If I enable both 2.4ghz and 5ghz in my router (d-link dir-850L) my T800 will only connect to 2.4ghz. If I enable only 5ghz it will connect to 5ghz. This happens with stock, modified stock, and CM ROM. I'd prefer to enable 2.4ghz for backward compatibility with older devices, obviously.
Have you tried to just set your tab s to only 5 ghz? Instead of auto
Do'h!! never saw that before. Thanks.
But then it won't connect to my old router on the other side of the house.
I found out I can set the 5ghz band to use a different SSID. That seems to work out well.
Try WiFi manager from App Store (Google Play). Has option in settings that should address your problem.
Here's the problem. I have an 802.11ac router at my apartment, with two access points, one of them on the 5GHz band, the other on the 2.4GHz band.
I want my N6 to be forced to go on the 5GHz AP every time, and shun the 2.4GHz AP. This is because at my apartment complex, everyone's got a 2.4GHz router, so even though my N6 thinks it gets a stronger signal in the 2.4GHz band, it will get ****ty bandwidth from the 2.4GHz bands, because everyone in my complex is watching Netflix at the same time. The 5GHz bands are clean, so I get get far more bandwidth there.
So how do I force my Nexus 6 to use my 5GHz AP, and not my 2.4GHz AP?
Yes, I know, you can go into the settings, and tell it to use only 5GHz APs, or only 2.4GHz APs. I'm looking for the setting that says "Strongly prefer 5GHz APs, and only use 2.4GHz when absolutely desperate." That way, I don't have to remember to go into the settings so I can get wifi when I go out for coffee.
I don't want to constantly fiddle with my phone. I want an automated way to make my N6 Do It My Way.
I used to be able to prioritize access points in Kit Kat, but Google thinks we're idiots, so they omitted that feature from Lollipop.
Also, being able to prioritize access points means your phone doesn't log into your neighbor's ****ty wifi that you used once when you went over for beer, when you'd prefer it used your own wifi.
Are there any Lollipop 5.1 compatible apps that let you do this?
Can you go on your router and rename the 5ghz band to a different ssid as the 2.4ghz band.
After that only have the nexus connect to the 5ghz ssid.
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Can you go on your router and rename the 5ghz band to a different ssid as the 2.4ghz band.
After that only have the nexus connect to the 5ghz ssid.
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That's already done, though I found that the N6 "helpfully" automatically adds the 2.4GHz SSID, since it automatically detects it's going from the same device as the 5GHz AP.
How can it connect to the 2.4 channel if you remove it?
Like I said, make it only know/trust your 5ghz channel.
Completely remove the 2.4 signal
Evening.
I have wifi plugs that only work on 2.4ghz. I can not get my GP4 XL to connect to them when setting up. My phone only picks up my 5GHz wifi only 5GHZ. Is there any way in settings etc I can adjust this on my phone?
Thank you
Try changing channels on the plugs
change the channel on the 2.4ghz network, change it to 1 or 6, it should be 11 or 12 if ur phone/laptop is not picking it up
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I would need help; wifi in the 5 Ghz band has not worked for a long time,
I have the LTE + Wifi tablet. ROM MIUI V10.3.2.0.ODJCNXM Stable
I can't get wifi to work on this band; it only works in 2.4 Ghz.
I have tried changing the frequency channel to 36, 44, etc; I have also changed the router frequencies from 80Mhz to 40Mhz and 20Mhz with no result. It does not occur to me what else can be done; install multiple ROMs; Chinese original and other EU versions; but all without result,
The wifi connects in low bands but without Internet access; it always keeps getting IP address and when it connects; you do not have Internet access; tested with various routers and different companies; I am starting to think that it could be a hadware problem; some help?
At the beginning of buying the tablet it worked well.
Hi - I recently updated my OP10Pro 5G to the NE2215_11_C26 update, OOS13, US,, and my 5ghz wifi is now really slow - 40-50mbps down - unless I toggle wifi or airplane mode. Speed goes back up to normal, then goes down and stays there. Other devices in 802.11ac work just fine on the 5ghz band
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks
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Hi - I recently updated my OP10Pro 5G to the NE2215_11_C26 update, OOS13, US,, and my 5ghz wifi is now really slow - 40-50mbps down - unless I toggle wifi or airplane mode. Speed goes back up to normal, then goes down and stays there. Other devices in 802.11ac work just fine on the 5ghz band
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks
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I had exactly the same problem and went through a "chat session" with OnePlus support about two weeks ago. I was asked to send my phone in for "repairs". The way their agent responded to my issue suggested that it is a common problem.
Edit: Sorry, my phone was running OOS 12 at the time I experienced the problem. I don't recall the build number and I don't have the phone now, so I can't check.
So, my phone has been "under repair" now for two weeks. No status update, no idea when it might be repaired or replaced. Meanwhile, I'm using my previous phone, a Moto One Ace 5G, and wondering why I bought the OnePlus at all.
ayoldguy1 said:
Hi - I recently updated my OP10Pro 5G to the NE2215_11_C26 update, OOS13, US,, and my 5ghz wifi is now really slow - 40-50mbps down - unless I toggle wifi or airplane mode. Speed goes back up to normal, then goes down and stays there. Other devices in 802.11ac work just fine on the 5ghz band
Any idea what's going on?
Thanks
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Did you check the negotiate speed?
Have a look with WiFi Monitor, ight shed some light.
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Did you check the negotiate speed?
Have a look with WiFi Monitor, ight shed some light.
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I think I figured out my problem. I have Verizon FiOS, and have a G1000 Quantum Gateway AC router and the matching extender. The extender had the same SSID for the 5ghz band as the main router .. so the phone would hang on to the router or extender no matter where I moved in the house, no matter whether I checked the "switch Wifi to stronger network" box. I created a 'sub' SSID, and now the phone will (usually) switch to the stronger network, and seems to work ok.
I didn't have this with my AC Wifi OnePlus 7 Pro, or with my AX laptop. But this did seem to fix the issue with the OP10. I wonder if the new FiOS wifi 6e router + new extender would work better with my 10 Pro if extender is broadcasting same SSID?
i lost wifi 6
ayoldguy1 said:
I think I figured out my problem. I have Verizon FiOS, and have a G1000 Quantum Gateway AC router and the matching extender. The extender had the same SSID for the 5ghz band as the main router .. so the phone would hang on to the router or extender no matter where I moved in the house, no matter whether I checked the "switch Wifi to stronger network" box. I created a 'sub' SSID, and now the phone will (usually) switch to the stronger network, and seems to work ok.
I didn't have this with my AC Wifi OnePlus 7 Pro, or with my AX laptop. But this did seem to fix the issue with the OP10. I wonder if the new FiOS wifi 6e router + new extender would work better with my 10 Pro if extender is broadcasting same SSID?
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As long as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands will share the same SSID that's l;ikely the phone will pick the one with the "strongest signal".
If you want to make sure to always connect to the 5GHz one, using a different SSID is the only option. Doesn't really matter which AP/router/repeater/extender you use.
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i lost wifi 6
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Check under the couch, that's always there!
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As long as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands will share the same SSID that's l;ikely the phone will pick the one with the "strongest signal".
If you want to make sure to always connect to the 5GHz one, using a different SSID is the only option. Doesn't really matter which AP/router/repeater/extender you use.
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Yea.. the issue was that I had the 5ghz band on the SAME SSID being broadcast by both router and extender.. forgetting the 2.4ghz didn't do anything, nor did ensuring that the "switch to stronger Wifi network" toggle was on. My OP10Pro would connect to the router's 5ghz signal when entering the house, then stay on it when moving around the house without switching to the stronger 5ghz signal with same SSID emitted by the extender. By creating TWO 5ghz SSIDs, one for router and one for extender, the OP10Pro now - usually, it isn't perfect - switches between the router/extender 5ghz SSIDs depending on the signal strength, though Android13's cutoff for defining "weak signal" seems either arbitrary or very forgiving. I'm wondering if Verizon's new Wifi 6E router + extender will fix this issue and allow me to just clone the SSID on both devices.. i read somewhere that wifi 6 and 6e devices can do this natively.. not sure as I'm a novice at best at networking. Thanks.
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Yea.. the issue was that I had the 5ghz band on the SAME SSID being broadcast by both router and extender.. forgetting the 2.4ghz didn't do anything, nor did ensuring that the "switch to stronger Wifi network" toggle was on. My OP10Pro would connect to the router's 5ghz signal when entering the house, then stay on it when moving around the house without switching to the stronger 5ghz signal with same SSID emitted by the extender. By creating TWO 5ghz SSIDs, one for router and one for extender, the OP10Pro now - usually, it isn't perfect - switches between the router/extender 5ghz SSIDs depending on the signal strength, though Android13's cutoff for defining "weak signal" seems either arbitrary or very forgiving. I'm wondering if Verizon's new Wifi 6E router + extender will fix this issue and allow me to just clone the SSID on both devices.. i read somewhere that wifi 6 and 6e devices can do this natively.. not sure as I'm a novice at best at networking. Thanks.
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Other than the actual "sensibility", that's not a 10pro specific issue.
2.4 and 5 GHz bands will behave differently and the phone will "perceive" one or the other as the best choice based on various factors and the overall quality of the signal.
I had the very same issue on my laptop.
OnePlus support had my phone for 3 weeks to fix my 5G wifi speed problem. They report that they replaced the motherboard under warranty and the phone has been shipped back to me. I should have it in a couple days and will certainly test to confirm that 5G wifi speed is similar to other devices connected to my network.
I've defined separate SSIDs for 2.4g and 5g wifi in my gateway, so I can control which SSID I connect to. 2.4g was always consistent with other devices connected at 2.4g. The problem with my phone was related only to 5g.
FrogFan said:
OnePlus support had my phone for 3 weeks to fix my 5G wifi speed problem. They report that they replaced the motherboard under warranty and the phone has been shipped back to me. I should have it in a couple days and will certainly test to confirm that 5G wifi speed is similar to other devices connected to my network.
I've defined separate SSIDs for 2.4g and 5g wifi in my gateway, so I can control which SSID I connect to. 2.4g was always consistent with other devices connected at 2.4g. The problem with my phone was related only to 5g.
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I received my "fixed" phone about a week ago now and I've been monitoring its wifi performance. Bottom line: 5G has been generally slow, much slower than my laptop or my Moto Ace 5G, but the speed is highly variable and quite fast sometimes. I just ran Speedtest on my laptop and OnePlus. Both were connected to the same 5G SSID. The laptop performance was 304 mbps down, 172 mbps up. The OnePlus performance was 48 mbps down, 205 mbps up.
I switched both the phone and the laptop to my 2.4G SSID. Laptop performance was 43 mbps down and 15 up. Phone performance was 116 mbps down and 88 mbps up.
After the 2.4G test, I switched the phone and the laptop back to the 5G SSID and immediately retested wifi speed. I observed performance of 339 mbps down and 373 mbps up on the phone. The laptop speed was 248 mbps down and 148 mbps up.
I know that my gateway broadcasts 5G on two different channels for the same SSID and I have no control over what channels it picks. Maybe the phone picks a congested channel sometimes and the slow observed speeds are due to that, whereas the laptop (and the Moto Ace) always seem to pick the less congested channel?
The other thing I read about was "randomized MAC address" versus "device MAC address" and someone, somewhere (I don't remember where) suggested that using device MAC address resulted in improved speed. I just made that switch for the 5G SSID. Speed is very good now, and I'll monitor it to see if it slows over time.
Sorry for the long message, but I'm thinking that the "fix" really did nothing to improve 5G wifi performance and there is something not quite right about the OnePlus's handling of 5G wifi.