Hi.
I bought a Western Digital N900 (N750s are not available in my country) as recommended by some people in the GeForce forum since it apparently streams well but I always get disconnected from Limelight every 20-30 minutes. Frames start dropping and I'm kicked out. A quick reconnection fixes the issue for a while. I'm like 2 meters away from the router with no walls in between as I was testing it. So I'd like to ask for suggestions on how to improve the performance. If you don't count the getting kicked out, it's smooth.
Setup:
Router A with Internet is connected to PC through Wifi (In a different room and floor)
Router B (N900) is connected to PC through Ethernet (Only Shield and PC are connected).
N900 uses same SSID for 2.4 and 5 GHz
I have tried using different SSIDs for 2.4 and 5 GHz but issue remains.
N900 Smart QOS is on.
I used Wifi Analyzer and I picked the best channel for 2.4GHz and I'm the only one in the area with a 5GHz router.
5 GHz is set to 20/40 MHz Auto (There's no 40 MHz only).
Limelight (rooted) is set to 20 720P/60fps.
Shield is using latest update and rooted.
I've tried normal Gamestream but it's choppy due to 30 FPS and there are weird audio sounds at times.
Is there anything wrong with my setup? Any tips to fix my issue?
I just noticed in my A9, when I connected to a 2.4HGz WiFi Access Point (AP) and have my Bluetooth turn on (doesn't have to have any headphones connected), the WiFi speed is very bad, only goes up to around 2.5Gbps download. If I turn off Bluetooth, then I will get up to my normal speed, over 50Gbps download. This is ONLY affected with 2.4GHz AP and have no affect on 5.0GHz AP. I have spent almost an hour with HTC support via online chat and it goes nowhere. I wonder if this is only on my device of all the A9. Can you guys check on this for me? Thanks!
- To make sure you're connected to a 2.4GHz WiFi AP, goto: Settings -> Wi-Fi -> the 3 dot... -> Advanced -> Wi-Fi frequency band -> Select 2.4 GHz only. After the test, switch back to Automatic
- I use the Speedtest app to measure the speed.
I have the same issue with my HTC One_M8. Factory reset solved it for a while but now it's back, it's very frustrating because I have a smartwatch connected by Bluetooth and have to constantly remember to turn Bluetooth on and off.
Did you find a solution for this?
Cheers
I don't know answer to your problem, but I would love to have just half of your speeds. I would think the processor and drive of even a computer couldn't handle Gbps speeds. But where I'm at in the US we are still at Mbps
i am using a router which broadcast both 2.4ghz and 5ghz band using single SSID. how do i force my phone to only allow to connect to the 5Ghz wifi network. i cannot turn off the 2.4ghz band as there are other devices in my house that only support 2.4ghz or do i want to split the bands into 2 SSID.
Thank you.
i was able to split my router to 2 different SSID for both bands
In the past there used to be an option in advanced wifi settings that made the 5GHz "preferred" but Google took it out for some reason.
The disabling of the 2.4 GHz or having 2 separate SSIDs might be the only way right now (not sure for a rooted phone tho)
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Yes not sure why did Google remove that option. Any hidden secret code i.e. *#00*# etc that allowed us to make changes to network setting.
Some routers have band steering which will force devices to 5ghz if supported while keeping 2.4ghz for devices that can't.
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I turned off Auto Connect on my 2.4ghz, so it stays on 5ghz all the time.
Eagle 3 said:
I turned off Auto Connect on my 2.4ghz, so it stays on 5ghz all the time.
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Mine only 1 ssid for both band. Seem like there is no solution and i had to split the bands into 2 ssid.
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Mine only 1 ssid for both band. Seem like there is no solution and i had to split the bands into 2 ssid.
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I only have 1 ssid. Like I said, I turned off Auto Connect for 2.4ghz so it always stays on 5ghz.
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I only have 1 ssid. Like I said, I turned off Auto Connect for 2.4ghz so it always stays on 5ghz.
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thanks, but for me both the bands are broadcast into one SSID. which means i can only find one wifi connection and the wireless router will change the band connection based on the signal strength when i am moving around the house. it will change the connection to 2.4ghz when i am in some place where the 5ghz connection is weak. why i wanted to stay with 5ghz when the connection is weak because it give a much higher download/upload speed compare to the 2.4ghz connection which somehow got much weaker internet speed to the extent of unusable.
angka8 said:
thanks, but for me both the bands are broadcast into one SSID. which means i can only find one wifi connection and the wireless router will change the band connection based on the signal strength when i am moving around the house. it will change the connection to 2.4ghz when i am in some place where the 5ghz connection is weak. why i wanted to stay with 5ghz when the connection is weak because it give a much higher download/upload speed compare to the 2.4ghz connection which somehow got much weaker internet speed to the extent of unusable.
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Buy a new router where you can separate them and then disable or turn off the 5ghz connection
Looks like this is quite an issue for N2Us. I have a 4 year old iphone and it stays connected to 5GHz in the same place and N2U reverts to 2.4. I have band steering and have been really well on all other devices. Issue lies only with N2U.
Snowleopard1900 said:
Buy a new router where you can separate them and then disable or turn off the 5ghz connection
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Mine can separate them but since it is only affecting my phone, I hope the change can be on the phone instead. By separating them, I will need to configure all those devices that can only connect to 2.4ghz. e.g. ring peephole
Did you solve issue? Same problem here :/
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I only have 1 ssid. Like I said, I turned off Auto Connect for 2.4ghz so it always stays on 5ghz.
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Errr...you actually DON'T have one SSID but 2. The band is appended on the name and they are actually 2 different WiFi networks with different names so you could turn off auto-connect on the 2.4GHz one
I use the Wireless Mac Filter on my router to block 2.4Ghz Band for my phone mac address, so the phone can only connect to 5Ghz
If you are using a Samsung phone in the advanced settings for wifi, turn off use randomised MAC address and use the phones actual MAC. This fix has been tested on Netgear routers and works, phone will join the faster 5ghz and still be able to switch to 2.4 if you are at a distance from the router
SenatorDC said:
If you are using a Samsung phone in the advanced settings for wifi, turn off use randomised MAC address and use the phones actual MAC. This fix has been tested on Netgear routers and works, phone will join the faster 5ghz and still be able to switch to 2.4 if you are at a distance from the router
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Thanks, this worked with Pixel 4a on ruckus WiFi as well!
angka8 said:
i am using a router which broadcast both 2.4ghz and 5ghz band using single SSID. how do i force my phone to only allow to connect to the 5Ghz wifi network. i cannot turn off the 2.4ghz band as there are other devices in my house that only support 2.4ghz or do i want to split the bands into 2 SSID.
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This is what i did .
(It might give you an very easy option /idea .)
My current setup is a Nokia fibre router that has 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz bands
I bought a reasonable priced wifi mesh 'TP DECO M4 "then
connected it to my fibre router ( ethernet cable )
The TP wifi mesh comes with an Android app fo configure it (settings )
All i did was swicth off the 2.4 ghz band in app, for my TP decom 4 model .
So if i wand to use only 5ghz i connect to my TP DecoM4 ( which is connected to my Nokia fibre router)
My othe devices( that only use 2.4 ghz bands ) i connect dirrectly to my Nokia fibre router, that has 2.4ghz band active ...and also the 5ghz ,
So fo me its a matter of to switch 2.4 ghz on and off in the Android TPlink app .
Hope this give you an very straightforward option ?
good luck
see screenshots below
Hi...
I don't if you already solved you problem but, probably, if you have router which broadcast both band with the same SSID you have option, in router settings, called SMART CONNECT set to the "ON"...
I found a solution that worked for me, i am using a xiaomi router and a s21
Samsung S21 Ultra 5G not connecting to 5Ghz wifi channel
Hi folks . I have a Samsung s21 ultra 5g. I can connect to the 2.4ghz WiFi but more than often I can't seem to connect to the 5ghz wifi channels .I'll have my laptop right infront of me onnected to the 5ghz wifi channel , yet my phone won't be able to the same. My router is netgear nighthawk...
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"in the settings of your phone / Connections / Wifi / settings of your network put:
IP-DHCP Settings
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Dear All
I own an android phone running Android 8.1. I looked at everything inside WiFi Setting but I can't find an option to selection only 2.4GHz or 5GHz frequency. Compare to my 10 years old phone runing android 4.4.2 which has an option for 2.4GHz or 5GHz. Is there any App that help to get this option enable or any workaround? My workplace use Band Steering which 2.4GHz and 5GHz use that same SSID and my phone always connect to 2.4GHz. I have to turn wifi on/off a few time to connect to 5GHz.
What radio bandwidth actually can get used depends on both the phone's hardware and the Wi--Fi network provider.
You can run this app to see what is possible:
https://apkpure.com/wifi-band/com.igorlazunna.android.wifiband
I'm no doubt Both of my phone and WiFi AP support 5GHz(Dual Band).
AFAIK Android OS has some algorithm for choosing the best Wi-Fi connection. I don't know what it is. But I think it tends to prioritize faster Wi-Fi networks over stronger ones.
5GHz is always faster than 2.4GHz regardless of signal strength for my experience so I just want my phone connect to 5GHz unconditionally. With my old phone, when I set to 5GHz only, it won't connect to any 2.4GHz event if 5GHz is not available. That's my goal.
Checked on many routers, does not depend on the speed of the provider - at 2.4 Hz Wi-Fi is only a "half-duplex" connection .... is it the same with you?
The real speed of Wi-Fi is 50-60Mbps.
It can't connect 40MHz channel width ?