Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

I have placed my N800 next to several laptops and other wifi devices and the N800 beats them all hands down in the receiving wifi sites category. Wonder why this little device picks up so many more signals than say a laptop?

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

Those laptops must have awful wireless cards and/or antennas. I have an atheros card in my laptop and it's far superior to my N810. And I have realtek usb dongle that beats my laptop's internal card.

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

There is a setting in "connectivity settings > connections > your connection > edit > 2x Next > advanced button > Other tab" to boost the power of the wifi per each connection. When setting up a wifi connection, it's default is set to power-savings (maximum) mode.

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

Depends on what you're using. For example, my connection was horrible with my WRT-54g router until I changed this setting. Later, when I updated the firmware on the router, I could use maximum power savings again with good performance. It's a good setting to know about and try. :)

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

My 770 & N800 seem to have much better reception than my N810, with the N800 slightly ahead.

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

Its known for that :) IIRC it was something with the antenna placement, where this was different than N810.

http://www.mobilewhack.com/nokia-n800-review/

http://www.osnews.com/story/17052/Re...nternet_Tablet

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

When I first got my N800, it was by far the best device I had for Wifi -- out of a good selection. Since then, I've used or set up my roomates with a couple of other machines, and it no longer has that title.

Not all wifi is created equal, I guess. :)

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

Not as far as I know, but if you find out... let us know. Or, I suppose you could create two different connections for one hot spot --- one with max savings on and the other off. That way, you can easily toggle between the two? Just a guess...

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

I'd say Nokia has a bit of experience when it comes to integrated antennas and rf communications :)
Yes, the n800 has excelent wi-fi performance, don't know about n810 but I don't think it's the same...

Re: Why is N800 Wifi so good?
 

The power saving option doesn't increase the range, it just allows the WLAN to sleep when not in use thereby increasing battery life. The only reason it exists is that some access points have broken (or no) power saving mode support, but if power saving works with any given access point there is no good reason to turn it off.