Help Froyo 2.2 Hotspot Tethering Problems

[unquick]

Has anyone else notice the slow tethering speed on Froyo (FRF91)?

I ran speedtest on 3 devices while tethering is turned. Here are the result:
Nexus One (the tethering host device): 2Mbit/s down, 600Kbit up
My laptop on WIN 7 (connect to the hotspot): 200Kbit/s D, 600Kbit up
Ipad (connected to the hotspot): 400Kb down, 600Kb up

The slow speed really annoys me. Even youtube is not watchable at the lowest quality setting.

However, the upload speed is actually stay unaffected in all 3 situations, which made me think somehow the speed is controlled by Froyo.

Any suggestion on how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I am on Rogers network.

 

[theartfullodger]

Any suggestion on how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated.

a) Buy a dedicated 3G wifi Router
b) Wait till the next release...
c) Be grateful you didn't suffer the speeds I started with in IT - 2,400 bps (!) - and that was if you could make it work - in 1974... IBM Mainframe to mini-computer...

Cheers!

Lodger

 

[ianr]

Hmm, odd, I was getting 2Mbits/s from my linux box when attached to my Wifi tether across 3G, so it can do it, I don't think it's a hardware or software limitation.

 

[Roze]

Might it be something to do with your carrier? Do you know anyone with an N1 to see what they are getting..maybe on Rogers to get an idea.

 

[unquick]

After a little bit testing, here is something that I have found interesting so far...

For my laptop, I was able to get 3Mbit/s while it is plug-ed in. When it runs on battery only, I get 300Kbit/s. However, the Ipad testing result remained the same. It wasn't able to hit the 1Mbit/s mark.

It made me believe that the wifi tethering speed is depending on your wifi signal. Higher power = Faster speed

Unfortunately, I do not have other devices that are capable of testing. It would be interesting to see how things could be turned out differently on a Mac.

 

[lunatic59]

a) Buy a dedicated 3G wifi Router
b) Wait till the next release...
c) Be grateful you didn't suffer the speeds I started with in IT - 2,400 bps (!) - and that was if you could make it work - in 1974... IBM Mainframe to mini-computer...

Cheers!

Lodger

We had a 300 bps acoustic coupler in the "computer lab" of the high school I attended in the early '70s. And keyboard input with output to a line printer ... no terminal. And we'd have to scratch our programs on the cave walls with flint ... that is if the T-rex didn't eat you first.

 

[loganss]

@unquick: How far away was you N1 while you were testing and what was the WiFi signal strengh (i.e. Excellent, Good, Low, Very Low)?

Your testing device's distance from the AP/hotspot definitely matters.

 

[unquick]

@unquick: How far away was you N1 while you were testing and what was the WiFi signal strengh (i.e. Excellent, Good, Low, Very Low)?

Your testing device's distance from the AP/hotspot definitely matters.

They were virtually next to each other in all testings.

 

[loganss]

@unquick: Your second post confuses me and seems to contradict your first post.

From what I read in your first post you recorded that your N1 was capable of an upper limit of 2Mbps d/l and .6Mbps u/l. The two devices you connected to the hotspot never got a download speed anywhere close to that.

But in your second post you mentioned your laptop getting over that 2Mbps d/l limit you mentioned in the first post and acheiving 3Mbps d/l speeds. ??

Did you have a consistent number of bars in 3G when you tested each device? There was a big difference for me when I used speedtest at 4bars versus 3bars.
During testing you should ...
- place your phone down on a desk
- monitor that the phone's signal strength remains fairly constant (i.e. consistent bars or better yet consistent dB signal strength)
- run speed test on your N1 without picking it up (hotspot off)
- turn hotspot on
- test the speeds of your other devices making sure not to move the N1 and verifying that the signal remained consistent.