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[Q] What speed are you getting to your 802.11n router?

So I've got the TF connected to my 802.11n router (Conceptronic, C300BRS4 if it matters) and the tab reports a link speed of approx. 65-70Mb/s (found from Wi-Fi settings > tap on access point).
I've been trying to get a proper network video streaming setup to work from my desktop (hooked up to the same router at a standard 100Mb/s ethernet) but I can't get anything to stream smoothly without pauses. I'm using Plex, but I've tried a few others with similar results.
What speeds are you getting? Is there anything I can do to improve streaming over my home network?
Thanks!

Plex works fine for me, no pauses whatsoever. I'm on an 8mb/s line with a gigabit router and computer.
What kind of file are you trying to stream? Pretty sure the better the computer the more smooth it would be.
I can't seem to see what speed its transferring on my tf. Can you explain exactly what to press.

The PC is a relatively modern quad core, 4GB RAM etc. When I use the transcode option in Plex the CPU usage hovers around 50-60%, so it's definitely not maxed out. I'm trying to stream regular old AVI files, nothing fancy. Haven't even bothered trying MKVs and HD stuff.
The router isn't a gigabit, it's one of the old 100Mb/s connections. Maybe the bottleneck is there?
As for the TF link speed, go to Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi settings > tap on the router you're connected to.

Quality: Excellent, Speed: 72Mbit/s

WIFI slow

Good Morning,
By connecting the NAS via wifi network, the notebook can transfer files at a speed of about 4-5 MB/S, but through our ASUS TF700T can transfer files at a speed of about 1.7MB/S.
How come?
What do I need to set to be able to speed up data transfer and watch movies smoothly?
Thanks

Will have to test later.
I wonder if asus have reduced the power consumption in 4.2.1? If so that could explain what you are seeing as the signal strength is not as strong.
I can try to test the old power profile to see if it helps.

Thanks for the answer, great sbdags!
I tried the wifi with the NAS both your CROMI 3.6 JB 4.1.1 and then with Asus Stock 4.2.1 but it was always so slow.
Tonight I try to remove the fuel consumption.

MarkAndroid said:
Good Morning,
By connecting the NAS via wifi network, the notebook can transfer files at a speed of about 4-5 MB/S, but through our ASUS TF700T can transfer files at a speed of about 1.7MB/S.
How come?
What do I need to set to be able to speed up data transfer and watch movies smoothly?
Thanks
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sbdags said:
Will have to test later.
I wonder if asus have reduced the power consumption in 4.2.1? If so that could explain what you are seeing as the signal strength is not as strong.
I can try to test the old power profile to see if it helps.
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Wifi Advanced settings, untick WiFi optimizations maybe?

Yes, I try to uncheck that option on by default.
Our Asus has wifi "n" right?
How should transfer the data?

Yesterday I tried to transfer the data by removing the option of saving the wifi but the speed remained the same.
I noticed that the netbook and the notebook clamp the signal at 150 Mbps while the TAB anchors it to 65 Mbps (of course in the same room).
How come the TAB does not manage to connect with full signal?

There is a program that allows you to vary the parameters of the wifi inside the TAB?
Netbooks and Notebooks connect to 150 Mbps regularly!

MarkAndroid said:
I noticed that the netbook and the notebook clamp the signal at 150 Mbps while the TAB anchors it to 65 Mbps (of course in the same room).
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65Mbps is the maximum speed the TF700 can connect at.
In my experience this does not matter though as the max short burst speed achievable is ~55Mbps as shown in perfmon when writing to class 10 sd. It is lower than this when writing to internal storage. Max sustained speed I get over wifi is using andftp which gives ~50Mbps.

50Mbps over WiFi? You are lucky boy! I can confirm very poor and inconsistent WiFi performance. Speedtest.net is reporting odd results and also data transfer from my home NAS varies. Based on Speedtest.net WiFi speed is mostly 1-2Mbps occasionally nearing 30Mbps. My PC wired to same router is pulling files from internet easily at 60Mbps and from local NAS much more faster. I also tried factory reset to have rooted clean 4.2.1, but it does not helped. Also AnTuTu benchmark is not giving consistent test outputs on my tablet so I am assuming that this could be related to some newly introduced bug.

I have 65 Mbps data transfer via the Internet, but not as a hook to the router.
The netbook hooked to 150 Mbps and Tab 65
The netbook on the NAS transfers data at a speed of 10 MB / s while the TAB to 1.7 MB / S!
I thought that at least 5 MB / S arrived safely

garfield_cz said:
50Mbps over WiFi? You are lucky boy!
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I should clarify. I also get very low speeds using samba transfers. Max of about 30Mbps. I only see 50Mbps when using ftp (from local media server) to my 64gb class 10 sd card fomatted to ntfs. If I format to exfat or other I can't achieve as high a transfer speed.
After updating to 4.2.1 I had very low speed and it didn't improve until i cold booted twice.
I have nearly all 1080p mkv's on my files server and these can be up to 25GB in size. The only way I have found to reliably stream them from my server without stuttering is to use the FTP function in dice player.

From my point of view the problem lays in inconsistent WiFi speed. I can live happily with steady 10Mbps transfer speed for sure, but problem is that sometimes it is 30Mbps and sometimes only 2Mbps or even less, both on same network and router :silly:

Why are SMB/CIFS transfers extremely slow? (re: multiple devices, etc)

I'm trying to copy some files over wifi (802.11ac) from my SMB/CIFS NAS to my Android phone but I'm only getting 4 MB/s max.
Is this normal?
I'm using ES File Explorer 3 and I've tried multiple phones (Galaxy S4, HTC One) but always have the same problem. I don't think my wifi is the problem (it shows a connected link speed of about 400 Mbps on 802.11ac) and my NAS is definitely not the problem (LAN copying is well above 60 MB/s on my RAID-6 array)
Thanks for any help!

nvidia shled game stream on mac pro in bootcamp stuttery.

Hello recently bought a 2008 mac pro and installed windows bootcamp onto it so that I can switch between windows 7 and osx mavericks whenever I want. I installed a PC GTX 680 into it which works like a dream.
I installed Geforce experience and optimized all my games.
When I go into the compatability list it says I have all the pre requisites to stream a game.
I the turn on the shield, it recognises all my games and when I choose one it loads on my PC straight away.
Unfortunatly as soon as game starts it's a stuttery mess and usually shuts down saying "cannot connect to PC"
Very odd. Went into my windows firewall settings but all nvidia game streaming stuff is ticked.
Currently here are my specs
Mac pro 2008 3.1 eight core xeon 2.8ghz cpu
KFA2 GTX 680 2gb DDR5 gpu Nvidia Driver 337.50
10GB DDR2 memory
SKY HUB router (new white one) model Wireless N
Nvidia Shield fully updated.
Not sure where problem is...

I'm having the same issues with my PC and a GTX770.
It's the connection.
I plugged a wifi stick in, set it up as ad-hoc, enabled the gaming/multimedia environment driver flag, disabled powersaving and now it's all fine.

nex86 said:
I'm having the same issues with my PC and a GTX770.
It's the connection.
I plugged a wifi stick in, set it up as ad-hoc, enabled the gaming/multimedia environment driver flag, disabled powersaving and now it's all fine.
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Blimey sounds elaborate. I have disabled power saving in windows already in the power plan settings. how do you enable the gaming/multimedia environment driver flag?

go into the device manager, choose your wifi adapter -> properties, the flags should be there in the advance tab but it depends on your driver.

nex86 said:
go into the device manager, choose your wifi adapter -> properties, the flags should be there in the advance tab but it depends on your driver.
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Ah I see. Assuming it's under network adapters there is a driver but no option for multimedia/gaming to be enabled which is a shame. Might have look into wifi dongles then (

Ok so I disabled the wireless airport mini card via control panel/network connections
I then plugged in the TP-Link USB wifi dongle. Connected to the internet (works fine).
I then started gamestream and tried to play several games. BORDERLANDS 2 and Max Payne 3. Both were stuttery messes that kept shutting down.
I then loaded up Skyrim and for some odd reason the graphic settings were all stupidly low but it seemed to run fine then?!
Very odd. Any ideas on what the problem is. I can stream my Vita onto PS4 via my router with no issues whatsoever but the shiled is a juddery, crashy mess.
I also have an Alienware M17X R3 with a 680M card installed. I tested it out on that and it seems much smoother. Doesn't shut down on start up and is reasonable. still slightly stuttery but not game breaking.

You need wireless G at the very minimum to stream games. It is similar to playing a LAN game over wireless and you get lag and your player skips around. It is the same concept streaming the game as you are actually playing on the PC but viewing the video feed and controlling it from the Shield. A butt load of data is going back and fourth. Really it would not hurt to have wireless N if you do not.

I have wireless N router and bot the dongle, airport extreme card and the netgear have wireless N.

N is fine, theyre backward compatible to both G and B.
u sure you updated both nvidia driver and GeForce Experience?
otherwise I can just think that there is another wifi network that is interrupting yours.

nex86 said:
N is fine, theyre backward compatible to both G and B.
u sure you updated both nvidia driver and GeForce Experience?
otherwise I can just think that there is another wifi network that is interrupting yours.
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Was wondering the same thing so I attached an ethernet cable from the mac to the router to get as honest a signal as possible. It seemed to work a bit better, played max payne 3 for about 10 minutes before it started to stutter and crash again. Very odd, might be CPU or even the router but cannot tell at this moment in time.
My mac is about 2 1/2 metres away from the router with no walls between them s
Is there a way to directly stream from PC to shield without need to go through router to check?

Here's the router I'm using. It should be good enough!
http://m.shop.sky.com/mt/www.sky.co...-hub/?un_jtt_v_cookiecheck=on&un_jtt_redirect
Key Features: 802.11bgn 2.4GHz WiFi; Integrated DSL modem; 4x 10/100 Ethernet ports; WEP, WPA/WPA2 & WPS security
Manufacturer: Sky
Read more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/sky-hub_Peripheral_review#vIZzLlhmBatWDgC5.99
Been looking into replacing it with the newer Sky hub SR102 router. Here are it's specs, seem pretty much the same except it's a little bit more ready for fibre optic broadband
Wireless:
• 2.4GHz 802.11n standard, backwards compatible with 802.11 b/g standards
• 2×2 MIMO with internal antennas, 144Mbps maximum data transmission rate
• Smart Signal Selection – automatically and dynamically selects optimum wireless channel
• Wi-Fi Alliance certified

Ok I bought an Asus DSL N66U which has dual band 2.4ghz and 5ghz signals. Its maximum is 450Mbps but it's still stuttery and poor signal. The nvidia shield cuts out after a little while. Am wondering where the problem is. It can't be the router!

Ok so this is a thing...
Theres an advanced settings option on the Nvidia Shield for gamestream settings. It can allow you to adjust the max FPS 60 or 30, and the bit rate. There are two options - one for wifi and the other for ethernet connections. I changed FPS to 30 and it's much smoother now.
If you have stutter issues it may help
https://forums.geforce.com/default/...onsole-mode-and-gamestream-advanced-settings/

Slow SMB LAN Transfers S7 G930F

Hi!
I recently bought a S7 after the Note7 situation. During my time with the Note7 I noticed very slow network transfer speeds when using SMB. 600kb/s. With Http to the same lan device I get upwards of 6MB/s. The S7 I have now does the same thing.
I tested using TEL CSC 6.1 and the new 7.0 beta.
The original Note7 discussion is here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/help/slow-wifi-lan-transfers-t3452766
Any ideas?

Presjar said:
Hi!
I recently bought a S7 after the Note7 situation. During my time with the Note7 I noticed very slow network transfer speeds when using SMB. 600kb/s. With Http to the same lan device I get upwards of 6MB/s. The S7 I have now does the same thing.
I tested using TEL CSC 6.1 and the new 7.0 beta.
The original Note7 discussion is here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/help/slow-wifi-lan-transfers-t3452766
Any ideas?
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I confirm same issue here on French Galaxy S7 (Exynos chip). LAN SMB is slow, but anything else is OK. I had to switch to PnP to watch HD movies, SMB access to my Windows server beeing too slow (less than 300 KB/s most of the time). I can sustain 8/9 MB/s transfer speed on QHD videos with Netflix, Youtube and PnP media server. I tried various explorers and media players, and it's always the same, so this doesn't seem related to a particular app.

It's a very weird issue. My old Galaxy S4 (Lollipop) had the same slow LAN/SMB transfer speed (over wifi) as my current Galaxy S7 (Marshmallow) (tops out at 2MB/s at most using ES Explorer) but my Nexus 7 (Lollipop, rooted) does a good 5 or 6MB/s (with all other conditions the same as the phones).
This is over 5Ghz wifi with the devices sitting within a foot of the Asus RT-AC68U router, downloading 2 or 3GB file from a WD MyCloud device connected to the router via network cable, sitting 2 ft away from router.
Have yet to find any solutions other than setting up http or ftp services, which defeats the purpose of a NAS.

bo8 said:
It's a very weird issue. My old Galaxy S4 (Lollipop) had the same slow LAN/SMB transfer speed (over wifi) as my current Galaxy S7 (Marshmallow) (tops out at 2MB/s at most using ES Explorer) but my Nexus 7 (Lollipop, rooted) does a good 5 or 6MB/s (with all other conditions the same as the phones).
This is over 5Ghz wifi with the devices sitting within a foot of the Asus RT-AC68U router, downloading 2 or 3GB file from a WD MyCloud device connected to the router via network cable, sitting 2 ft away from router.
Have yet to find any solutions other than setting up http or ftp services, which defeats the purpose of a NAS.
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I was convinced it was a software issue because my Galaxy S5 running Resurection Remix (Nougat based) is able to transfer files with X-plorer using SMB at 8/9 MB/s, when my S7, nougat updated, peaks at 3 MB/s in the exact same conditions. So I decided to flash the latest Resurection Remix on my S7 (voiding the warranty) to test and guest what ? RR performed even worse than Samsung's OS ! So I don't really know what's going on here. Maybe this is a broadband issue ? Mayby Exynos S7 have a weird Wi-Fi chip that doesn't like SMB ? Who knows ? I gave up and installed SimpleDLNA on my Windows server. I'm now able to watch HD movies without problem.

Same here in S7 (non-Edge) Exynos model.
Usually, the upload speed start at 5MB/s, after 1-2 mins, the speed start slowing down and finally drop to 15KB/s
* (B = byte)
The only temp solution is enter the Wifi Setting page, tap on the SSID currently connected, tap advance setting, the back back back to home (do not change any setting or reconnect). THe transfer speed may boost back to 15MB/s shortly 1-2 mins again.
Waiting for samsung's fix as well. Same problem in G930FXXU1DQEJ and G930FXXU1DQJ1 (I have two S7 with same problem in my home.)
No such slowing down problem is found in my old Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Galaxy S3.
S7 is really well fitted phone for me just except this SMB problem.

Any update on this issue? Is it being solved in Android O (8.0)?
S8's AQJ5 firmware seems already fixed the same problem.