[Q] Is there a way to change internet sharing WI-Fi channel? - Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi!
I live in a area where there are a lot of WI-Fi networks. My Nokia Lumia 820 seems to only use WI-FI channel 6 while using internet sharing as do 6 other routers nearby. This causes constant connection dropouts with my Macbook pro. Is there a hack to change to another broadcasting channel with a little less interference?
Thanks for your help in advance!

Miksii said:
Hi!
I live in a area where there are a lot of WI-Fi networks. My Nokia Lumia 820 seems to only use WI-FI channel 6 while using internet sharing as do 6 other routers nearby. This causes constant connection dropouts with my Macbook pro. Is there a hack to change to another broadcasting channel with a little less interference?
Thanks for your help in advance!
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Router allways sets up the channel, and internet sharing dosn't allows to choose it.
one option would be to setup an intermediate router as gateway with other configured channel.

Miksii said:
Hi!
I live in a area where there are a lot of WI-Fi networks. My Nokia Lumia 820 seems to only use WI-FI channel 6 while using internet sharing as do 6 other routers nearby. This causes constant connection dropouts with my Macbook pro. Is there a hack to change to another broadcasting channel with a little less interference?
Thanks for your help in advance!
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Sorry, its set in the registry and that can't be changed yet. I would hope that it could be included in GDR3 or even 8.1/Blue. That would get real annoying.
Also, any chance of those other connections are unencrypted? You could log onto them and change some of them to a different channel as most people barely know the default username and password on their router. ?
I don't know if some others in the community consider this wardriving,
but it involves accessing someone elses WiFi.
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Connection issues with a repeater

I just got my self an Asus N12 router/repeater and already set it up for repeater mode, verified with a laptop places on the house that formerly had very low signal now shows almost a full bar now the problem I have is that the Galaxy Note seems to only want to connect to the main router which gives it like a very low or even dropped signal, using an app called wifi analizer it can show both my main router and the repeater ( both have the same SSID and only shows a different mac address of some sort, the repeater is actually detected giving off good signal but then again it always connects to the main router.. I never had to setup anything on the laptop it just gets better over all signal.
EDIT:
This is what Wifi Analizer sees
Home (00:23:59:11:11:71)
Home (bc:ae:c5:b0:3a:78)
first one is my primary router and the 2nd one is my asus, the note always prefers to connect to the primary router and ignores the signal from the repeater.. the laptops on the other hand get the signal boost!
Good thread to second the question.
Is it possible to set the Roaming Aggressiveness for the Note?
In simpler words - if i have two signals (say, identical as the OPs config) i want to switch between them before the connections to the connected one has been dropped. In other words - is there a way to switch WiFi networks beneath signal strength value or on better signal from known network?
Spo0f said:
Good thread to second the question.
Is it possible to set the Roaming Aggressiveness for the Note?
In simpler words - if i have two signals (say, identical as the OPs config) i want to switch between them before the connections to the connected one has been dropped. In other words - is there a way to switch WiFi networks beneath signal strength value or on better signal from known network?
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Im also looking for something like that, I've read before that tasker can do that kind of switching.
Google might be your friend
I found this on another forum :
Originally Posted by wilmer000 View Post
Cracked it. WrecX free in market allows you to set a preferred AP, and either allow or exclude OPEN AP should you lose signal.
Re:tasker, basically a full phone API with undocumented GUI. Complex, requires *full* permissions (not my bag!), costs 4GB£
I had the exact same problem and this fixed it. It uses just 472Kb and it works. Thanks!
To use it, open it, Menu, Preference, Access Point(AP) and choose your preferred network.
It would be nice if I could set up multiple preferred access points, but I can live with the inconvenience of choosing a network while I'm travelling. I was getting annoyed with having to keep doing it at home though.
Hope it will resolve your problem.
You could try this with the free Wi-Fi Rules (a WIFI Manager) app in the market.
It allows you to set connect priorities...
Or even Wif-Fi scanner wRecX(Free) where your device can connect with the retrieved access points specified in the list...
That is annoying! I just bought a repeater. I guess I'll be having the same problems ...
friedje said:
Google might be your friend
I found this on another forum :
Originally Posted by wilmer000 View Post
Cracked it. WrecX free in market allows you to set a preferred AP, and either allow or exclude OPEN AP should you lose signal.
Re:tasker, basically a full phone API with undocumented GUI. Complex, requires *full* permissions (not my bag!), costs 4GB£
I had the exact same problem and this fixed it. It uses just 472Kb and it works. Thanks!
To use it, open it, Menu, Preference, Access Point(AP) and choose your preferred network.
It would be nice if I could set up multiple preferred access points, but I can live with the inconvenience of choosing a network while I'm travelling. I was getting annoyed with having to keep doing it at home though.
Hope it will resolve your problem.
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smaragdhk said:
You could try this with the free Wi-Fi Rules (a WIFI Manager) app in the market.
It allows you to set connect priorities...
Or even Wif-Fi scanner wRecX(Free) where your device can connect with the retrieved access points specified in the list...
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I will try both solutions once I have my repeater up and running again, It is currently used as my primary router as it gives a better over all coverage compared to my old router but I will go back to using the repeater when I have the time to do so.
tried a different ssid on the repeater?
Richy99 said:
tried a different ssid on the repeater?
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A repeater automatically configured to have the same SSID at least on the Asus repeater mode, Access Point mode on the other hand allows you to use a different SSID but you need a LAN cable to connect to it.
After setting it back up, I've already figured it out that if I needed to connect to my repeater I must have a static IP settings on my phone.. for some odd reason it does not provide any IP from the DHCP of the primary router, so when I go up a floor I just need to reconnect manually to the primary router by turning the wifi toggle off then on again.
I have exactly the same issue, Static IP works but Notes can't pick an IP while connected to the repeater only work workarounds I found 1. static ip, 2. setup DHCP on the repeater too.
and I hate both
did you made any progress on this ?
ArcticCat said:
I have exactly the same issue, Static IP works but Notes can't pick an IP while connected to the repeater only work workarounds I found 1. static ip, 2. setup DHCP on the repeater too.
and I hate both
did you made any progress on this ?
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Static IP is the only work around I found for this to work, my laptop though connects to the repeater with out issues and the need for static IP. Same issue with the Galaxy tab7.7 Im guessing this could be an andriod/samsung issue.
There is a known issue with some Samsung Android phones, including Note, failing to support BSSID roaming. That is were the wifi device hands over between separate APs with the same SSID.
More info here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12649
You could set your repeater to use a different SSID, if supported. I have had success with BSSID roaming when using Imilka's CM9 build for the Note.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks to both, yes all other devices works just fine here too. Just my note and wife's S2 having problems
Good to know it is a bug and sad to notice still the same in ICS
Loftus said:
There is a known issue with some Samsung Android phones, including Note, failing to support BSSID roaming. That is were the wifi device hands over between separate APs with the same SSID.
More info here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=12649
You could set your repeater to use a different SSID, if supported. I have had success with BSSID roaming when using Imilka's CM9 build for the Note.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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I cant see the option for my Repeater to be labelled differently
by definition a repeater will have the ssid that the main one
ArcticCat said:
by definition a repeater will have the ssid that the main one
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Yes, but some Asus models do have the ability to have it renamed.

Chromecast will not connect to my TELUS ROUTER

Chromecast wont connect to my telus router (Actiontec V1000H). I can't see any option to enable/disable AP Isolation. Is there any solution for this?
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mydrl said:
Chromecast wont connect to my telus router (Actiontec V1000H). I can't see any option to enable/disable AP Isolation. Is there any solution for this?
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How?
try changing the wifi channel the router uses
mydrl said:
Chromecast wont connect to my telus router (Actiontec V1000H). I can't see any option to enable/disable AP Isolation. Is there any solution for this?
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How did you fix this?
MadBob said:
try changing the wifi channel the router uses
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Good advice.
Remember that the WiFi bands (channels) are not exactly the same between countries. So if you're in a non-US country and your router happens to choose a channel that is not available in the US, Chromecast may not detect your wireless AP.
But Telus is Canadian, and Canada has the same WiFi channels as the U.S. (Canada and the U.S. necessarily share identical radio spectrum allocation).
DJames1 said:
But Telus is Canadian, and Canada has the same WiFi channels as the U.S. (Canada and the U.S. necessarily share identical radio spectrum allocation).
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Didn't know that. Thanks! Still applies to other countries though. I think Channel 13 is one of the channels that applies to Europe but not US. I should put it in the FAQ...
EDIT: Seems there's far less exclusion than I thought... but added a note in the FAQ just in case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
So I can get through the setup phase up until the Chromecast tries to connect to my wifi network. I get a message saying it couldn't connect, and when I click the link in the message it brings me to a page that mentions AP filtering, UPNP enabling and .NET 3.5. I checked and UPNP is enabled, and I can't find an option for AP filtering (I have the Actiontech V1000h). I am using a Macbook pro.
Kipp34 said:
So I can get through the setup phase up until the Chromecast tries to connect to my wifi network. I get a message saying it couldn't connect, and when I click the link in the message it brings me to a page that mentions AP filtering, UPNP enabling and .NET 3.5. I checked and UPNP is enabled, and I can't find an option for AP filtering (I have the Actiontech V1000h). I am using a Macbook pro.
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In some cases you have to go through a couple of times. I just reset my Chromecast to test a few things and had to go through the setup twice before it connected to my WiFi.
Chromecast in Canada, on Telus
A friend lent me his chromecast. He uses an iphone and Shaw cable. I use a Nexus 4, and have Telus as my internet provider.
It was a bear trying to get chromecast to work. Tried 5 separate days. Got it to work and i could watch netflix/youtube on it about 3 times and played with it for a couple of hours each. That's the success.
The fail is that I had to trouble shoot more then 4+ hours to get it to work those 3 times. Reboot the chromecast. Reboot the router. Reboot my Nexus 4. Try my wife's Nexus 4. Try the Nexus 7 tablet. It was a horrible experience. I got the AP recommendation like the earlier post in this thread. I tried that. Tried calling telus and signed into my router to check that those settings were correct. As far as I understand it's a gateway 11n wireless router.
So my conclusion is change my internet provider to Shaw unless someone has a smart solution to this problem. The router says it's a 50ghz signal? So it isn't the 2.4vs 5.0 ghz signal problem that I've googled and read about.
Please provide some brains to my situation. I've used all of mine up.
bhiga said:
In some cases you have to go through a couple of times. I just reset my Chromecast to test a few things and had to go through the setup twice before it connected to my WiFi.
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Still not fixed.
So I took the plunge and bought one. Maybe it'd be different than my friends. Looks like this is a me problem. The chromecast still doesn't work. I thought it might be the tv that it's plugged into? Maybe shielding the chromecast from the wifi? I don't know. Will trouble shoot with a different tv or a long hdmi cable that will get the chromecast out from behind the tv. Maybe that'll help.
johnson2423 said:
So I took the plunge and bought one. Maybe it'd be different than my friends. Looks like this is a me problem. The chromecast still doesn't work. I thought it might be the tv that it's plugged into? Maybe shielding the chromecast from the wifi? I don't know. Will trouble shoot with a different tv or a long hdmi cable that will get the chromecast out from behind the tv. Maybe that'll help.
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TVs are great at blocking/scrambling radio signals.
Use the included HDMI extender. If that doesn't help (enough), get an HDMI extension and move Chromecast away from the TV. One of mine is on a 10-foot HDMI extension. The other is connected upstream of a another device that connects to my TV, so both of my Chromecasts are at least a foot away from its associated TV.
johnson2423 said:
So I took the plunge and bought one. Maybe it'd be different than my friends. Looks like this is a me problem. The chromecast still doesn't work. I thought it might be the tv that it's plugged into? Maybe shielding the chromecast from the wifi? I don't know. Will trouble shoot with a different tv or a long hdmi cable that will get the chromecast out from behind the tv. Maybe that'll help.
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It could be a few things not related to the router directly but related in how the Router connects to your ISP.
So a couple of questions...
What kind of service is your ISP? (DSL, CABLE, OTHER)
What Public IP does your router report? (Usually found on the status page that shows connection data) If it starts off 192.168 then your Modem is doing a double nat translation and you need to call your ISP and tell them you want the Modem to be put into gateway mode and just pass a public IP to your router.
Does the CCast actually connect to the Router but not work or will it not connect at all period? If it doesn't connect at all it is possible you need to change the Security method used to WPA or WEP. To test shut off security alltogether and try to connect the CCast. If there is currently NO security try putting WPA on and trying again (but it should work on an open AP)
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Asphyx said:
It could be a few things not related to the router directly but related in how the Router connects to your ISP.
So a couple of questions...
What kind of service is your ISP? (DSL, CABLE, OTHER)
What Public IP does your router report? (Usually found on the status page that shows connection data) If it starts off 192.168 then your Modem is doing a double nat translation and you need to call your ISP and tell them you want the Modem to be put into gateway mode and just pass a public IP to your router.
Does the CCast actually connect to the Router but not work or will it not connect at all period? If it doesn't connect at all it is possible you need to change the Security method used to WPA or WEP. To test shut off security alltogether and try to connect the CCast. If there is currently NO security try putting WPA on and trying again (but it should work on an open AP)
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Service is Telus DSL.
Solution: I changed the security settings. It still tries to stop the CCast from talking to my phone once in a while, but I just log into my router and log into the firewall settings. The firewall settings are "high, medium, low, NAT". It started working once I started turning it off of NAT and onto Medium or High.
I don't know why this is the solution, but it is a solution. I suspect that either Telus will fix the prolbem for everyone else or this thread will become popular. Now CCast is coming to Canada. So either Telus fixes it or there'll be a lot of searching leading to this post.
As a reminder, a friend of mine on telus never toughed his firewall settings and never had a problem with using his CCast. Go figure.
johnson2423 said:
Service is Telus DSL.
Solution: I changed the security settings. It still tries to stop the CCast from talking to my phone once in a while, but I just log into my router and log into the firewall settings. The firewall settings are "high, medium, low, NAT". It started working once I started turning it off of NAT and onto Medium or High.
I don't know why this is the solution, but it is a solution. I suspect that either Telus will fix the prolbem for everyone else or this thread will become popular. Now CCast is coming to Canada. So either Telus fixes it or there'll be a lot of searching leading to this post.
As a reminder, a friend of mine on telus never toughed his firewall settings and never had a problem with using his CCast. Go figure.
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Well if the Telus was set to NAT perhaps Double Nat Translation was the issue.
DO you have another router connected to your modem or is this one of those all in one Hybrids supplied by the ISP?
Asphyx said:
Well if the Telus was set to NAT perhaps Double Nat Translation was the issue.
DO you have another router connected to your modem or is this one of those all in one Hybrids supplied by the ISP?
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I have a friend that is struggling with this as well. While setting up the WiFi connection between the chromecast and the router (the Actiontec V1000H - which is a modem/router combo if that helps). The chromecast will see the WiFi, but it seems to time out while trying to connect to the router.
I did find a comment on a blog somewhere (sorry, I forget where) that suggests unchecking the "IGMP snooping enabled" option in the router (Advanced Settings>IGMP Setting). Once this was done, the chromecast connected to the WiFi without any issues and we were able to stream it without any issues.
However after going out for dinner we had major issues trying to connect to the WiFi on our phones and his laptop (laptop would try to connect to the WiFi but continually fail). It seems like this is a temporary fix at best.
The only permanent solution I can think of at the moment is to go buy a new router that is listed as having no issues on the chromecast compatibility list... Which kind of defeats the whole purpose of having the chromecast as an economic way to stream content to your big screen.
Buy a better router
I don't see why IGMP should have any affect on being able to login and connect.
I Can see it being a problem with streaming but not connection.
IS this an ISP provided Modem/Router? How many devices are connecting wirelessly?
Check settings for IGMP Proxy, Try changing that setting whatever it is but it should probably be disabled (Still don't think this would affect connection but it's worth checking)
Check if UPnP Is enabled (again not really connection related but it does need to be enabled for CCast)
I personally prefer to use a two device setup with separate Modem (in Bridge Mode) and Router....This way the Modem protects the router from the outside world and even if the Modem goes bad the Network still functions properly.
And I pretty much stay away from anything that isn't a Linksys or Netgear product as far as Routers are concerned.
There are a bunch of Actiontec models that are listed as incompatible with CCast on the google site so it's obvious that something about their firmware is not CCast friendly.
So the the previous poster may actually have made a good suggestion in the long run! LOL
I'm using the telus actiontech router with chromcast with no issues....
its a pretty crappy router though and it seems telus disabled the ability for bridge mode in the latest firmware... has anyone found a solution to this so i can buy a better router?
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nolook said:
I'm using the telus actiontech router with chromcast with no issues....
its a pretty crappy router though and it seems telus disabled the ability for bridge mode in the latest firmware... has anyone found a solution to this so i can buy a better router?
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As long as double NAT doesn't cause you problems, you can
Assign the new router's WAN port to an address in the ISP router's LAN range
Set the new router's gateway to the ISP router's LAN address
Connect the two routers LAN port to LAN port
Have all your wired and wireless clients connect to the new router.

[Q] can't see / connect to 5ghz wifi

I seem to be unable to connect to a ac wifi network (5ghz) in fact, the SSID (broadcast enabled) doesn't even show up.
Adding it manually won't fix it either. Anyone else have that problem?
D5803
On what channel do you have your AC network and from where (country) do you have your phone? Could be the case you have set your AC to something not allowed in your country and so the phone does not "see" it. Just a guess.
wifi channel
sxtester said:
On what channel do you have your AC network and from where (country) do you have your phone? Could be the case you have set your AC to something not allowed in your country and so the phone does not "see" it. Just a guess.
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agreed with this guy..you might wanna check what wifi channel your 5ghz is on..
My router is a US netgear r7000. I believe I have a EU z3c. The router region is locked into USA and I can't change it.
However I find it troubling that an international phone is unable to connect to all wifi channels.
Phones travel as do laptops. And my laptop connects to every wifi channel.
Anyway having said that, I'll use my friends router to test this theory. I'll report the results.
I doubt the router uses one of the upper channels, so it should work anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5.C2.A0GHz_.28802.11a.2Fh.2Fj.2Fn.2Fac.29.5B17.5D
Try setting it to a fixed common channel, 56 for example, and check if it works then.
Actually the router was on auto and was using the upper channels. I changed it to channel 48, and the problem was solved.
Still disappointed though, albeit admittedly less so. Thanks lruwen
Please read the above mentioned Wiki in full and you'll have to agree that Sony can't be blamed for these problems. It's just down do regulations that different from one country to another and worse, they even keep changing.
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rndinit0 said:
Actually the router was on auto and was using the upper channels. I changed it to channel 48, and the problem was solved.
Still disappointed though, albeit admittedly less so. Thanks lruwen
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Thanks, this helped me. I had my router set for US use but my phone I just bought from Europe. Manually setting the 5Ghz channel to 48 did the trick.
varxx said:
Thanks, this helped me. I had my router set for US use but my phone I just bought from Europe. Manually setting the 5Ghz channel to 48 did the trick.
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I'm happy to see that my post was helpful to someone

Chromecast bought in the US will not connect to my new router here in Europe

Hi!
Have a CC that bought in the US that have worked like a charm in my Swedish home. Until now. Got a new Netgear r7000 Nighthawk router (which flies) and suddenly my chromecast gives an error saying that the unit is purchased in a different country than the router and will not work. And sure enough, it doesn't. It will not show the network at all.
Familys two other CC:s that are bought in Sweden works just fine with the new router.
When I changed the wireless region on the router to USA the US chromecast works (and the Swedish ones too). But then my wireless HP printer suddenly will not connect instead. Damn if you do....
So please help! Is there any setting or adjustment I can make on the router that will make both my US chromecast and my HP printer happy?
Thanks for any input on this matter!
The only thing I can think of is Europe has more channels Wi Fi can use than the US has (Maybe that is reversed but it makes sense in this case)
Perhaps your router is picking Channel automatically and picking a Channel the US CCast can't use.
Try Manually setting the WiFi Channel on the router to a number between 1-11.
Those are supported by the US.
See if that works.
And that was the problem! The router was running on channel 13. After manually picking lower channel it works.
Thanks for helping me out with this!
Also got the printer connected after lowering the speed on 2.4 network.
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Lugnofin said:
And that was the problem! The router was running on channel 13. After manually picking lower channel it works.
Thanks for helping me out with this!
Also got the printer connected after lowering the speed on 2.4 network.
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Glad you got the CCast Sorted...
Printer should not have needed anything other than a reboot or reconnect to the router to work after you changed the channel.
But if all is working don't try and fix it further! LOL

P30 Pro Wi-Fi Hotspot problems

Hi everyone,
I have a problem with my new P30 Pro. When I create a Hotspot in 5ghz frequency, no other device can find that Hotspot. If I change frequency to 2.4ghz then other devices can connect to the network. Maybe others have the same problem? Or my device is faulty ?
BTW when I'm connecting to Wi-Fi, either 2.4 or 5ghz, everything works fine
Maybe it uses a channel, that your other devices do not see. I think different regions use different wifi channel ranges. Maybe you find an option for that somewhere in advanced wifi settings.
I just tried on mine. My laptop pics up the hotspot on the P30 Pro no matter if it's 5 or 2.4GHz, no problem.
schriss said:
Maybe it uses a channel, that your other devices do not see. I think different regions use different wifi channel ranges. Maybe you find an option for that somewhere in advanced wifi settings.
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I didn't find any advanced settings regarding channel ranges / regions.
BTW my phone is C431 if it's good or not, I don't know. I remember C432 used to be the best region code, if you could say so. My P20 pro is C432.
How the problem started, I bought P30 Pro, opened phone clone app, I wanted to transfer data wirelessly from one phone to another. But devices didn't connect, tried multiple times. After that I started experimenting with 2.4 ghz or 5ghz Hotspot. And found out that other devices can't find 5ghz frequency.
jacobtf said:
I just tried on mine. My laptop pics up the hotspot on the P30 Pro no matter if it's 5 or 2.4GHz, no problem.
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My laptop sees 5ghz Hotspot, but can't connect to it. P20 Pro, honor 8, nexus 6P can't even see that. Samsung S10 can connect to 5ghz. It's very strange
EMUI 9.1.0.153 resolved the issue
Nope, it didn't. I'm still having problems - my notebook can see the hotspot, and can connect to it, but the phone just won't share the internet connection.
Bluetooth is turned on, and bluetooth tethering as well, 2.4 or 5 GHz.
I tried USB tethering. Tried apps from the store. Always the same thing - notebook can see the hotspot, but internet is not working. Any ideas? The notebook is Asus Rog G751. I'm on 9.1.0.1.178.
Same here. Laptop works on home 5ghz, but wont even see p30 pro 5ghz, its strange
Worst part is, 3 months ago it was working. Since I don't use it except when travelling, I have no idea what could have changed in the mean time.
In my case, max user connections was limited.
- press "Show advanced options"
- press "Max connections allowed"
- increase the value
augis0211 said:
Hi everyone,
I have a problem with my new P30 Pro. When I create a Hotspot in 5ghz frequency, no other device can find that Hotspot. If I change frequency to 2.4ghz then other devices can connect to the network. Maybe others have the same problem? Or my device is faulty ?
BTW when I'm connecting to Wi-Fi, either 2.4 or 5ghz, everything works fine
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Hi guys,
what network cards are your PC using?
Mine has a Killer Wireless 1535 built in and I can confirm this problem:
P30 (pro) switched to 5 GHz hotspot mode and PC cannot find it.
I think I may have found a reason for it, which needs to be resolved by a manufacturer (Huawei or a network adapter manufacturer - no idea if only Killer is affected):
The Huawei P30 (pro and normal model) seems to default the broadcast channel to channel #149 (5.745 MHz) when switched to 5 GHz hotspot mode.
This is a DFS channel in the only recently approved new upper channel range.
Apparently the killer 1535 cannot or cannot use these channels yet.
Actually it won't see it first. Then, when changing connection mode in the adapter property, it is found.
But after inserting the ssid password, access is not allowed and ssid vanishes from list.
Just like a restriction to invalid channels.
The broadcast on 5 GHz itself works, which I proved with another P30 which can access the AP of the first one.
However my notebooks (all using Killer Wireless cards) as well as a Samsung tablet can't.
So resolution could be:
1. Killer adapts its drivers or
2. Huawei defaults to a 5 GHz broadcast channel in lower, more common, 5 GHz band between ch7 and ch60 e. g.
(Or adds a user-accessible menue allowing selection of broadcast channel.)

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