Hello everyone,
My wifi router is on level 0 of my house. If I'm upstairs, I have a ****ty bandwith. I tried to do like 5 speedtests in a row, alternate with 5 speedtests with my smartphone (OnePlus One).
My ISP bandwith is 10Mb/s
The speed with my tablet is stuck below 1Mb/s upstairs, opposite to my smartphone results ceiling at 9-10Mb/s.
But when I'm downstairs and up to 5 meters aways from my router I can have that speed on the tablet. Different locations in the house downstairs give me different results. The more I'm far from the router, the less the speed is.
Any idea of what I could do to have the same bandwith anywhere at home ?
Am I condemned to buy a wifi 5Ghz repeter (currently my router is on 2.4Ghz), as I have read that the tablet was designed to work flawlessly with 5Ghz wifi ?
Am I alone with this problem ?
Is this a faulty design problem from nvidia ?
PS : I'm alone on my wifi channel in the neighboorhood, so no congestion is possible.
I'd say, the GHz have nothing to do with it. Rather it may be a structural issue. If you cover the Shield side, the one without the front camera!, you will have a weaker reception. So if you hold the Shield in portrait mode the front camera should be on the bottom for better reception.
Niii4 said:
I'd say, the GHz have nothing to do with it. Rather it may be a structural issue. If you cover the Shield side, the one without the front camera!, you will have a weaker reception. So if you hold the Shield in portrait mode the front camera should be on the bottom for better reception.
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So that means everyone is having the problem I have and nobody pointed it before ?
No. It's not a problem but common. If there are lots of walls between your handset and the router the reception drops. Worse, if you cover the interior antennas.
So why does my OnePlus one has no bandwidth drops ? I think it is a big problem if my smartphone gets full bandwidth from my wifi and my tablet does not.
Maybe you don't cover the antennas of your OnePlus one? Or its microwaves output are set much much higher to penetrate lots of walls. Downside, unhealthy for the human body in the long run.
I, for instance, rearranged my router to have a better reception. Only one wall. Hence excellent speed.
Ok did some more testing with my PC and this app to test my WLAN speed.
Just above the router, I'm @ 80Mb/s ... going 5 meters away and more drops the speed to 1Mb/s
Gonna invest in a wifi repeater
Keep in mind, there is metal structure inside the ceilings, which is worse than just walls.
Bottom line, either you get WiFi repeaters or a long cable to set up the router on the same floor.
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HI,
Has anybody noticed that captivate has poor WIFI reception compared to other devices? I have two captivates with the same problem and have seen others have the similar problems.
It is just fine anywhere wifi signal is good. but it becomes horribly bad with farther distance from APs. The tested place is my office desk
where I never had any problem with my laptops and my old phone(Lg-incite) during the last 2-3 years.
Are you all fine with WIFI performance of Captivate?
Thank you
It seems equivalent to my old iphone.
My captivate was getting less wifi bars then my iphone from just 10 feet away from cable modem router. Checked on both original captivate and replacement. Seems like the reception and wifi seems a bit weak
Is it still connecting and just not showing as strong a signal, or not connecting at all?
Also, if you have both phones handy maybe you can do a speed test/comparison between the two. Maybe it's all in how they calculate those signal bars. . .
Bars don't necessarily mean anything.
I'm not having any WiFi problem on my Captivate at all - even in the corner of the house where my laptop and my wife's laptop sometimes have problems - I also pick up signals from neighbor's wifi routers.
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My captivate was getting less wifi bars then my iphone from just 10 feet away from cable modem router. Checked on both original captivate and replacement. Seems like the reception and wifi seems a bit weak
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They might calculate that wrong too, seeing how they were really far off on calculating phone reception.
The best thing to do is a speed test on each. Obviously higher speed is better but I am curious what the latency is like.
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Is it still connecting and just not showing as strong a signal, or not connecting at all?
Also, if you have both phones handy maybe you can do a speed test/comparison between the two. Maybe it's all in how they calculate those signal bars. . .
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I am not complaining about bars. all show weak signals and still can connect to internet, while captivates are disconnected.
it may be normal for smartphones. The only smartphone I am comparing is Lg-incite. Incite may be exceptionally good on wifi reception. In the points I have tested, laptops do not have problem to connect.
thanks,
I've noticed that same problem with my Captivate....I'll connect with "Good" to "Excellent" connection, but data crawls if at all....Full data reset, and still no improvement...
Well, one thing that I really hate with Nexus S is its wifi hardware. The signal reception is weak, weaker than my HTC Desire.
Often, the wifi signal got disconnected suddenly and reconnected again autmatically.
This is sucks, especially if you play online game or streaming.
I don't think there is a way, software wise to fix this because I read that Samsung is using cheap low powered wifi hardware.
It is good to conserve battery, but the experience sucks.
So, what did I do?
I replaced my wifi access point!
Yeah ... that's, a quick and simple solution.
I just added a new wifi access point, Sitecom Wireless N Access Point. Place it in a good position. And whoala! No more wifi disconnect I found it is much better signal strength compared to the SpeedTouch router (B/G mode only).
There you go, certain wifi access point could potentially cause this auto-disconnect.
So happy now, although I must spent 69 euro + some more for long extension power cable (need this to reach that good position so I got decent signal from my bedroom + living room).
Happy happy happy ... fast enough (900+ KBytes/sec), steady and reliable wifi connection! No more disconnect!
I did the same. Installed apple airport extreme and all is well now.
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I will try changing my wifi antenna . I have realized that the signal is a lot better when I connect to routers that has 2 antennas (300 mbps). Mine is just 150mbps and the signal its medium worth laptops in the end of the house. So I think Ill stay like this. Thanks to samsung!!!
Maybe its just the fact that it's a phone. But I have a 5 ghz network at home and the galaxy s2 cannot detect the network from 10-15 feet away. I have to move as close as 5 feet before it detects the network. Oddly enough though it can maintain the connection as I move away to my room.
Not a big deal because I have 2 routers with one with 5 and the other 2.4 ghz for the phone, but just saying that I dunno why the range detection for 5 ghz networks is so poor.
I have a dual band router and my phone seems to detect both fine. Although the 2.4ghz is more reliable.
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Yeah, I have the same problem. I move away from room, where the router is, and my phone can't detect the 5ghz band. 2.4ghz no problem even outside of my house. I wonder if this is an issue with all Skyrockets.
it might be the nature of 'wireless N' itself, I think N is most efficient the farther away from the router you are provided signal strength is sufficient.
maybe you're getting interference somewhere near your router?
5Ghz bands by nature have a relatively smaller range. I have an E4200 v2 router, which is a high end linksys router and i use the 5ghz for N band because i stream a lot of HD from my computer to apple tv, or do a lot or LAN transfers. My E4200 5ghz is easily available in my entire house, but it always has 1 bar less than my 2.4ghz connection. The fact that 20 feet away you don't get the signal is your router not being very powerful (unless you have 10 walls seperating you from router). I would suggest to put the router in a central point in your house, elevated. I have stairs that go down to the basement in the middle of my house and i stuck velcro and glued it to my ceiling. I have a 2 story house + basement and i can get the signal very well 40ft away
You can also use an app called Wifi analytics to scan for interference and see if you have clogued up channels
Yeah I'm aware that 5 Ghz networks have worse range than the 2.4, but I use the 5 GhZ in on my dlink because of all the 2.4 in my building. inSSIDer shows that I'm the only 5 Ghz around my floors. Less interference is always good. Plus my laptop's network card (intel 6300) has no problems detecting and connecting to it. Same with my HP touchpad.
I guess it's just the nature of the phone itself. Which is why I have 2 routers (basically a dual band).
Hi all,
I have a Netgear N600 router and when I got my tablet on the weekend I couldn't connect to my network, found out that the tablet wasn't seeing my network at all so changed channels from 13 to 2 and it picked it up and connected. The lower channels are fairly congested round me and Wifi Analyser has always suggested moving to the higher numbers which my Galaxy Nexus has no problems connecting to and communicating with.
Is there anything that I can do to enable the higher channels on the Infinity? I'm in HK and there are no regulatory reasons why we can't use the higher channels (I vaguely remember being told that they're off limits in some countries). Is this a hardware or software limitation on the Infinity?
Thanks
I run mine on ch 1 normally but switched to 11 which is highest my Linksys E3200 goes. Ran Speedtest from outside my house (direct path to router through 5 residential drywalls @ ~80 feet) and still hit 10MBps down/1 up which is max for my ADSL. There is one other household on ch 11 about 300 feet from my router. I always check local overlap with netstumbler on my laptop it gives much better results. I can see 3 more networks from netstumbler that WiFi Analyzer doesnt register.
I live in an apartment complex so am surrounded by other people's WiFi networks (about15) and their other electrical devices causing interference, they're fairly well spread across the channels but annoyingly channel 14 seems to be wide open with no overlaps and while my Nexus has no issues, my Asus can't see it so unless I can somehow unlock the upper channels it's going to remain unloved and unused, a real waste.
That sux. Maybe you could help educate everyone in your complex on wifi overlap and power settings to improve everyones lives a little.
Hello everyone,
Is anyone of you experience terrible Wi-Fi performance as well?
In our house we have one main router on the ground floor, one more in the 1st floor (no mesh) and an access point in the attic for smart home devices.
When I'm in the garden I can only see the access point and the ground floor router. When I'm connected to the ground floor router the signal is very bad and keeps on disconnecting even though the distance is maybe 15 meters with only one wall in between. I cannot even see the network from the first floor router.
With my OnePlus 9 Pro I was able to see and connect to it, even though the router is on the other side of the house.
Another thing to mention is, that with the OnePlus I could see 10+ networks from surrounding neighbour's and with the Samsung it's only 2.
Im quite happy with the device, but this is really bothering me. I'm not using some crazy case or sth, just the Samsung clear one.
Thanks for reading, any thoughts?
You didn't say if you was on 2G or 5G? Have tested both? What Routers are they? Hard to help without more details about your setup. I have a Netgear AC1750 Router and 2G is crap at around 50mbps on Speed Test and 5G is much better at 250mbps. But it's a single story house with just the sole Router at one end.
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You didn't say if you was on 2G or 5G? Have tested both? What Routers are they? Hard to help without more details about your setup. I have a Netgear AC1750 Router and 2G is crap at around 50mbps on Speed Test and 5G is much better at 250mbps. But it's a single story house with just the sole Router at one end.
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I have separate networks for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. 2.4 is better for range and my internet is only 50mbit so speed doesn't really matter to me. Main router is a fritzbox and the second router is from some cheap brand. The setup shouldn't really matter though because it is still working fine with my OnePlus.
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I have separate networks for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. 2.4 is better for range and my internet is only 50mbit so speed doesn't really matter to me. Main router is a fritzbox and the second router is from some cheap brand. The setup shouldn't really matter though because it is still working fine with my OnePlus.
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That's still kinda vague. What router models are they? Also, if you're running multiple routers, you're going to have problems. In a non-mesh environment, the second router should be configured as either an access point, or as an extender.
You could also be having an interference problem. Either between your routers and AP or from external interference from any neighbors' networks.
In any case, you'd be better served by swapping out your current equipment and switch to a mesh system. I use Google's Nest Wifi with one router and three mesh access points. However, there are several other mesh systems that work well.
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That's still kinda vague. What router models are they? Also, if you're running multiple routers, you're going to have problems. In a non-mesh environment, the second router should be configured as either an access point, or as an extender.
You could also be having an interference problem. Either between your routers and AP or from external interference from any neighbors' networks.
In any case, you'd be better served by swapping out your current equipment and switch to a mesh system. I use Google's Nest Wifi with one router and three mesh access points. However, there are several other mesh systems that work well.
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Thank you for your comment.
The main router is a AVM FRITZ!Box 7590 AX (Amazon) and the secondary is a cheap Tenda AC6 AC1200 (Amazon). Having multiple routers in a a non-mesh environment shouldn't really be a problem. The Tenda is connected via LAN interface, providing it's own network with its own SSID. It's only for a few devices very close by.
I know there can occur problems due to interferences, but I didn't think it was a problem because the Samsung is the only device having issues. I can try messing with the bands, but honestly I don't think it's going to change anything.
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Thank you for your comment.
The main router is a AVM FRITZ!Box 7590 AX (Amazon) and the secondary is a cheap Tenda AC6 AC1200 (Amazon). Having multiple routers in a a non-mesh environment shouldn't really be a problem. The Tenda is connected via LAN interface, providing it's own network with its own SSID. It's only for a few devices very close by.
I know there can occur problems due to interferences, but I didn't think it was a problem because the Samsung is the only device having issues. I can try messing with the bands, but honestly I don't think it's going to change anything.
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Your setup overly complicated. You are essentially running three SSIDs (One for the FRITZiBox, one for the Tenda, and one for the attic AP). Either reconfigure the Tenda as an access point, or pull it out completely. The problem seems to be the handoff between your primary and secondary router. Your primary router should be able to handle the 1st and 2nd floors easily.
Another question. How many smart home (IoT) devices are connected? The Tenda is capable of only 20 devices. Since the Tenda is upstairs, it's going to have better range than the downstairs router (there is a reason why people tend to place antennas higher up). The AP in the attic is not a router and if it is connected to the Tenda via LAN, the Tenda may be running short on capacity. Since it is higher up, your S22U is probably trying to connect to that device.
The way I see it, you have three options:
1. Install a mesh setup. You have one router, with two mesh points (one on the 2nd floor, one in the attic) running one SSID on both 5GHz and 2GHz bands.
2. Remove the Tenda and move your AP to the 2nd floor. The AP can easily handle the smart home devices, and provide WiFi to the second floor and attic. It will also reduce you down to two SSIDs.
3. Remove the Tenda, move the FRITZiBox to the second floor and connect it to your internet modem (or whatever device you get internet through) via LAN (you said the LAN is already run between 1st and 2nd floors). Connect the attic AP to the FRIZTiBox (via LAN). That should give you enough WiFi coverage and reducing to two SSIDs.
1 billion issues can cause wifi problem....
1) airport\military base near you
2) powerfull microwave
3) neighbor on the same channel
4) device power management
5) bad case (bad plastic - put in microwave...if it heats its BAD)
6) bad antenna inside of device (return it to factor)
8) in-wall powerline 240v
etc...
buy ZYXEL
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Running an Asus RT-AC68U router. I get good 5Ghz signal in every room, the basement, the garage and in the car behind the garage.
Not sure what the issue is but it could be your device.
I highly recommend upgrading to a Wifi6 environment if you have a S22 (but not necessarily Wifi6e). The S22's support 160MHz channels which allows for up to a 2.4Gig multi-stream connection with your phone. My phone will connect anywhere from 1.2-2.4gig in/outside my house depending upon where I'm at in relation to my router. My internet is only 500/500, however, I noticed wifi was much snappier with my S22u over my older Wifi6 phone which used 80MHz channels.