[Q] Wi-fi management

[derek4484]

I have a couple of questions dealing with wifi on the Captivate.

1) Is there a better way or maybe an app that will manage wifi connections better than what android does? I use my phone at work but we have to have static IP's. So every morning when I get in I have to go through all the menu levels to get to advanced wifi settings and then turn on static IP's. It saves the last settings, so thats decent. But when I go home (I also use static IP's on my home network) I have to go through and change the settings for my home network. And then when I'm out in public and use a public network I have to go back through and turn off static IP's. Its really F'ing annoying having to do this every single day. With the iphone all you have to do is set it once for each SSID and it remembers those settings for good. There's got to be a better more common sense approach to this.

2) What is the max connection speed you guys are seeing over wifi? I have an N router at home and even when I'm like 3 feet away it only connects at around 72Mbps. I realize this is pretty decent speed, but isnt N supposed to go up to 300Mbps? My Apple Mac Mini connects at much faster and its on the other side of the house.

Thanks!

 

[darkamikaze]

I have a couple of questions dealing with wifi on the Captivate.

1) Is there a better way or maybe an app that will manage wifi connections better than what android does? I use my phone at work but we have to have static IP's. So every morning when I get in I have to go through all the menu levels to get to advanced wifi settings and then turn on static IP's. It saves the last settings, so thats decent. But when I go home (I also use static IP's on my home network) I have to go through and change the settings for my home network. And then when I'm out in public and use a public network I have to go back through and turn off static IP's. Its really F'ing annoying having to do this every single day. With the iphone all you have to do is set it once for each SSID and it remembers those settings for good. There's got to be a better more common sense approach to this.

2) What is the max connection speed you guys are seeing over wifi? I have an N router at home and even when I'm like 3 feet away it only connects at around 72Mbps. I realize this is pretty decent speed, but isnt N supposed to go up to 300Mbps? My Apple Mac Mini connects at much faster and its on the other side of the house.

Thanks!

maybe there's an app out there than can manage wifi profiles.. I'm not so sure about that..

although in regards with your Wireless-N router.. are you broadcasting in 2.5Mhz or 5.0Mhz? because 300Mbps can only happen if you're running in 5.0Mhz to my knowledge..

 

[johnnydeathmatch]

Does the captivate suport N at 5GHz? I havent seen anywhere that discusses it, but I know that a lot of phones only support 2.4GHz.
I'm going to be buying a new router next week and would be interested to find out.
Also, I was wondering, how you measure the throughput from your phone to your router?

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[tytdfn]

Well, launcher pro has a new feature that you can make shortcuts to the specific settings i.e. apn settings or battery status. I'll do a quick search on app brain to look for one...hold on plz


EDIT: How about this one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.farproc.wifi.statIc

 

[darkamikaze]

Just to let you guys know.. N routers tbh aren't necessarily needed unless you do alot of transferring files from one computer to another.. that is where the speed really kicks off..

You will need a really fast internet connection to put that 300Mbps to good use

an old WRT54G Wireless G router that does 56Mbps will be just as good as an N router with 300Mbps if your internet connection speed is only 15Mbps.. (that's mine and I have Time Warner road runner)

As to what the Captivate runs on whether is 2.4 or 5.. lol I'm not sure.. sorry

 

[tytdfn]

Just to let you guys know.. N routers tbh aren't necessarily needed unless you do alot of transferring files from one computer to another.. that is where the speed really kicks off..

You will need a really fast internet connection to put that 300Mbps to good use

an old WRT54G Wireless G router that does 56Mbps will be just as good as an N router with 300Mbps if your internet connection speed is only 15Mbps.. (that's mine and I have Time Warner road runner)

As to what the Captivate runs on whether is 2.4 or 5.. lol I'm not sure.. sorry

Yeah I don't understand why people care if it can have the full effect of the router. Honestly it's a phone not a computer so it wont benefit at all from it.

 

[darkamikaze]

Finding myself curious how to setup auto to static and static to auto.. i found 'Wifi Static' I have yet to test it D: .. but I'm hoping it's what you're looking for..
gl!

btw OP http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.kman.WifiManager

I saw that.. not sure how the program would benefit you but maybe it has it's own ip managing within the wifi networks :x .. search wifi in the market one of em has to suit you