WiFi strength, range, and throughput

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 7's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

 

[MJB_One]

Got the phone today. Awesome device. It connected to my work wifi just fine, great throughput. Came home, set it up on my home wifi, after entering password it connected but no internet throughput. Played with phone settings, deleted and re-added the home network, no good. Finally went into my router settings. Router was set to communicate over channel 1, changed it to channel 3, now it works perfectly, great throughput. Weird but it seems this phone doesn't play nice on channel 1. Every other device in the house, computers, smartphones, etc worked fine on channel 1, but not my Note 7. YMMV, but if you run into issues, try a different channel.

 

[equlizer]

Wifi seems to be stronger than the note 4 i had.

 

[domineus]

Constant wifi drops on my Note 7 surprisingly

 

[Rado_vr6]

My N7 has quite the strong WiFi connection. Where my 6P wouldn't constantly drop, the N7 has been steady and reliable.

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[Splen]

Got the phone today. Awesome device. It connected to my work wifi just fine, great throughput. Came home, set it up on my home wifi, after entering password it connected but no internet throughput. Played with phone settings, deleted and re-added the home network, no good. Finally went into my router settings. Router was set to communicate over channel 1, changed it to channel 3, now it works perfectly, great throughput. Weird but it seems this phone doesn't play nice on channel 1. Every other device in the house, computers, smartphones, etc worked fine on channel 1, but not my Note 7. YMMV, but if you run into issues, try a different channel.

Had to reboot my router for the same reason

 

[MJB_One]

Had to reboot my router for the same reason

Yes. Me too. And I'm no longer convinced that channel 1 was my fix. Rebooting the router probably did the trick. Hoping its not a temporary fix though...

 

[Ace Ryan]

No noticeable different between the connectivity of WiFi on this phone vs. my actual $1,200 desktop computer.

 

[malick88]

$1200!! what's the wrong is this.

 

[fuel3100]

Wifi is faster and range is increased. Much better compared to my note 3.

 

[ars0n]

Yall try some SMB or local wifi transfers and let me know how it goes. Seems to be LOTS of people who have SLOW INTERNAL transfer speeds. Say, from a computer over wifi to your phone.. 100--500 KB MAX. I have never seen it go over a mb.

 

[MechanteMiette]

Yall try some SMB or local wifi transfers and let me know how it goes. Seems to be LOTS of people who have SLOW INTERNAL transfer speeds. Say, from a computer over wifi to your phone.. 100--500 KB MAX. I have never seen it go over a mb.

Same here. I hope this issue will be solved on the replacement unit we'll receive or in a software update because it's really annoying.

 

[MechanteMiette]

If you can, use FTP instead of SMB. You'll have 10 MB/s instead of 0.5 MB/s.

 

[ars0n]

If you can, use FTP instead of SMB. You'll have 10 MB/s instead of 0.5 MB/s.

Even ftping doesnt give you the full speed you should be getting...