[Wifi FIX] [CM7 & Phiremod] Router Settings that fixed my WIFI issues

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I had issues with EVERYROM and with EVERY KERNEL. No matter what I did the wifi would crash here and there. I could browse the internet with little to no issue, but if i went to use the market or watch youtube, i would have TONS of issues. Before changing these settings I couldnt watch youtube without a timeout for more than 10 seconds (sometimes a video might have gone for 30 sec before a timeout). The weird thing was my other two android devices and my two laptops both work PERFECT, no issues, but the nook just HATED my wireless. So i figured it was on the nooks end, as i can tell now, it was not...

Im posting screenshots of my router settings, I understand not everyone is using DD-WRT, but i figure each router firmware has similar settings just in different places.

I posted ALL my settings to show its not an issue with security, as I have mine with NO SSID broadcast, Mac filtering (Can Only Access) and WPA Personal 2 Mixed and the only thing that was stopping it from working were the settings on the advanced page.

Im going to say it was likely
Afterburner
or
Frame burst (Pretty sure this is the settings that specifically caused the issues)
or
CTS Protection Mode

My Wireless Settings


My Wireless Security settings


My mac address filtering


The advanced settings, the ones that matter


Hope this helps anyone that has the same issue. I couldnt get the internet to work reliably on ANY rom, and read a bunch of threads regarding this issue and none of them fixed my problem.


***EDIT***
The above FIXED my issues with WIFI. Just clarifying incase the thread title didn't make sense. I guess I didn't post anywhere in the thread that this is a FIX and not a problem. Thanks!

I'd flash it back to 1.2 stock and see if it still has problems. If it does then return it for a new/different one as it's probably a hardware issue. I have had no wifi problems on multiple cm nightlies w the 6/13 or 6/18 kernels. That said I dont OC past 1000, dont have step 1 lower than 300 and use wpa1 with tkip.

I posted this because the above fixed my issues completely. It works 100% perfect now.

I OC TO 1300 HAHAHAA

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Originally Posted by divxrippimp

I posted this because the above fixed my issues completely. It works 100% perfect now.

I OC TO 1300 HAHAHAA

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This is probably just a particular issue with your routers chipset, you should post exactly which router you have. I am running DD-WRT v24-sp2 on an ASUS RT-N16 and my advanced wireless settings are at the default options and my Nook has Zero issues.

One setting I have seen cause problems is having a mixed authentication mode, I've had greater compatibly choosing by choosing one or the other AES or TKIP...

It's a wrt-54g. I only posted this because I read other threads of issues and figured id post this so some can try.

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Originally Posted by divxrippimp

It's a wrt-54g. I only posted this because I read other threads of issues and figured id post this so some can try.

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There are a bunch of different WRT-54G's, which version number? It makes a huge difference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys..._and_revisions

Maybe we'll find a correlation. My Nook hasn't played nice with about 20% of routers I've tried to connect to, where it tries to connect but gets stuck in a "loop" of scanning/connecting...

It's a wrt-54gl. It's the L model.
I've pretty much narrowed it down to that frame burst setting.

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The WRT54GL is a great router... the frame burst option isn't enabled by default and that's for a good reason from what Wikipedia has to say about it:

"However, their use can also result in unbalanced allocation of airtime where there are a mix of clients with and without Frame-Bursting. In such cases, the inter-frame wait periods cause unsupported stations to wait longer for service availability, and to receive less data transfer throughput. Therefore, it is not recommended for more than 2-3 wireless clients to use frame-bursting as the negative effects can adversely affect the throughput for all clients."

I reset the router twice. its a default setting for DD-WRT I'm assuming.
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Originally Posted by divxrippimp

I reset the router twice. its a default setting for DD-WRT I'm assuming.
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