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Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

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Originally Posted by Sniper_swe (Post 1277884)

i have the same issue. And when running nitdroid the wifi performance actually is much better. Both distance and dl speed. Never had this issue prior pr1.3.

at work we have the same internet provider but the router only running in b mode and its it much faster .

going to do some test at home.

not related but, can you run wifi hotspot/tethering on nitdroid?

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

no its not working atm.

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

The following in Steve Ballmer's voice when comparing the difference between NiTDroid and Harmattam's WiFi performance:

“Drivers, Drivers, Drivers!”

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

it Has a power saving loop, you can disable it via n9tweak

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

i get error when using n9tweak:
arning! This app could potentially bork your system

Select an option of your desire (Q to quit): Ps

This will run a loop every minute
and keep wifi powersave off.

This is very power hungry.

Press enter to start (ctrl+c to end):
Password:
sh: /sbin/iwconfig: not found
sh: /sbin/iwlist: not found
sh: /sbin/iwlist: not found

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

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Originally Posted by Sniper_swe (Post 1277934)

I haven't used it from n9tweak yet but you can use GConfik to edit the gconf value...

The gconf value you are intersted in:

Code:

system/osso/connectivity/network_type/WLAN_INFRA/idle_timeout

Default value is 600(seconds)...Change it to a high value...

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

I went to router and set multicasting to off. Dl speed are now greatly increased even when running at n mode on router.

will test more but it seems to work much better.

Edit:
After doing some test with it on and off the results are the same.
However now wifi works good again. Dunno why.

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

In some cases it is possible if your router can only run on one band of wifi, you could be running on a,b or g thinking its n just because a lower speced wifi device is on the network. Apart from that I have noticed that internet on my n9 is quite slow compared to the likes of my macboook.

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

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Originally Posted by qspb (Post 1278084)

Thank you for supposing some handy links, but I haven't solved my problem yet.
I went to the terminal, then I connected to my wireless N network, and after that I executed 'develsh', 'iwconfig wlan0 power off' commands and of course I verified power saving mode status by viewing 'iwconfig' command's output. It said power saving mode was disabled. Then I tried to download a large file from the home network again. Disabling power saving mode made no difference.
Okay, I also blacklisted ipv6, rebooted my phone and redone all measurments - it gave no result.
So I conclude there's no need in using some kind of 'tweak' to make the power saving mode prohibition permanent, cause such a measure doesn't take effect at all.
Moreover, I've read articles which had been suggested, and I can say I have no problems with authentification/deauthentification. My connection is stable, I haven't noticed any kind of interruptions or ping loss. My problem is that enabling Wi-Fi N mode on my router reduces connection speed half instead of boosting it twice.

In one of the suggested articles the author said the problem was in the driver and suggested reloading the driver with N mode support disabled. But you see - it's not a desired solution. The aim is to get N mode work perfectly. So.. maybe somebody can suggest using another driver?

I can say that I'm disappointed in Wi-Fi hotspot/tethering N9 function too, because it doesn't create normal AP (Master Mode), it just uses Ad-Hoc mode. And also there it's impossible to use WPA/WPA2 encryption with 'WiFi Hotspot' app.

Why the hell does not iwconfig work for me?
Output:

~ $ devel-su
Password:

BusyBox v1.20.0.git (MeeGo 3:1.20-0.2+0m8) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ # iwconfig wlan0 power off
sh: iwconfig: not found
~ #

Re: N9: Wi-Fi 802.11 N slower than 802.11g

My router don't even support disableing n mode!
I can see it on but cant turn it to only b/g mode. Strange but true.

Edit: Ran speed test and had 11.63 Mbit/sec

have 13mbit/sec on pc so I'm happy with that. Seems my biggest problem right now is wireless range so i ordered a Range extender.

Will get back to you later