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I bought a Nexus 7 in January, and have had connectivity problems with it since day 1. After A LOT of unanswered questions, I finally decided to replace my old g wireless router with a n router. That was the ticket!
Why does nobody (Google or Asus tech support) seem to know about this quirk?
Anyway, I'm finally happy with my Nexus 7. Thought someone else might find this helpful.
Good Luck and God Bless
 
Some devices just do not agree with some other devices, even though they *should* in theory work. For the record, mine works fine with my old Buffalo G wireless router. Although its based on a very common and very good Broadcom chipset.

Glad that worked though. I'm thinking about replacing ours with an N one, since modern internet and my network needs have far outgrown Wireless G's capabilities.
 
I can recommend the Asus RT-N66U if you're in the market for an N class router - works well with my N7, N4 etc and my girlfriend's iPhone and has a built in VPN server which is an absolute bonus :D
 
I don't think it's an 802.11g issue. I had an Amped Wireless n-router, and had similar issues… until I replaced it with an Asus RT-N66U. Now everything is quick, flawless, and fast.
 
magohn said:
My WRT54G works just fine....its a 'G' router.
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That's what my Buffalo one is very similar to (actually, I think they are identical, just rebranded). I just think its a very reliable chipset. Shame that they are woefully out of date because they really do work hard.

That ASUS one looks really nice, but dang, that pricetag ($150!).
 
Demache said:
That's what my Buffalo one is very similar to (actually, I think they are identical, just rebranded). I just think its a very reliable chipset. Shame that they are woefully out of date because they really do work hard.

That ASUS one looks really nice, but dang, that pricetag ($150!).
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It is quite an eye watering price, but for me worked out cheaper than my alternative plan to meet my needs (router + raspberry pi as vpn server + my time setting up and maintaining).
Plus it's the only router I've ever had that you can upgrade the firmware without losing connection - I was quite impressed with that.
 
I went for a very expensive Linksys EA4500 which works very well as a router, but the new interface that Linksys implemented just sucks ba**s. I ended up dropping back to the old interface and everything is working fine.

I have a dead spot in the house and I setup a Linksys E4200 as an access point. Now all is well, and my phones and tablets have no problem jumping between router and access point. If you have an old router sitting around, there are several good tutorials on the web that will step you through setting up as an access point...
 
I'm still having trouble with my wireless G. I can't really justify spending money on a new router at the minute though seeing as it's functional for everything else I need. I'm not going to spend another $200 just so I can stream HD video to one device when it's fine for everything else.

Good to see you fixed your connection problems though!
 
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