802.11n 5ghz support?

[simbadogg]

Does anyone know if the 900 supports 802.11n on 5ghz?

Thanks

 

[ninjaap]

Is 5ghz standard for 802.11n? Nokia specs say 900 supports n, but doesn't specify frequency.

Nokia Lumia 900 Specifications - Nokia - USA

 

[simbadogg]

Is 5ghz standard for 802.11n? Nokia specs say 900 supports n, but doesn't specify frequency.

Nokia Lumia 900 Specifications - Nokia - USA

nah it isn't. wireless n can come in 2.4ghz or 5ghz. i tried looking on there, and even in the pdf manual, but it made no mention of the frequency.

 

[oldpueblo]

I highly doubt it, and I'm pretty sure no mobile device supports 5Ghz. They can only do one radio really to save on size/battery and 2.4Ghz is far more common.

 

[oldpueblo]

Wrong Samsung galaxy s 2 supports 5GHz

I knew someone was going to come back on that one. Doesn't change anything, 2.4Ghz is far more common and a better choice for OEMs. Building in both frequencies is excessive really.

 

[crash_pr]

I knew someone was going to come back on that one. Doesn't change anything, 2.4Ghz is far more common and a better choice for OEMs. Building in both frequencies is excessive really.

See this and understand why 5GHz is important...
http://vimeo.com/user10135085/review/35577280/85705f55fe

 

[oldpueblo]

See this and understand why 5GHz is important...
High Density Wi-Fi for Education

So important that like one mobile phone has it and the rest don't. If they shifted to 5Ghz people would be wandering a wasteland of no WiFi right now. Some day maybe, but not today.

 

[crash_pr]

So important that like one mobile phone has it and the rest don't. If they shifted to 5Ghz people would be wandering a wasteland of no WiFi right now. Some day maybe, but not today.

HTC One X Product Overview - HTC Smartphones


Wi-Fi?: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_evo_4g_lte-4665.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_nexus_lte-4406.php
in the end i think that was a MS limitation not a Nokia one...

 

[mayoo]

My playbook has this .. very clean spectrum !!!!

 

[Tersanyus]

Samsung Galaxy Note supports N at 5GHz.

 

[flyeaglesfly]

it definitely does not support it, i know because i run a dual band router @ home and my pc is on the 5ghz channel. my wife has imac, iphone and ipod and none of them will read it either. my pc is chillin' solo on that channel, which is kinda nice honestly.

 

[inteller]

the majority of public wifi hot spots are NOT 5Ghz....this is mainly a spectrum used for home AV, which is why tablets and such have it, and stupid garmondo sized phones like the note have it since they are more of media player devices. two radios will gobble battery though unless they device is smart enough to shut off one radio while the other is connected.

 

[sting7k]

I think mobile devices have only just begun to really add 5Ghz Wifi radios. My Lumia doesn't "see" my 5Ghz home network so I assume it's not supported.

 

[pderosa]

In my experience, 5 ghz works over a shorter distance and consumes more power. Not a good combination for a cell phone.

 

[fuzion98]

I just Deployed a whole campus WLAN with 802.11abgn Access Points so for me 5GHz band
is important because allows me to put more access points on an area with out channel overlaping... than again maybe this conversation is to advanced for you to understand..

Good for you. Didn't expect someone to try to show their epeen on a lumia forum lol..

BTW, 5ghz would have been nice. But in reality if it saves any battery, I would have omitted it as well because 5ghz networks are the exception not the norm.

 

[oldpueblo]

A few people get it! I never said 5Ghz was bad or terrible or not important long term. What my point was is that putting it in all mobile devices right now is more a negative than a positive. When 5Ghz becomes the norm over 2.4Ghz then we can have this conversation again.

 

[inteller]

I just Deployed a whole campus WLAN with 802.11abgn Access Points so for me 5GHz band
is important because allows me to put more access points on an area with out channel overlaping... than again wah wah wah waah wah

cool story bro

 

[phirefly]

I just Deployed a whole campus WLAN with 802.11abgn Access Points so for me 5GHz band
is important because allows me to put more access points on an area with out channel overlaping... than again maybe this conversation is to advanced for you to understand..

That's great but since you deployed abgn you also have 2.4Ghz so you have proven 5 is not a must.

 

[jhoff80]

A lot of new phones being released lately support 802.11n on the 5GHz band, but it's the same thing as with the screen resolution. It's not a part of the chassis spec, so WP7 doesn't support it.

I don't think the iPhone 4S does, but pretty much everything since including the iPad, many Android phones, and even my webOS Pre 3 support it. Not having it does make a device a little bit dated, but that's what we're stuck with until Apollo.

 

[hellomiggy]

Since I was having a WiFi problem at home with my Lumia, I decided to mess around with my Router, see if switching GHz helped it out. It did not, when I changed it from 2.5GHz to 5GHz, my connection wouldn't show up. I checked my Girlfriend's 4S it wasn't showing up on there either. On my iPad it was giving me 2 out of 3 bars. Switched it back, because I wasn't sure what was going on with my WiFi, it's like I have a time limit to use my home internet and it just stops working. :\