa with 2.4Ghz.
The issue appears to be something with MM and the original shield tablet. I reconfirmed that flashing back to the LP image I have no problems with the Wi-Fi at all.
I guess I'll keep plugging away at trying various things until I get this figured out or someone else points me in the right direction.
Just got my brand new replacement tablet from Nvidia from the battery recall. came loaded with 5.11 and zero wifi issues. I updated to 6.01 and boom! wifi issues. That means I have two tablets with the same issue. Something is up with 6.01 and the original shield tablet.
Sounds like an incompatibility with your specific network setup and the SHIELD Tablet/Google Marshmallow.
I have two SHIELD LTE Tablets both running Marshmallow 6.0.1 and I have zero issues. I find the 2.4GHz/5GHz only modes work as intended. However my 2.4 and 5GHz SSID's are different, whereas you apparently have the same SSID's for both bands.
For an experiment, I created a single identical guest SSID for the 2.4 and 5GHz networks and put the tablet in 5GHz mode. What I noticed is that 5GHz only does indeed fail occasionally, but the 2.4GHz behavior is interesting. It will only pick up all SSID signals for the single 2.4GHz channel the Guest SSID is associated with, so in my case all 5GHz channels and only Channel 1 of 2.4GHz. After a few minutes of usage, the tablet seems to go back to 5GHz only mode and the Channel 1 2.4GHz SSID signals disappear. Similarly, If I put the tablet in 2.4GHz only mode, then it will also occasionally pick up the single 5GHz channel the Guest SSID is associated with, so all 2.4GHz channels and only Channel 149 of 5GHz.
If I have my tablet connected to an SSID that is different on both 2.4/5Ghz bands, then 2.4/5Ghz only modes work as intended.
So yes, I can confirm that if you have an identical SSID for 2.4 and 5GHz modes, then the 2.4/5GHz only mode will not work properly under Marshmallow. The suggested workaround is to have different 2.4/5GHz SSID's.
Here is my question. How did I go from having zero issues on every other Android OS before marshmallow, but now this is an issue? If I load an older rom based on 5.11 onto my tablet, I don't have a single issue. To me this points to an issue with MM
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Here is my question. How did I go from having zero issues on every other Android OS before marshmallow, but now this is an issue? If I load an older rom based on 5.11 onto my tablet, I don't have a single issue. To me this points to an issue with MM
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Yes, we've already established and confirmed that there is a Marshmallow related bug with your specific use case. I have provided a workaround, which is to create a separate SSID for the 5GHz band. You have also provided a workaround, which is to downgrade to Lollipop. It is your choice to make.
You don't sound like somebody who understands software development. Basically, with every major Android OS release, Google can significantly change the underlying code which can introduce bugs. NVIDIA then takes that code and tries to make it work with the SHIELD Tablet which can introduce even more bugs.
There is a programming joke sung to the tune of "99 Bottles of Beer":
99 little bugs in the code.
99 little bugs in the code.
Take one down, patch it around,
127 little bug in the code...
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Without a secondary Marshmallow device, I cannot confirm if the problem is on Google's end or NVIDIA's end. Nevertheless, I suggest reporting it to Google and NVIDIA. At the very least, Google can fix the problem before Android N is released, and maybe NVIDIA can fix it for a future Marshmallow release.
While I am not a programmer, I work with several programmers and do testing of software on a test system before updates are pushed out. I guess I incorrectly assumed NVidia would do the same.
Now, I've tried multiple times based off of CM and AOSP, in addition to stock (all MM based) and still have this issue, so I would assume it's an issue on Google's end.
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While I am not a programmer, I work with several programmers and do testing of software on a test system before updates are pushed out. I guess I incorrectly assumed NVidia would do the same.
Now, I've tried multiple times based off of CM and AOSP, in addition to stock (all MM based) and still have this issue, so I would assume it's an issue on Google's end.
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Honestly, this is an edge case that is rather difficult to diagnose and wouldn't even be detected under normal testing conditions. It's quite unfair to say NVIDIA didn't do any testing in this case.
I suggest submitting a highly detailed bug report to NVIDIA so that they can reproduce the issue. If NVIDIA fixes it and it is determined it is an issue with the base Android OS, they may submit the patch upstream to Google so hopefully it won't be an issue with future versions of Android.
Hello, i have an Exynos S10e, unbranded.
I have some problems with tethering (mobile hotspot).
The speedtest is good, but sometimes there are some "lags", the connection seems to "stop" for some seconds (pages don't load) and then it restarts as normal. Also the ping seems to be normal, about 30ms.
Another thing: i used to play some browser games sometimes, now they are not usable, there are too many lags. I don't care too much about browser games, but it's just a signal that something is wrong, i don't have these problems on my old device (G2 mini, same carrier and same sim, same place and hour).
I tried to disable the "energy saving" option on mobile hostpot settings, but nothing changes.
Any idea on how to solve this?
Overall it's not unusable, but it's disappointing to have slower internet using a new phone.
Same here. And the April 2020 update broke USB tethering. See also: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ng-doesn-t-work-after-the-update/td-p/1174158
Waiting for the May 2020 update to see if USB tethering will work again.
Today i used the tethering with another pc and it works much better.
It may be a problem of compatibility between wi-fi chips, or something similar.
I'll update this thread if I'll discover something more.
I tried USB tethering and seems to work much better than wifi hotspot.
I updated to android10, don't know if it's the "april update" you talk about, but now it doesn't show other update requests.