when i go to
settings -> wireless and network -> wifi settings. then if i click my wifi, it says "Link Speed 72Mbps"
However if i use the speedtest.net app, it only gives me about 5-7Mbps.
Whats the issue here? is it the phone or the wifi? btw im running apex 9.1 if that helps... thanks in advandced
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Linked to your router at that speed speedtest is how fast you download from the net. Thats why like B/G/N speeds on routers doesnt really matter unless you are doing heavy local network file sharing. Even then you'll only transfer as fast as receiving computer can write to disk.
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Hello everybody, I've searched on the forum, but I cannot find a solution to my problem. When I try to connect my iPad or my MacBook to the internet through my SGS I cannot surf the web. I mean, I can connect to the SGS via the wifi connection but it looks like there is no internet connection.. I am on Darky 7.0 rom. Is there any kind of setting which I have to make to be able to get an internet connection? Thanks for your help
Yeah, same issue with me.
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Hope somebody has a solution...
Do you have a weak signal? I noticed when my signal is weak i can connect but the internet doesn't work.
No the signal is at the maximum but there is no internet connection..
any help?
I'm also having the same problem on 7.5 and 7.6. Maybe bring this up in his thread?
Edit: Im in an area with HSDPA for data too, but when I switch to tethering via wifi or even USB, it doesn't switch to HSDPA. And it wont let me browse the net from a PC. Browsing within the phone works fine.
check your APN settings if they are correct
If my APN settings won't correct I wouldn't be able to browse from the handset itself, which I can do no problem. Its only when I tether.
I am trying to troubleshoot my router, it does b/g/n
I have it set to g/n
I want to know if there is a way to tell whether the cappy is using the G or the N radio
I cant disable G, I need both on but I would like to see that the phone is using N if it can
quite simply, if the router you have isn't dual-band and is just using the 2.4GHz range and NOT the 5GHz range, then yes, your phone is connected at wireless n. but just because you have a theoretical max of 133 Mbps (or 300 Mbps if you bought the router within the past 6 months) doesn't mean that's the thoroughput you're going to get.
likely, depending on where you live, your internet connection tops at about 10 Mbps (that's megabits, not megabytes)... some places (especially if you have fiber) around 50 Mbps...
so realistically your phone is likely maxing out any downloads at about 2 megabytes a second... 10 if you have a really fast connection.
I am not asking due to speed
I am asking
Is there a way to tell what type of network your wifi is connected to, b/g/or n?
not just to my router, but anytime I am on wifi
on the phone?
on a XP?
on Mac?
PS
DD-WRT shows channels higher than 11 so those must be the 5Ghz channels
it is a WRT300N btw
the cappy doesnt have a 'n radio' and a 'g radio'
the cappy has an 'n radio' and 'n radios' are backwards-compatible to pickup older signals
you set your router to output g/n signals, your recieving device will pick up on the fastest signal
to test it, look at your data speed,
in windows click your wifi in the corner > status > SPEED
on your phone... Menu > Settings > Wifi > click your network > Link Speed
mac... i dont care.
aalh said:
I am not asking due to speed
I am asking
Is there a way to tell what type of network your wifi is connected to, b/g/or n?
not just to my router, but anytime I am on wifi
on the phone?
on a XP?
on Mac?
PS
DD-WRT shows channels higher than 11 so those must be the 5Ghz channels
it is a WRT300N btw
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Think that router didn't allow for auto switching between 2.4 and 5Ghz channels. You have to select it, so the one you select is the one you are using.I font think Lynksys starts auto switching until the 400N. On other networks,.use speedtest. Anything over 5.6mb (i think) is n speed.
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Sooooo i just happened to find a wifi tether that works for the revo and heres the link http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_1-beta1.apk
i dont know who developed it or anything i just found it.....
use at your own risk...
click thanks if it saved u LOADS of time haha
rodney323 said:
Sooooo i just happened to find a wifi tether that works for the revo and heres the link http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_1-beta1.apk
i dont know who developed it or anything i just found it.....
use at your own risk...
click thanks if it saved u LOADS of time haha
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Does this circumvent the pay-to-tether method?
Yep dont need to pay for tether
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Got to test it out with my nook today - it worked great!
its not working for me. My buddy doesn't see it on his Evo 4G wifi.
Just tested it out and it worked great. No 4G in my area until October so I was running You Tube, which blocked here at work, over the tether and it it was really smooth. The app was painless to use, no configuration at all just started it and gave it SU access and off I went. My laptop connected right up.
Nice app/find.
rmendez19 said:
its not working for me. My buddy doesn't see it on his Evo 4G wifi.
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im sorry to hear that but as i mentioned i didnt create it soooo ionno lol
I know most phones can't see the tether network for some reason or another
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FYI-> I went to tether today and the 4G built-in app expired so i tried my restored wifi tether from my dInc.
it worked.
4g and 3g tested, both working.
not sure why this app didnt work before...
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I believe the reason most phones can't see it is because it creates a Wifi hotspot in Ad-hoc mode and not Infrastructure mode like most Wifi routers do. Android phones cannot connect to an Ad-hoc network, at least I haven't found one that does.
If you connect to this network from a computer you'll usually also see it listed with Ad-hoc mentioned or a different icon of some sort.
I have noticed that Apple's products can connect to an Ad-hoc network. I'm not sure why this limitation exists on Android handsets, it's quite annoying.
Most of the "official" carrier Wifi hotspot's do support Infrastructure mode, so that's why you can connect when using one of those hotspot app's.
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I believe the reason most phones can't see it is because it creates a Wifi hotspot in Ad-hoc mode and not Infrastructure mode like most Wifi routers do. Android phones cannot connect to an Ad-hoc network, at least I haven't found one that does.
If you connect to this network from a computer you'll usually also see it listed with Ad-hoc mentioned or a different icon of some sort.
I have noticed that Apple's products can connect to an Ad-hoc network. I'm not sure why this limitation exists on Android handsets, it's quite annoying.
Most of the "official" carrier Wifi hotspot's do support Infrastructure mode, so that's why you can connect when using one of those hotspot app's.
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It is because in Ad-Hoc mode there is no server assigning it an IP Address like you get with the infrastructure mode found in routers and other devices. You have to make sure that all the devices are configure with matching IP addresses (addresses in the same subnet and class), gateways, and subnets. Ad-hoc is generally a manually configured network where you configure each device. It is what we used to call peer to peer in the old days.
The app listed in this thread works great. Just to check ppl are turning on the wireless radio first? I know its a simple thing but you would be surprised how many times ppl forget that step.
I've been fighting with this app since I got it. I know the problem is with my laptop, but when I had the Inc. i could connect with no problems at all. I see the signal from the phone in my wireless list, just as an adhoc connection. I just can't get my computer to ever connect to it.
I know the error lies somewhere between the keyboard and chair, but if anyone has any ideas on what I should try, plz let me know.
Running. Win7 Ultimate 64bit
Thanks all!
it works!
The first WiFi device I tried to connect was my wife's phone (Samsung Captivate) but her phone would not find WiFi Tether signal.
But my rooted Nook Color did and it works fine.
HereOnTheHill said:
I believe the reason most phones can't see it is because it creates a Wifi hotspot in Ad-hoc mode and not Infrastructure mode like most Wifi routers do. Android phones cannot connect to an Ad-hoc network, at least I haven't found one that does.
If you connect to this network from a computer you'll usually also see it listed with Ad-hoc mentioned or a different icon of some sort.
I have noticed that Apple's products can connect to an Ad-hoc network. I'm not sure why this limitation exists on Android handsets, it's quite annoying.
Most of the "official" carrier Wifi hotspot's do support Infrastructure mode, so that's why you can connect when using one of those hotspot app's.
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Interestingly enough, I was able to use this quite well on my Nook Color running CM7 when they had 4g turned on in my area (for one day). After they switched it back off, I have been able to connect, but the data doesn't seem to go.
I don't get the correlation, because I was even able to tether it at work where I only had 3g, but the second they turned 4g off, it wouldn't tether from 3g. Frustrating.
I just want to note I am using it on a 3G connection. They have not activated 4G in my area.
I figured out what was wrong. The problem was that I was authorizing my nook exclusively, and while this works, it doesn't appear to be a permanent solution. You have to redo it occasionally when you reconnect.
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having issues with this app, laptop connects and some sites work, speak easy speed test reports very nice speeds, but for whatever reason several sites will only partial load and then timeout. Forum based websites work fine and it seems youtube works also. Not sure why others won't.
I am trying to connect my laptop running Windows Vista Home to my LG revo. I can see the AndroidTether ssid and it is ad hoc. But when trying to connect it just sits there trying then has a message that "connection is taking longer than usual" then it gives a timeout. I can get a connection with my desktop running Vista Ultimate. Anybody know what setting in my Windows laptop that may have to be changed? I setup my wireless adhoc device props to match the LG revo settings. I found a new driver for the wireless network card and it connected just fine...DOH!
Just to mention for some people
If you still can't connect try checking if u made a static ip for your network adapter....just putting this out there
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OK. So we need a static IP address? And for the other poster.. how did you match the settings to the Revolution? I have been fighting this wireless tether since I rooted. All help and comment are awesome! Thanks guys.
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I have a custom ROM based on the official 2.3.5 ROM (3.12.405.1) and the HTC WiFi Hotspot application doesn't work. The app starts and wireless devices can associate with it and lease IP addresses via DHCP but they can't access the Internet. I think its a NAT problem in the application because I can resolve names from my PC as the phone is proxying the DNS lookups - i.e. open a command prompt on my PC and type 'nslookup www.google.com' and I get valid answers. If I try to access the Internet with the browser it fails.
I have downloaded android-wifi-tether and this works as long as the 'Routing Fix' is checked in the settings. I was hoping not to have to have this alternate WiFi Tether application and use the integrated one.
Just tested USB Tethering and the results are the same - i.e. PC gets an IP address and can resolve names but can't access the Internet. I assume this is something fundamental in the NAT/Routing being done by the phone?
Andy
Really weird... Sounds like your mobile data connection is down. (I'm sure you already checked that)
Flash some other ROM with same base and try.
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Patrics83 said:
Really weird... Sounds like your mobile data connection is down. (I'm sure you already checked that)
Flash some other ROM with same base and try.
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I can access the Internet on the phone when its running so I know there is connectivity. As I say I think its something fundamental with the NAT/routing on the phone - I am not sure how to debug it further?
Andy
I am not sure why but this fixed it for me:
http://androidforums.com/1734672-post32.html
I assume with Orange the WiFi Hotspot App uses this 'Consumer Broadband' connection and not the default 'Orange Internet' connection. I was tempted to delete the 'Consumer Broadband' APN and see what happens, a job for another day though as I need to use it at the moment.
Andy
share your gprs speed.
Im use reliance-19kb speed
nowadays who uses gprs.?xD when hi-speed technologies are avalaible like 3G, HSDPA...
but if you created this post: my speed on hsdpa is D: 3,45mbps U: 1,02mbps
How do you want to share your gprs. You can try to create a android hotspots after switching on your gprs . If it is tethering you mean you can tether via a USB cable to your PC. Most custom Rome have this feature in built but if you use stock then search on the market. There are loads of applications that do that. I used easy tether. And if you are rooted then you can use a rooted tether app which doesn't require you to install any software in your PC. Anyway your reliance gprs is too slow. 19kbps... mine is bsnl and speed download speed is around 150kbps and it is 2g.
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hsay said:
How do you want to share your gprs. You can try to create a android hotspots after switching on your gprs . If it is tethering you mean you can tether via a USB cable to your PC. Most custom Rome have this feature in built but if you use stock then search on the market. There are loads of applications that do that. I used easy tether. And if you are rooted then you can use a rooted tether app which doesn't require you to install any software in your PC. Anyway your reliance gprs is too slow. 19kbps... mine is bsnl and speed download speed is around 150kbps and it is 2g.
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i think he tought the speedtest result.
7 mb/s but i disable it i use wifi is more speedy ^^
i,e seems so much showoff!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant affort 3g.after when i got job then i will try for 3g.
Lol .. guys share ur screenshot dont make useless stuffs