On 13/03/2015 23:25, JoeJoe wrote:
On 13/03/2015 23:11, John Rumm wrote:
On 13/03/2015 11:52, JoeJoe wrote:
On 13/03/2015 11:29, Lee wrote:
On 13/03/2015 09:14, JoeJoe wrote:

Good point - haven't thought of that. I'd be happy with anything in
the
00's. I did do the testing using a Nexus 4 - only 802.1n, and a
Samsung
Galaxy Tab Pro tablet (ac according to
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gala...10_1-5940.php), so
72Mbps
still sounds a bit low surely?

Why don't I get anywhere near these values?

Firstly, prejudice aside, try testing with something that *isn't* an
Android device. Both of those devices you mention have had reports of
poor Wifi performance, (JGFI) if you are going to be battling Android
revision and driver problems on top of physical RF issues you will be
chasing your tail for ages.

If things check out, then it *might* be worth checking out the likes of
XDA to see if the Android issues have been fixed...

Just had a look at xda, and as you pointed out, there are quite a few
references to poor wifi performance with these devices.

There is a possible solution, but it involves rooting, so I think I'll
give that a miss.

With v5.1 rolling out (no news about Nexus 4 update though), I may just
hold on for a while.

In the grand scheme of things, how important is it to be able to shift
data from router to tablet etc so much faster than you can get it into
the house in the first place? It seems to me that there must be limited
applications where one needs to shift gigs of data between phones /
tablets etc on a routine basis.

I never checked the speed for the reasons you described, and only
started to investigate when:

- I noticed that I could not stream Sky Go and iPlayer to the tablet
fast enough when too far away from the router (kept on buffering); and
- had some problems when video Skype-ing.

I'll be more than happy if I could get my BB speed on wifi anywhere
around the house - around 14Mbps, but I am currently getting only 2Mbps...

That I can sympathise with... I was just wondering why spending the
effort trying to get hundreds of megs, when perhaps focusing on range /
coverage would be the way to go.


--
Cheers,

John.

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