As posted...it has the 2.4 only or the 2.4/5.0ghz wifi?
From samsungs note specifications site:
"Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct"
WLAN a-band is 5ghz area, so I think it has 2.4 and 5ghz.
thanks
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00roberto00 said:
As posted...it has the 2.4 only or the 2.4/5.0ghz wifi?
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of course, my old galaxy s2 can connect at home whit the 5ghz wlan, so its very close that galaxy note can the same..
Hmm, anyone with a note actually able to use 5ghz wifi? I have so far been unable to.
benburch9 said:
Hmm, anyone with a note actually able to use 5ghz wifi? I have so far been unable to.
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both of my wireless bands are showing up on my note as well as the SGS II (2.4ghz and 5ghz)
It's working on mine. Router Asus n56.
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It's working on mine. Router Asus n56.
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hmm.. mine doesn't see the 5GHz radio on my Netgear WNDR3700.
Weird.
As a side note, i do think connecting to the 2.4GHz radio is a better idea as it has better range, and the Note won't be able to utilize the extra speed of the 5GHz channel anyway.
yes it works 5.0ghz also, with d-link routers.
its faster than on the 2.4 crowded band.
Mine connects to the 5 Ghz coming out of my WRT610N running dd-wrt
Works fine on my old Belkin G router (2.4Ghz) and the new Belkin N router (5.0Ghz). So yep.
mfractal said:
hmm.. mine doesn't see the 5GHz radio on my Netgear WNDR3700.
Weird.
As a side note, i do think connecting to the 2.4GHz radio is a better idea as it has better range, and the Note won't be able to utilize the extra speed of the 5GHz channel anyway.
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The note has only antenna, so yes, it won't fully utilize it, but I get much faster speeds on the N router than the G oh and the speed drop off at the edges of reception is much less with N.
Hmm, well my 5ghz doesn't seem to be showing up. Anyone have any idea what troubleshooting steps I should take?
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So just an update for people. I figured out the issue. 5ghz doesn't seem to be supported on 1xx channels, but works just fine on the lower frequency xx channels. I wonder, is this an European thing? Would there be a firmware tweak to enable the higher frequency (and higher output power) 1xx channels?
+1 on that. I would like to see it able to be used with the higher channels
I think it depends on whether the router utilizes the 20MHz or the 40MHz band. I bet the note can only see the 20MHz one.
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Nope it can see.the 40 as thats the only one I have selected
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It has both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz I see and have connected to both on my Netgear N600
OK ppl its the channel your router has set for 5ghz. European basebands only see 5ghz channels provisioned on Europe. Check Wikipedia, specifically here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
Simple fix... change router 5ghz channel to match region of your baseband
Using a higher or lower channel means nothing. Its finding the channel that is least crowded and has the least amount of interference.
Worked!
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OK ppl its the channel your router has set for 5ghz. European basebands only see 5ghz channels provisioned on Europe. Check Wikipedia, specifically here: wikipedia[dot]org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channel
Simple fix... change router 5ghz channel to match region of your baseband
Using a higher or lower channel means nothing. Its finding the channel that is least crowded and has the least amount of interference.
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I wasn't able to connect with my netgear wndr4500, but this fixed it! thanks!
Or you can always flash a firmware which supports your local 5 GHZ frequency in case you have other devices which use this frequency range. I noticed that Asian firmware supports NA 5 GHZ frequencies.
I have a Linksys E4200. I tried using WiFi analyzer and put it to scan for the exact frequencies available in the E4200 5Ghz configuration, the S2 is unable to detect any 5Ghz channels. I also tried selecting all channels, but it did not work.
EDIT: Just found an answer on another thread that worked, I manually set the channel to 36. The phone immediately detected the network. Its odd that in auto the phone cant detect it.
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Has the wifi n feature been implemented in any of the roms (such as r19/20/21 or cyanogen) since Google released the source code for 2.2? Some are saying that it is already active for them. Anyone have info on this?
Well just check the transfer rate from your PC
as soon as i get a router that supports n. Is there a way to tell from the handset itself if n is enabled?
I'm not sure how to check from the handset directly, however you could always select only the N band of wireless from the router instead of broadcasting them all. If the Nexus picks it up, then its N.
i too would like to know if N is available in any of CM roms. I have a Dual-Band N+G linksys router but for some reason i'm not able to connect to my N band.
mine has been working since CM5.0.7 since ive noticed
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i too would like to know if N is available in any of CM roms. I have a Dual-Band N+G linksys router but for some reason i'm not able to connect to my N band.
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It only does 2.4Ghz 802.11n not 5Ghz 802.11n which is were the real advantage of 802.11n comes from. I actually tested it pretty throughly with my WRT350N router with DD-WRT firmware and I was able to achieve better speeds with 802.11g than I was with 802.11n with very little other wireless traffic in the area.
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It only does 2.4Ghz 802.11n not 5Ghz 802.11n which is were the real advantage of 802.11n comes from. I actually tested it pretty throughly with my WRT350N router with DD-WRT firmware and I was able to achieve better speeds with 802.11g than I was with 802.11n with very little other wireless traffic in the area.
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No wonder i couldn't get it to work! Thanks.
N has been working for me since the first leaked froyo update. I only set my router to broadcast N only
Like stated before, the wifi chip in the N1 is 2.4 GHz only. It is not a dual band receiver. So if have a dual band router that is transmitting a 5Ghz signal your N1 will not see it. This is actually kind of common with N devices (DVD players, TVs, Adapter Dongles) in the past year or so, most of them are 2.4 GHz only which really defeats the whole purpose of having N in the first place.
Doesn't n supposedly have wider range?
i answered my own question. did *#*#4636#*#* and under "wifi status" it says "Link Speed: 72Mbps" so it is enabled
I just junked a netgear router with misbehaving wireless and nabbed a new one (Linksys WRT120N if you're curious) with N capability last night. I was hoping to get my SGT to connect at N speeds but unfortunately it keeps wanting to connect at G speed (54mbps). I've tried setting the router to N-only mode and the tablet still sees the AP, but it attempts to connect for a moment then goes back to scanning for APs. Yes, I've got great signal strength since I am sitting ~5 feet from the AP (the SGT icon shows full blue icon, my dbm is -34 for those of you that understand what it means).
Is the tablet's N capability disabled? I double checked the specs of my SCH-I800 on Verizon and Samsung's site and both say that the tablet has b/g/n wifi capability.
If you're nosy and want to know why in the world I'd even need N speeds, I have half a dozen computers in my house and some of them (thank you Microsoft) can't see the others for file transfers, so I copy the files over to my tablet from the source, then to the target. Not the best solution but I'd rather not toss up applications on all the computers and I haven't bothered buying equipment for a NAS device yet.
So... any revelations?
Samsung product info page: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/galaxy-tab/SCH-I800BKAVZW-features
Verizon product info page: https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c...tail&selectedPhoneId=5565&deviceCategoryId=12
Dunno, I've got mine running on N just fine... Some of the lower end linksys routers have issues with N. You might look into dd-wrt and see if your router is compatible..
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I've got a Linksys E3000 running Tomato, and my Tab connects. Notably, however, the Tab only supports some of the 5GHz channels and not others.
manekineko said:
I've got a Linksys E3000 running Tomato, and my Tab connects. Notably, however, the Tab only supports some of the 5GHz channels and not others.
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Pretty sure it only supports the 2.4ghz range of N. I could be wrong, but I doubt they would have included the 5ghz range of N wireless capabilities..
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Pretty sure it only supports the 2.4ghz range of N. I could be wrong, but I doubt they would have included the 5ghz range of N wireless capabilities..
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No, it supports 5Ghz range as well, just not all channels as I stated. My router is dual radio, and I have one SSID running at 2.4 and one SSID running at 5, and the Tab is connected to the 5 one.
It noticeably scans the 2.4 range before the 5 range, so first the 2.4 access points appear, and then the 5.
My personal experience was that I was able to achieve much much better download speeds by setting my router (WRT310N) to G mode only.
Before hand, when it was set to mixed I was getting speeds of like 1mbps download tops. Now I get 15+.
manekineko said:
I've got a Linksys E3000 running Tomato, and my Tab connects. Notably, however, the Tab only supports some of the 5GHz channels and not others.
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Would you mind mentioning 'some' of these channels so I don't have to manually go through all of them one by one to see if it'll work with my SGT?
LycaonX said:
Would you mind mentioning 'some' of these channels so I don't have to manually go through all of them one by one to see if it'll work with my SGT?
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Sure, no prob, I've got mine working on channel 36.
You can also take a look at my other post on this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158878
Hey guys is there a way to get this to connect to 5ghz wifi when available but 2.6ghz when only that is available? My router does both frequencies at the same time but my phone chooses 2.4 when set to auto
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robgee789 said:
Hey guys is there a way to get this to connect to 5ghz wifi when available but 2.6ghz when only that is available? My router does both frequencies at the same time but my phone chooses 2.4 when set to auto
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if your router broadcasts both, you can force 5ghz by going to wifi>advanced>wifi frequency band>5ghz only.
I know you said you wanted it to connect to 2.4 when its available, but that makes no sense since both frequencies are always available, so you can force it to only connect to 2.4, or only to 5.
robgee789 said:
Hey guys is there a way to get this to connect to 5ghz wifi when available but 2.6ghz when only that is available? My router does both frequencies at the same time but my phone chooses 2.4 when set to auto
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Hello robgee789,
If I understand you right, you possibly mean connect to 5Ghz at home but still use 2.4Ghz when out-and-about and it's not supported? Or when it's out of range in your house since the 5Ghz penetration through walls isn't as good as 2.4Ghz?
Your router should support having different SSIDs for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz - since they're technically separate radios.
So you could have the following networks:
robgee789's WiFi
and
robgee789's WiFi (5G)
If you forget both networks, then connect to the 5G one first, then the 2.4 one after - your phone should prefer the 5G network, but still connect to the 2.4 if it's not in range. It just doesn't switch back very well when it comes back in range.
I could find the separate SSIDs but I told it to just use 5ghz the switch to auto and now it automatically chooses 5ghz over 2.4ghz cheers guys
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I am finding performance on the 5.8GHz band to be, frankly, pathwitc. I'm trying to determine if it's my phone or if it is a N6 problem.
The first image is a speedtest on 802.11n on the 2.4GHz band. The second image (same destination) is on the 5.8GHz Band with wireless AC.
My service is 100Mbit down, 5MBit up so the 2.4GHz/n results are as expected. The 5.8 GHz results are lacking. Signal level is similar between the two bands and the 5.8 GHz results are similarly crappy in the same room as the WAP (Cisco WAP371).
It isn't a signal level issue as evidenced by the last image from Signal Check Pro.
Is anyone else seeing poor performance with 5.8 GHz and AC?
I'd test a different device on that same router and compare results. I see about the same up and down results on my router on 5ghz and 2.4ghz but 5ghz doesn't penetrate though walls as well as 2.4
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I'd test a different device on that same router and compare results. I see about the same up and down results on my router on 5ghz and 2.4ghz but 5ghz doesn't penetrate though walls as well as 2.4
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The note 2 (on N) gets comparable results on both bands. Its either the phone or the router on AC.
John Kotches said:
I am finding performance on the 5.8GHz band to be, frankly, pathwitc. I'm trying to determine if it's my phone or if it is a N6 problem.
The first image is a speedtest on 802.11n on the 2.4GHz band. The second image (same destination) is on the 5.8GHz Band with wireless AC.
My service is 100Mbit down, 5MBit up so the 2.4GHz/n results are as expected. The 5.8 GHz results are lacking. Signal level is similar between the two bands and the 5.8 GHz results are similarly crappy in the same room as the WAP (Cisco WAP371).
It isn't a signal level issue as evidenced by the last image from Signal Check Pro.
Is anyone else seeing poor performance with 5.8 GHz and AC?
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The ping difference between image_1 and image_2 shows that something on either your provider or within the app changed. A true test of N versus AC should be to something internal to your network; pull a large file from a local machine that is behind your access point. Open up a terminal (Are you rooted? Busybox installed? ) on your N6 and run your own ping tests locally and out to the internet to compare the wireless protocols.
Also, I would ASSume you've checked for other 5.8G interference/signals and verified your AP is on a different channel, yes?
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The ping difference between image_1 and image_2 shows that something on either your provider or within the app changed.
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Or 802.11AC isn't working correctly. That hasn't been eliminated yet.
A true test of N versus AC should be to something internal to your network; pull a large file from a local machine that is behind your access point.
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Attachments 1/2/3 speak to that. I'm running speedtest mini on my mac mini to get the numbers.
Attach 1: Wireless N in same room as WAP on 2.4 GHz
Attach 2: Wireless AC in same room as WAP (5.8GHz required)
Attach 3: Mac mini testing from/to itself.
Open up a terminal (Are you rooted? Busybox installed? ) on your N6 and run your own ping tests locally and out to the internet to compare the wireless protocols.
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Based on attachments 1/2/3 it is to me conclusive there's an issue with AC. Have to determine if it's the phone or the WAP. That ain't done yet. This is the only 802.11ac device I have at this time, so I can't do much testing with it. The Cisco WAP won't let me disable AC protocol.
Also, I would ASSume you've checked for other 5.8G interference/signals and verified your AP is on a different channel, yes?
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That would be attachment 4. No other 5.8GHz networks visible. That makes sense, my neighborhood isn't densely packed and most of my neighbors are not techheads,.
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I'd test a different device on that same router and compare results. I see about the same up and down results on my router on 5ghz and 2.4ghz but 5ghz doesn't penetrate though walls as well as 2.4
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I'm quite aware of the distance limitations with 5.8GHz. I'm doing some testing monkeying around with channels and such to see if that makes a difference.
Hmmm... Retested on a higher channel and get "somewhat" better results.
First attachment is internal. Second attachment is external. Now we're cooking with gas.
Internal 226 down / 102 up
External 110 down / 5 up
Should have checked that before posting...
Thanks all,
I find the N6's 5GHz AC to be phenomenal. I'm on an Asus RT-AC68P. I hit my ISP's bandwidth caps on speed tests.
TheAmazingDave said:
I find the N6's 5GHz AC to be phenomenal. I'm on an Asus RT-AC68P. I hit my ISP's bandwidth caps on speed tests.
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My issue was WAP settings. I changed channels and was getting 250+ Mbits/second locally and 110 through my cable provider.
Just a quick question. Specs I found say a/b/g/n but my 5GHz won't show up. I searched the forum and found some people saying that 5GHz works, others say it doesn't.
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Just a quick question. Specs I found say a/b/g/n but my 5GHz won't show up. I searched the forum and found some people saying that 5GHz works, others say it doesn't.
Running Evervolv 7.1.2
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Tablet WiFi specs : WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
The Tablet works well with 802.11 n 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
5 GHz is a frequency, it all depends on your area and the Interference Level. Everyone's router setting would be different.
Select 2.4 GHz for longer range, 5Ghz for shorter range but faster communication between router and tablet.
The most important of the two is that the selected channel interference level is acceptable.
https://www.howtogeek.com/222249/whats-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5-ghz-wi-fi-and-which-should-you-use/
https://www.alternativewireless.com/resources/wifi-networking/5ghz-vs-2-4ghz-wireless-lan/5ghz-wifi-disadvantages.html
Hey thanks for your reply but that wasn't exactly my question. I'm just confused that I can't connect to my 5GHz network. I seperated them in the router settings, so it should show up in the list but it doesn't. Only 2,4GHz.
Milanwraith said:
Hey thanks for your reply but that wasn't exactly my question. I'm just confused that I can't connect to my 5GHz network. I seperated them in the router settings, so it should show up in the list but it doesn't. Only 2,4GHz.
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Check your router settings:
All routers works differently.
It should be 802.11 Mode n
Band selection 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz
Bandwidth (20 Mhz for 2.4 GHz) (40 NHz for 5 GHz)
Channel ( select best with intererence level of acceptable )
Make sure SSID Broadcast is enabled.
Evervolv 7.1.2 WiFi is pefect, the issues starter with Oreo and Pie, Android changed the WiFi configuration.