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2012/07/13

Is everyone happy with the WiFi reception on their 9G3? One of the things I bought mine for was for internet access from my 'favourite chair'... but it doesn't get a good enough signal. (Our 300-year-old walls are thick!)
BUT... my HP laptop works fine from that spot, and my son's elderly tablet. The first tablet I bought — a cheap machine that fried after a few days, and went back to the supplier — would also get acceptable reception from there.
I bought the Arnova, impressed with its build quality in comparison with the dead one, and the apparent strength of support through this forum. But there's no way I can connect from that chair, and I have to stand in the doorway or go into the kitchen... ironic that a 'better' machine is (in fact) poorer in the one aspect that I need from it.
My first 9G3 was taken back by Maplin because of this poor WiFi aspect — I was advised by Arnova Support to return it to them, but I was darned if I was going to pay postage on returning a unit that they agreed was possibly faulty! (BAD policy!) Then I found that the replacement was no better... so it must be inherent in the machine.
Any thoughts, anyone?
Thanks for your reportÂ
For the short time I checked the Arnova 9 G3 and I did not notice any Wi-FI issues, but I haven't tested it on large distances. The Wi-FI is known to be relatively weak on the Arnova 7f G3 but I haven't read anything regarding the 9 G3 in this forum or elsewhere.
Considering both your tablets behaved similarly, I suspect it's a general problem on all devices or just a limited batch (in case they came in the same serie or so). I hope other 9 G3 users could give their opinion and shed some light on this matter.
I'm thinking about creating a Wi-FI coverage benchmark for some Arnova tablets models, but I haven't yet tought on how I could proceed; any idea is welcome.
Cheers.
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2012/01/05

you can create a ftp server for start from where you can download a file
then you can choose a distance, 10, 20, 30 meters
you can change also the standard from g to n, to see if it is any difference when download the file
you can also test the channels
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Off topic: Sunday i will be in France, at Cannes
Thanks globula.
Thanks for your suggestion, I had similar ideas in mind, but I'd also want to automate the measurement process and make it consistent (distance, wall types...) so we can compare different setups.
I found Wifi Analyzer on Google Play that seems to be an interesting app to display the signal variations on different channels.
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Have great holidays and good times in FranceÂ
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