Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:48 Post subject: N-Only Problems with r18777 on Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H
Hello,
yesterday I switched from Buffalo r17798 "alpha" to BrainSlayer's r18777 and the 2.4GHZ N-Speed is much better now.
But now I have one problem: I can't connect to my 2.4GHZ "N-Only" Network with older 802.11n devices like iPhone 3GS or my Asus netbook with Atheros AR9285 NIC. With NG-Mixed Mode the connection works well and these devices connect with 802.11n and 150mbit/s or 65Mbit/s.
I checked older firmwares an untill BrainSlayer's r17201 there is no problem like this. With BrainSlayer's r17967 and above there is no connection possible with such older "n" devices. All other Devices like Panasonic TV, BD-Player, three Notebooks, some 802.11n Wifi USB-Sticks work fine with r18777.
Could anybody tell me what's the reason for this? Is there no more support for some "n" devices? Should I use older r17201 firmware or should I stay with r18777 and use NG-mixed?
I can confirm this issue. I have a laptop that uses an Atheros AR9285 wireless adapter and I cannot connect to the router if it is set to N Only mode (2.4GHz).
Channel width is set to Full 20 MHz and the channel is set to auto (I have played with these two settings a bit and cannot get it to work).
The Laptop will connect if the Wireless Network Mode is set to anything other than N-Only, including NG-Mixed. All my other wireless clients can connect on N-Only mode without an issue.
This laptop was working earlier today before I upgraded the DD-WRT firmware.
Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (03/19/12) std (North America)
WNDR3700v2
I can confirm this issue. I have a laptop that uses an Atheros AR9285 wireless adapter and I cannot connect to the router if it is set to N Only mode (2.4GHz).
Channel width is set to Full 20 MHz and the channel is set to auto (I have played with these two settings a bit and cannot get it to work).
The Laptop will connect if the Wireless Network Mode is set to anything other than N-Only, including NG-Mixed. All my other wireless clients can connect on N-Only mode without an issue.
This laptop was working earlier today before I upgraded the DD-WRT firmware.
Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (03/19/12) std (North America)
WNDR3700v2
Same here, Asus laptop with atheros card, will not connect at all. Have had the problem with the past few builds.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 20:09 Post subject:
No one listens.. stop using N-Only its broken in recent builds for 1x1 clients use NG-Mixed. A ticket was made but went nowhere of course.. _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6445 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:29 Post subject:
tatsuya46 wrote:
No one listens.. stop using N-Only its broken in recent builds for 1x1 clients use NG-Mixed. A ticket was made but went nowhere of course..
i confirm that, NG mixed at 40HT with AES WPA2, and channel
1,6,or 11 are giving best results so far....
NHJ wrote:
4 years and a half later, it's still the case no atheros card can connect to a dd-wrt wifi N only device...
yep you can connect Atheros client to Atheros router on N speed only, as long as your cards supports N standard...
That's why for better compatibility among the devices is recommended to use NG mixed .... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:38 Post subject:
cause devs dont believe n-only is broken so use ng-mixed or mixed, assuming same devices would be connected the difference is nill... dont know what about "n-only" is so fascinating to people.. _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
cause devs dont believe n-only is broken so use ng-mixed or mixed, assuming same devices would be connected the difference is nill... dont know what about "n-only" is so fascinating to people..
N-only has been broken for as long as I can remember, in this house we have N capable devices only, yet setting DD-WRT to N only means half of them cannot connect
N/G mixed is the only way _________________ TPLINK TL-WR2543ND (5GHz)
WRT160NL (2.4GHz)
Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Posts: 1634 Location: Belgrade
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:28 Post subject:
Can someone explain what does N-Only stands for? Meaning b/g clients can't connect? In that case what happens if signal is weak and clients have to fallback to 11Mbps rate, AP will kick it?
IMHO if device supports N standard it is also backward compatible, so why N-Only then?
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6445 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 13:34 Post subject:
Mile-Lile wrote:
IMHO if device supports N standard it is also backward compatible, so why N-Only then?
well, may be for some kind of home security level
i guess N only is missing the "draft N" devices thats why they fail to connect to N only speeds... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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