My wireless router is a dual-band model that supports both 802.11g and 802.11n at the same time. It seems as though the Captivate won't even acknowledge the 'n' network unless the 'g' network is disabled. Anyone know if/how the captivate can be configured to look for my 'n' network first?
Thanks,
Corey
I plan to create a wifi hotspot with My WIFI Router software,because I have no wireless router.I want to know if there is any difference?And could I get better wifi service with wireless router?
Under Settings > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Wi-Fi frequency band, I have "2.4 GHz only" selected.
However, on my home network (which broadcasts the same SSID on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz), it still frequently connects at 5GHz.
Has anybody else seen this, and is there any solution?
Also: is there any way (e.g. third party app) to set the phone to "Automatic" except when it's connected to my home wi-fi, when I only want it to connect at 2.4GHz?
(Why do I want to do this? I'm running AirDroid in local mode on my PC, which only connects at 2.4GHz. If my N6 connects at 5GHz, then AirDroid doesn't work as it regards the PC and phone as being on 2 different networks.)
I have wifi extender with 2.5ghz and 5ghz bands. They have slightly different names (ssid's)
When I set to 2.5 only, the name of the 5ghz network disappears from the list of available networks. Does yours do this?
Do you have unique SSID's for the two networks? (I'm not sure if it's required, but that's the way mine is set up)
Do you have a Custom kernel or rom?
I'm using the same SSID for both networks (2.4GHz and 5GHz) - this is convenient for all our other devices, as they can seamlessly connect to either frequency. It just appears as a single name in the list of networks.
I'm running Cataclysm.
Philip said:
I'm using the same SSID for both networks (2.4GHz and 5GHz).
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The known ssid's with passwords are stored somewhere. Changing the settings to 2.4 GHz doesn't clear this
First choose 'forget' and connect again.
I've the same with Chromecast. Changing the name of the 5 GHz ssid can make 'connect life' easier.
NLBeev said:
The known ssid's with passwords are stored somewhere. Changing the settings to 2.4 GHz doesn't clear this
First choose 'forget' and connect again.
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Many thanks.
So that sounds as if I:
1) Set phone to "2.4GHz only"
2) "Forget" my home network
3) Reconnect my home network (at 2.4GHz)
4) Set phone back to "Automatic"
then my home network will always connect at 2.4GHz, but other networks that I encounter will connect at either 2.4GHz or 5GHz.
Is this correct?
Philip said:
2) "Forget" my home network
then my home network will always connect at 2.4GHz,
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Yes (on my N6)
But setting 'automatic' includes 5Ghz.
Think about changing ssid.
Wifi devices will choose by signal strength.
I was wondering if there is any way to disable scanning of 5ghz wifi networks
Hi guys!
I'm in an hospital because of a motorbike accident, and I have to stay there for at least 4 weeks.
In this hospital they have a Sophos APs infrastructure, with multiple APs with the same SSID.
I noticed that the closest AP to my hospital room is not well configured.
I receive from it the IP via DHCP, but I don't have internet access.
Same thing on both 2.4ghz and 5.2ghz bands of this AP.
I see the Mate10Pro trying to get the IP and probably checking internet access, and because there is no internet access it tries to switch between the two bands.
I enabled in System>Developer Options the "enable details on wifi SSID picker", so I can see the MAC address, the signal strenght in dB and the frequency.
With WPA Tester app in my Mate10Pro I get the list of all APs nearby with their MAC address, all APs as I said have the same SSID (in the Sophos APs they enabled the "roaming" function).
In WPA Tester I can choose a specific AP from the list and connect to it.
If I connect to the other ones than the closest one, they work fine, I have IP and also internet access.
Surely I will notice to hospital workers that they have a setting problem in their wifi infrastructure, and I will tell them the MAC address of the specific AP (the closest to my room) that have the problem.
But in the meantime, is there a way in stock Mate10Pro 8.0.0.145 no root to filter the MAC addresses of the AP the phone wifi connects to in the stock wifi picker?
I didn't find anything to do a such filter.
Because after a few minutes, the wifi picker switch to the closest AP, because it's signal strenght is more powerful than the one I connected to with WPA tester.
In the meantime I solved the problem by using NetSetMan software in my Win10 notebook with an Intel AC7265, in NetSetMan I created a profile with the specific MAC address of the closest AP that works, and then enabled the Win10 hotspot. My Mate10Pro connects to this hotspot.
Thanks for your help guys!
Have a great day!
Fabio