I'm planing on changing my router for a new one that has ac wireless. Before I RMA my nexus 5 for that damn WiFi drop issue I thought it was time to try a New router but I would like to know who has a router with ac wireless and if you have any WiFi drop. So very easy.
Router manufacturer make and model.....
WiFi drop yes/no
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I use a Asus RT-AC66R and love it. Never had an issue with any device. No drops either.
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nitramus said:
I'm planing on changing my router for a new one that has ac wireless. Before I RMA my nexus 5 for that damn WiFi drop issue I thought it was time to try a New router but I would like to know who has a router with ac wireless and if you have any WiFi drop. So very easy.
Router manufacturer make and model.....
WiFi drop yes/no
Thanks
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Mine is no AC wireless but its certainly better than those Asus AC High performance routers
what I like is a balance between Coverage and performance a company called Amped Wireless In the USAMakes these types of routers not some cheap china/korean stuff
What I have is this http://www.ampedwireless.com/products/r20000g.html
It's got dual signal amplifiers each antenna port is outputting 600Mw of power that's face melting wifi right there. Most routers don't even output 100Mw. Routers with internal antennas put out only like 50Mw and have no signal noise filters.
So overall my router is a bit overkill but somehow my Nexus 5 manages to drop the connection lol... my other devices don't exhibit such behavior though.
I'm guessing this is software and I'll wait till Android 4.5 comes I have a year anyway from LG to RMA
Netgear Nighthawk R7000.
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Screenshot is in my backyard about 60 to 70 feet away. I have no WiFi signal drop.
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Thanks all and keep it coming
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Did you check what channel your routers using or if there's a conflict with a nearby router on the same channel. My wife's Macbook pro couldn't hold a WiFi signal from 6 feet away yet every other device in our house had no problems. What I did was took the router off auto and set it to use a specific channel that no other routers within a couple hundred feet where using. Now the MBP has been rock solid since. Turns out me and two neibors were all on channel 6. All my Asus Transformers where real sensitive to signal also.
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ilostmypistons said:
Did you check what channel your routers using or if there's a conflict with a nearby router on the same channel. My wife's Macbook pro couldn't hold a WiFi signal from 6 feet away yet every other device in our house had no problems. What I did was took the router off auto and set it to use a specific channel that no other routers within a couple hundred feet where using. Now the MBP has been rock solid since. Turns out me and two neibors were all on channel 6. All my Asus Transformers where real sensitive to signal also.
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Hey you might have just fixed my Nexus 5 wifi dropping issue 3 of my Neighbors are using channel 6 also. Whats up with Auto on routers defaulting to channel 6. Anyways it seems good now ! :good:
markdapimp said:
Hey you might have just fixed my Nexus 5 wifi dropping issue 3 of my Neighbors are using channel 6 also. Whats up with Auto on routers defaulting to channel 6. Anyways it seems good now ! :good:
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I should be able to tune that super router to send out solid long range 5G
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Netgear routers like channel 6
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Netgear routers like channel 6
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So do Comcast and At&t supplied combo router/modems
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I should be able to tune that super router to send out solid long range 5G
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Haha switching my channel also increased the coverage lol the amplifier is now at full 600Ma where it used to be only 350
ilostmypistons said:
Did you check what channel your routers using or if there's a conflict with a nearby router on the same channel. My wife's Macbook pro couldn't hold a WiFi signal from 6 feet away yet every other device in our house had no problems. What I did was took the router off auto and set it to use a specific channel that no other routers within a couple hundred feet where using. Now the MBP has been rock solid since. Turns out me and two neibors were all on channel 6. All my Asus Transformers where real sensitive to signal also.
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I am the only one on my channel and have tried everything hence why I'm at this point.
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I am the only one on my channel and have tried everything hence why I'm at this point.
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Try different channels anyway.. Different device radios react to differently to frequencies
Its free and can't hurt
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Does anyone have the new 5ghz wifi routers? How well does it do with the Nexus 5? Does our phone even support 5ghz?
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Does anyone have the new 5ghz wifi routers? How well does it do with the Nexus 5? Does our phone even support 5ghz?
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It certainly does. You can force it to 2.4 or 5Ghz.
I had to force 2.4Ghz on the phone with my old Wireless G router or speeds were compromised.
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It certainly does. You can force it to 2.4 or 5Ghz.
I had to force 2.4Ghz on the phone with my old Wireless G router or speeds were compromised.
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You're right, I just noticed it now.
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Asus RT-AC66U with latest Merlin
No drop
Anyone having trouble seeing some AC channels? I had a launch day N5 that had no problem connecting to ch 153 on my Netgear Nighthawk running DD-WRT. I sold that N5 months ago and now have bought another N5. This one won't "see" my AC network unless it's set to a channel under 48. Even wifi analyzer shows that I have a limited 5 GHz channel range. My S4 connects just fine. Do your N5's see higher 5 GHz channels?
See the photo below. I only see my neighbor's wifi 5G network and the graph stops at 44.
EDIT: Fixed it. It seems changing my extension channel has fixed the issue. I now see the network. N5 seems to not support all AC channels listed in my DD-WRT channel settings.
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HI, we recently bought an 802.11n compatible router called Asus RT-N13U and its visible to every pc in the house inclufing the xbox 360 and the ps3 but its totally invisible to my nexus s its like it doesnt exist. We have tried disconnecting everything but still didnt work. I need help and this phone is not rooted.
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Probably broadcasting on a channel which Android has disabled for your country. Switch to a channel between 1 and 12 on your router, may need to take off auto. An app like Wifi Analyzer should be able to see the network no problems.
Its on channel 11. My old was on 11 too but it worked...
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HI, we recently bought an 802.11n compatible router called Asus RT-N13U and its visible to every pc in the house inclufing the xbox 360 and the ps3 but its totally invisible to my nexus s its like it doesnt exist. We have tried disconnecting everything but still didnt work. I need help and this phone is not rooted.
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Make sure you have set your router to use the 2.4GHz band, not 5GHz.
It is set to 2.4 ghz and wifi analyzer cant see it
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My dads x10 and my mothers x10 mini can connect
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Be sure your router was configured to WPA/WPA2 security,not WEP,and that the router is visible (Wireless SSID : ON) .
ICS -802.11n not compatiable..change it to g/n
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Turn off aes encryption
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Remedy, thats it! I didnt realise it was because of that, ill change it to AES/TKIP right away!
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Is there any way to solve this problem, shouldnt it be possible to solve it in the software of android?
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It just stops working for no apparent reason and the signal indicator fluctuates wildly. Amazingly the LTE signal is very strong and reliable, guess I'll be relying on that over wifi which just seems wrong.
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If I sit in front of my router it works great but if I move a little out of the way it just doesn't work. This sucks, because otherwise I'm loving the phone.
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mobilehavoc said:
If I sit in front of my router it works great but if I move a little out of the way it just doesn't work. This sucks, because otherwise I'm loving the phone.
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I was curious about this too. Are you on AT&T or Rogers? I know many are reporting issues with Wireless N routers.
Supposedly it will be fixed in a firmware update.
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It just stops working for no apparent reason and the signal indicator fluctuates wildly. Amazingly the LTE signal is very strong and reliable, guess I'll be relying on that over wifi which just seems wrong.
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Same here, my connection randomly drops. I just turn wifi off and on and it comes back on.
aspj111 said:
Same here, my connection randomly drops. I just turn wifi off and on and it comes back on.
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What kind of routers are you guys using? I read its doing this with N routers and not B or G routers.
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What kind of routers are you guys using? I read its doing this with N routers and not B or G routers.
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I have a netgear, couple years old. Not sure what type though.
In the WiFi settings, under the menu, "WiFi Network Bands", select "2.4 GHz only". That improved the wifi quality significantly for me.
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In the WiFi settings, under the menu, "WiFi Network Bands", select "2.4 GHz only". That improved the wifi quality significantly for me.
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I can confirm that switching to "2.4 GHZ only" improved the stability for myself as well. This will have to do until HTC releases a fix.
Been using mine for about 2 hours and no WiFi issues yet. Router is an apple time capsule.
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I'm using an apple router and my WiFi is dropping in and out. I've tried changing to 2.4 GHz but still havingbthe issue. What a pain.
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Been using mine for about 2 hours and no WiFi issues yet. Router is an apple time capsule.
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Funny literally 5 seconds after I sent that message my WiFi died and then my phone spontaneously rebooted. Wonderful.
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chrikenn said:
Funny literally 5 seconds after I sent that message my WiFi died and then my phone spontaneously rebooted. Wonderful.
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Yeah there's definitely a major issue with the wifi driver on this phone. Everyone having this issue please tweet @HTC with it.
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Has anyone tried to assign a specific DHCP lease to their phone with their router to see if this solves the problem? This is killing me, I have to have a phone with flawless wifi, I don't get great cell signal where I work so I need the wifi for texting (I use google voice) / chat / email. I guess I will know more tomorrow when I get home to get mine. I tried to talk my wife to brining it to me at work but no dice there.
I currently have a galaxy nexus which has very finicky wifi as well. I have found that it is more router related than anything else. With the apple airport extreme the connection has always been perfect, but I saw here this is not the case with this phone. Fingers Crossed.
AT&T broke the WIFI on purpose for the following reason
have you use LTE.
Charge your for going over data cap
Profit?
rohandhruva said:
In the WiFi settings, under the menu, "WiFi Network Bands", select "2.4 GHz only". That improved the wifi quality significantly for me.
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Seems to have done the trick for me!!
From a purely RF point of view, 2.4GHz has better range than 5GHz due to being able to go through walls better. If other devices don't have issues connecting over 5Ghz from the same location, then the issue may be the WiFi antenna design and/or the case material which makes it difficult for higher frequencies to get through. This is most likely the case if by approaching the router you are able to connect over 5 GHz.
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Seems to have done the trick for me!!
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Trying it now too. Appears to be better but reserving judgement.
I just want HTC to acknowledge the issue so it will get fixed.
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From a purely RF point of view, 2.4GHz has better range than 5GHz due to being able to go through walls better. If other devices don't have issues connecting over 5Ghz from the same location, then the issue may be the WiFi antenna design and/or the case material which makes it difficult for higher frequencies to get through. This is most likely the case if by approaching the router you are able to connect over 5 GHz.
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This would be fine but I have issues when connected to 2.4ghz when 5ghz is enabled. After I turned off 5ghz its stable so this is not a signal issue, this is some type of driver or kernel issue.
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mobilehavoc said:
This would be fine but I have issues when connected to 2.4ghz when 5ghz is enabled. After I turned off 5ghz its stable so this is not a signal issue, this is some type of driver or kernel issue.
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I believe your correct, hopefully HTC will adress it.In the mean time at least it's a bit more stable so far switching to 2.4
Switching your ip to static also works! lets you keep the frequencies on auto. Good for your home wifi. For other locations i guess set it back to 2.4ghz. Hopefully HTC addresses this sometime soon.
I have an HTC One X (AT&T) and I am having a pretty slow time connecting to wifi around the house and in other places. It is a WEP connection at home, and several other android devices have no issue connecting (my dad's Nexus S running CM10 takes 3 seconds) and my iPhone 3G takes 2 seconds to connect, while my HOX running CM10 takes anywhere from 60 seconds to an entire hour, usually falling between 15 minutes to 30 minutes to connect. Once connected, data speeds are normal and the connection is stable. I've had this problem on CM10 stable and the latest nightly, before and after a wipe and clean install. I don't believe I have been having this issue the entire time I've been on CM10.
NOTE: I restored my Cleanrom backup (4.0.4 I believe) and the wifi connects in 2 seconds to the same router without fail every time, over and over again.
Is anyone else having this issue? Do I need to flash a custom radio or something?
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I bet you have a 2wire router
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Whoo. I bet 10 bucks its a 2wire lol
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Whoo. I bet 10 bucks its a 2wire lol
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You guys get a cookie. They were both 2wires. Is it just the router is a POS and there is a connection lag or something?
Something with those routers are preventing cm10 based ROMs to latch on to its wifi. Sense ROMs connect instantly, and I bet if you use someone else's wifi that isn't a 2wire it would connect instantly. Join the clan bro.... :thumbdown:
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Something with those routers are preventing cm10 based ROMs to latch on to its wifi. Sense ROMs connect instantly, and I bet if you use someone else's wifi that isn't a 2wire it would connect instantly. Join the clan bro.... :thumbdown:
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Bastards. Good thing I'm in IT and I have like 5 more routers. That makes sense, because when all this started was when I came home for Christmas. Should be gone again in a few days. Thanks guys.
Heyyy sense you mentioned using other routers, would you know of any other routers compatible with uverse? Regular DSL routers would work?
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Heyyy sense you mentioned using other routers, would you know of any other routers compatible with uverse? Regular DSL routers would work?
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My friend has a cisco one but he also has a new 2wire box. They are both transmitting wifi and one says uverse on the side. I think the AT&T guy was high when he set them up, because I argued with their family that they had 2 wifi sources and they were like no we only have 1. You could always disable wifi in the 2Wire and hook in your linksys or whatever into one of the ethernet ports on the back of the 2wire. That's what I would do.
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Something with those routers are preventing cm10 based ROMs to latch on to its wifi. Sense ROMs connect instantly, and I bet if you use someone else's wifi that isn't a 2wire it would connect instantly. Join the clan bro.... :thumbdown:
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Wow that explains why I can never get WiFi at my friends house when it works on his iPhone and his dad's galaxy note
So what is the solution? Surely there has to be a workaround?
Not that I can find.. I've been reasearching and cant come up with much.. a guy gave me a tip with the default router passwords but mine won't except it bc its too short.. I know I have to go into settings and change some stuff but haven't yet. The address is on the router to access settings but I keep forgetting beings im working on sense lockscreen mods
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My main router in my house is a Netgear, and it's in the basement, which is my man cave. I set up a Linksys router on the third floor as a repeater, to get better coverage throughout the house. For some reason, my battery is draining about 15% per hour when connected to the Netgear while the phone is idle, and it only drains about 2% per hour when connected to the Linksys. Does anyone know why the Netgear would cause such high battery drain, and the Linksys isn't?
Check to see if the netgear router has 5ghz (or MHz. Can't remember) capabilities.
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Check to see if the netgear router has 5ghz (or MHz. Can't remember) capabilities.
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Is that the frequency? If so, the Netgear specs say the frequency is 2.4-2.5Ghz
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Is that the frequency? If so, the Netgear specs say the frequency is 2.4-2.5Ghz
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Hmm... Check the settings in the router to see if it is using 2.4 instead of 2.5 because 2.5 is faster but its a weaker signal. If it is set to 2.5, the weaker signal is harder on the phone to connect to than 2.4, causing battery drain.
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Well my guess would be that the net gear router is putting out a weaker signal so its harder on the phone to connect to. Netgear usually has very good signals so if this is the case, I'm guessing the router is defective.
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The router is about 5 feet away from me, so the signal is great.
Check my post again. I changed it a lot. But since its so close and still causing drain, I'd say take the router back and buy a Linksys wireless-N router.
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Hello there,
I compared the Nexus 5's YouTube playback with a Nexus 4 and an iPhone 5s, and it feels as though the video on the N5 is pixelated and choppy. Are any of you guys seeing problems in YouTube quality?
Yes I do. YouTube seems choppy.
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It probably needs to be updated
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Are you on WiFi or 3g?
I noticed a similar problem when I was on WiFi.
Then I ran a speed test on my network... Now, I usually get around 38 Mbps on my laptop... but my N5 was like 1.5mbps max... I went in to advanced wifi settings and changed it from "auto" chanel mode, to just 2.4ghz mode, and then changed my wifi routers chanel... I'm now getting around 27mbps on wifi and youtube is great
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Are you on WiFi or 3g?
I noticed a similar problem when I was on WiFi.
Then I ran a speed test on my network... Now, I usually get around 38 Mbps on my laptop... but my N5 was like 1.5mbps max... I went in to advanced wifi settings and changed it from "auto" chanel mode, to just 2.4ghz mode, and then changed my wifi routers chanel... I'm now getting around 27mbps on wifi and youtube is great
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Thanks for the reply. I am on WiFi, and I changed to 2.4ghz mode to see if it made a difference. Sadly, it didn't help at all.
NOOOOO! I get all OCD over things like this.
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It probably needs to be updated
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I hope so. My next door neighbor also bought a N5, so i'll compare share the results.