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Working Wireless N / Fm radio!

check this out over at phandroid..
//phandroid.com/2010/04/22/wireless-n-on-the-nexus-one-could-it-be/

Looks like wifi n is working and fm radio coming so with 2.2..

Uh, I already connect via 802.11n to my home router, as confirmed in my router logs that shows that my chumby is connecting at 802.11g and my laptop and phone are connecting at 802.11n.
It might not be getting 'n' speeds, but it certainly appears to be connecting that way.
I have the '850' (AT&T) version of the phone, f/w 2.1-update1 build epe54b, bought about a month ago.
Am I stating the obvious?

I have a wireless n and my nexus connects as well as having N speeds. I get about 6MBs d/l.

I have screenshots connecting to an N-only router at 65mbit and I've connected at 84mbit other times. So yeah, I'm confused.

Ssantos6981 said:
I have a wireless n and my nexus connects as well as having N speeds. I get about 6MBs d/l.
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Mine connects at N speeds (or at least identifies as 72Mbps) and using iperf to measure I can get 34Mbits/sec, though my access points have N they only have a 100Mbit LAN connection on them. For a connection that negotiates at 72Mbits/sec I think getting almost 50% of that in actual speed is pretty good. However, you will note that, 34Mbits/sec is well within reason for wireless G.

to be honest i didnt even realize that until after I looked into it. I guess its good news for the stock guys..So anyone heard anything new with the fm tuner?

Didn't we already figure the 802.11n part of this out?
As I recall, the N1 was initially advertised as being N compatible. Then Google took that off the site. I think it's assumed that it's able to connect to 2.4Ghz networks, but not 5Ghz networks. So, it connects to some 802.11n networks, but not all. There's some kind of speed penalty for being unable to use the 5GHz portion of the spec, AFAIK.
Hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong.

It said "802.11 b/g/n" on googles page when I bought it. It gave me the "go ahead" reason to buy an N router.
It just says 802.11 b/g now though...as already stated.

Who really cares? Wireless G is not going to be a bottleneck connecting to the internet, and I don't know if we can move data onto the microsd card all that fast anyway.

So with the new driver adding FM support does that mean we'll still have to wait for 2.2 or can people start getting it working now?
Linux WLAN driver for BCM4329 - Low-Power 802.11n with Bluetooth(R) 2.1 + EDR and FM (Tx and Rx)
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"Linux WLAN driver for BCM4329 - Low-Power 802.11n with Bluetooth(R) 2.1 + EDR and FM (Tx and Rx)
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is there a way we can get this driver NOW?

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"Linux WLAN driver for BCM4329 - Low-Power 802.11n with Bluetooth(R) 2.1 + EDR and FM (Tx and Rx)
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is there a way we can get this driver NOW?
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Not unless you can compile it...
Unless kmobs or cyanogen has released a compiled version that they were playing with last night?

this is no problem to compile with a standart (included) make script. But ! It will be executable file (if you want i can post him). It works (runs) but i dont know now what to do with him =).
Can anybody post here manual for this controller? First of all i want to try FM transmitter.
Late i will post executeble, and .so file (try to think about compile .ko module)
Sorry for my english =).

where is the last driver?
on git I only see the driver from October 2009..

nice
The ability to connect to N is great but what I really want is the FM transmitter!

I can see nothing in the driver suggesting FM support... I'd imagine that the FM support would fall into either a separate driver or perhaps the Bluetooth driver for that chip (as it operates through that part of the chip and shares audio inputs/outputs with the Bluetooth). Aaaannnnd I can't see if or where an open source Bluetooth driver for this chip is. We'll have to wait for the Desire kernel source.

Wireless N is working perfectly with my N1 and laptop. I have my router on N only and the phone is connected at 65mbps. I get download speeds of upto 9Mbps, which is max for my internet. When I was on G only I would usually get around 2-6Mbps from the N1. So the wireless N mode is more stable and consistent.

+1 on the FM transmitter.
For vehicles without bluetooth and for those who do not want an extra wire.

SQUEAL!
FM receiver, can't wait....

[Q] 802.11a and FM transmitter

Hello all!
Here in Germany the phone is said (in a product flyer from Samsung) to be able to handle 802.11a; i have a 802.11a/b/g/n mixed network in my home and somehow the tab won't work on 5GHz. Is there any limitations or is it just a setting-thing or is the tab not intended to use 5GHz? Maybe the chip is able to work with it but they could'nt fit an antenna inside...
Also i am asking myself if there's any progress with FM reciever/transmitter usage?
The Boradcomm chip used in the tab should be capable of FM; i read a bit about it here and i know there is development in that direction. But when i open a new thread anyway i wanted to ask if there's any news on that already ;
Thanks!
Steve.

procarion said:
Hello all!
Here in Germany the phone is said (in a product flyer from Samsung) to be able to handle 802.11a; i have a 802.11a/b/g/n mixed network in my home and somehow the tab won't work on 5GHz. Is there any limitations or is it just a setting-thing or is the tab not intended to use 5GHz? Maybe the chip is able to work with it but they could'nt fit an antenna inside...
Also i am asking myself if there's any progress with FM reciever/transmitter usage?
The Boradcomm chip used in the tab should be capable of FM; i read a bit about it here and i know there is development in that direction. But when i open a new thread anyway i wanted to ask if there's any news on that already ;
Thanks!
Steve.
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I can confirm that both T-mobile and AT&T Galaxy Tabs work very well on my 802.11n at 5.7GHz.
I've found it accidentally after running one of the WiFi scanners. Most likely yours will works as well.
Cheers!

Thanks for your reply. 5.7GHz is the highest channel we are allowed to use here.
As of now i was not able to find out how to tell the tab to use 5GHz. When i check my router it's always on 2.4 (i802.11n). Also i did not yet find a wifi scanner app that makes detailled scanning possible; maybe you can tell me which one you used!
Thanks!
Steve.

"WiFi Analyzer" works a treat.

procarion said:
Thanks for your reply. 5.7GHz is the highest channel we are allowed to use here.
As of now i was not able to find out how to tell the tab to use 5GHz. When i check my router it's always on 2.4 (i802.11n). Also i did not yet find a wifi scanner app that makes detailled scanning possible; maybe you can tell me which one you used!
Thanks!
Steve.
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Hi Steve,
Is your router dual band: 2.4 or 5.7, or simultaneous dual band: 2.4 and 5.7, if it's a dual band router you would need to switch the router manually to the 5.7 radio?
With my router (Netgear WNDR3700) I have two separate SSID, one for 2.4 and one for 5.7, both show when wifi scanning although I use 2.4 as it has better wall/floor penetration.

Ahoy!
I have three DIR-825 which use simultaneous dual band. I configured both SSIDs of each unit to have the same name (story of the house).
I wanted to tweak that, anyway. I will try giving seperate names.
Thanks for the hint!
Steve.

OK, WIFI Analyzer showed that i was not connected to the 5 jiggahertz network.
I now gave one BSSID to all .a peers and another to all .bgn peers.
Works.
Seems like when BSSID is same the tab prefers the not-802.11a peer.
Thanks!
Steve.

Just a reminder of this related discussion thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9176495

wifi bands

Does the Nexus 4 have all the wifi bands... 802.11abgn or just the 802.11bgn?
I couldnt find an answer to this.
Hopefully someone who hasbhe device and also uses the a-band can chime in...
Thanks
C

It is abgn
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964850

KyraOfFire said:
It is abgn
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964850
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Thanks mate.
It comes to me as a surprise because Google doesn't list 802.11a support for the Nexus 4 on the Play store specs.
Is 802.11a not officially supported by android? I ask because even in my Galaxy Nexus (and this is just couple a days ago with full wipe and installing 4.2.1 from the stock rom via adb), i initially tried to connect via my 5Ghz network but it just wouldn't connect for the life of me. 2.4Ghz worked like a champ.
EDIT: I should note that the problem with the 5Ghz band is only upon initial starts. If I disable and re-enable wife, 5Ghz works just fine, but I simply don't get why it fails on the first try.
C

802.11n also uses the 5Ghz band, or do you honestly mean 802.11a, that most ancient of wireless standards?

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802.11n also uses the 5Ghz band, or do you honestly mean 802.11a, that most ancient of wireless standards?
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yes 802.11n "can" potentially use the 5Ghz "a" band if the 5Ghz "a" band is supported.
802.11n standard was designed to implement speed rates upto 450mbps (depending on the number of channels being bonded)
802.11n doesn't simply imply that it can use the 5ghz and 2.4ghz bands. it has to state that its 802.11abgn for me to be able to do "n"-speeds over 2.4ghz or 5ghz
google play store's specs show 802.11bgn which implies its only 2.4ghz.
if its 802.11abgn, then it works for me because i use the 5ghz exclusively to avoid the noise of all the 2.4ghz channels around me and theres a ton of them

Wi-Fi connectivity issues

Somewhat of an odd issue with Wi-FI
First the phone is a 100% stock (unrooted) Sprint issued Galaxy S5.
Access point is a Cisco 1142 in Autonomous mode running 802.11n (2.4 & 5ghz with a 40Mhz extended channel in the 5Ghz band). Both IPv4 and IPv6 (utilizing auto configure) are on my network.
Three laptops report up to 300Mb/s connectivity and work flawlessly
Three iPhones work without any issues
Two iPads (Wi-Fi only) also work without issue
Galaxy S3 work without issue
HTC EVO work without issue
The Galaxy S5 connects and works fine for a random period of time, seems to be typically between 1 and 3 hrs and then simply stops communicating, I've tried a static (IPv4) address but to no avail. Sometimes I'll find that only the IPv4 stops working but IPv6 continues to work or vis versa.
One thing I did note was the S5 never reports a speed higher than 144Mb/s regardless of the signal strength. I haven't tried disabling the extended channel on the 5Ghz band, maybe the S5 has a problem with that?
Lastly connecting to an 802.11g AP seems to work reliably.
Any thoughts/suggestions? I'm not opposed to rooting the phone if there is a known issue that is solved by modified code.
-TL

Tried disabling Smart Network Switch in WiFi settings?

Should have mentioned that -
Under Wi-Fi advanced
Network notification - unchecked
passpoint - checked
sort by - signal strength
keep wi-fi on during sleep - always
always allow scanning - unchecked
smart network switch - unchecked
Wi-Fi timer - all times unchecked
-TL

The access point "had" two SSIDs being announced, I took one off and the stability problems seem to have gone away, now to figure out if I'm announcing the second SSID incorrectly or something else is going on.
-TL

Time_Lord said:
The access point "had" two SSIDs being announced, I took one off and the stability problems seem to have gone away, now to figure out if I'm announcing the second SSID incorrectly or something else is going on.
-TL
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Is it a dual band router?
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Is it a dual band router?
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It's a Cisco 1142 AP (1140 series) in Autonomous mode, 2.4/5Ghz 802.11n, Per Cisco's glossy - "The 1140 Series is a dual-band, 802.11n access point with integrated antennas."

Time_Lord said:
It's a Cisco 1142 AP (1140 series) in Autonomous mode, 2.4/5Ghz 802.11n, Per Cisco's glossy - "The 1140 Series is a dual-band, 802.11n access point with integrated antennas."
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You might have the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band named the same then.
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You saying I should or should not have the band's named the same?
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You might have the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band named the same then.
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You might be onto something, based upon what I've found and my understanding of Wi-Fi there should be no issue with putting the same SSID on both radios; however I've found that the S5 seems to be switching back and forth a lot and is failing whenever its on the 5Ghz radio. I have since turned off the 5Ghz radio (of course that reduces my throughput to 144Mb/s on Wi-Fi vs 300 but I doubt I'll see a difference).
I've seen some various comments about 5Ghz not working properly for some, I don't know if this is a real issue or not.
Also keep in mind my 5Ghz radio was set for a double wide channel (40Mhz vs. the small 20Ghz) enabling 300Mb/s.
-TL

Time_Lord said:
You might be onto something, based upon what I've found and my understanding of Wi-Fi there should be no issue with putting the same SSID on both radios; however I've found that the S5 seems to be switching back and forth a lot and is failing whenever its on the 5Ghz radio. I have since turned off the 5Ghz radio (of course that reduces my throughput to 144Mb/s on Wi-Fi vs 300 but I doubt I'll see a difference).
I've seen some various comments about 5Ghz not working properly for some, I don't know if this is a real issue or not.
Also keep in mind my 5Ghz radio was set for a double wide channel (40Mhz vs. the small 20Ghz) enabling 300Mb/s.
-TL
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There's no issue until you have a device(such as the s5) that sees both bands, people do this with public WiFi as well, they put up a malicious hotspot with the same name as the public one. I would give your 5g band a different name that's what I do, its just said for 2.4 and ssid-5G for the 5.
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802.11ac Support?

Don't know if this has been asked but I've seen different things saying this phone supports 802.11 ac WiFi. Is this true? Interested in getting this phone if it does. Also like that it supposedly supports WiFi calling on T-Mobile, though I'm currently trying mint Sim which is the same network.

I think Nokia 6 using Dual Band AC WiFi with 5GHz support! Download apps call Aida64 then tap on network and find out.

Wouldn't I need the phone to use that app to find out? I'm asking anyone here on the forum if they can confirm that the phone can connect to 802.11ac. I ask because I got faster speeds from ISP and a new router to support speeds, but looking to get this phone if it can connect to an 802.11ac network.

al4life said:
Wouldn't I need the phone to use that app to find out? I'm asking anyone here on the forum if they can confirm that the phone can connect to 802.11ac. I ask because I got faster speeds from ISP and a new router to support speeds, but looking to get this phone if it can connect to an 802.11ac network.
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If U have wireless router with 5GHz AC support try to disable 2.4GHz. If Ur phone support 8.02.11ac U will see that WiFi name

Unfortunately my phone doesn't support 802.11ac so I can't see. Currently using a Blu phone (the Life One X2). Is anyone able to confirm that the Nokia 6 does? Mostly asking cause I'm looking to upgrade to a phone that does and the Nokia 6 fits the bill along with the storage size it has

yes it does, i set up 2 network and it can see 2.4 and 5

No, it does not. It supports 802.11n 5Ghz, but not 802.11ac

The Nokia 6 (2017) contains a Snapdragon 430 processor...and Qualcomm's specifications for the Snapdragon 430 do mention integrated 1x1 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
@qwertysmerty Do you have this phone and have you tested that it does not support 802.11ac?
For context, the specifications for the newer Nokia 6.1 (2018) originally indicated that it did not support 802.11ac either — although it actually does (confirmed by testing). The specifications were recently corrected on Nokia's website.

Yes, I have TA-1025. I tried to connect to 802.11ac access points having channel bandwidth 80/160 Mhz with no luck. It discovered those AC access points, but could not complete association. But that was on 7.1.2, I can retest tomorrow with 8.1. Even if it supports 1x1 802.11ac that support is rudimentary.
Btw, specs for 2017 model on Nokia website still says just WiFi without specifying protocols:
Connectivity Micro USB (USB 2.0), USB OTG, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1
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So I ran more tests today on 8.1.0 (patch level July 1, 2018) and got my phone connected to an access point running [email protected], channel 132, bw 80Mhz (80 MHz is definitely AC). So I'm taking my words back that Nokia 6 (2017) does not support 802.11ac. Probably there was an issue in 7.1.2, I recollect that in July 2017 there were numerous accounts when Nokia 6 wifi radio could not connect to certain channels even for 2.4GHz networks, wonder if it was the case for 802.11ac as well.