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Help Wifi Performance on Flytouch 3
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OK... I did buy one of these Edimax usb dongles and it does work without extra drivers, just turn the internal wifi off and then reboot, it picks up the usb dongle, scans and connects without a hitch.
The dongle is also b/g/n so 150 Mb might be possible, but I don't have N on my router to try it.
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I'd been searching for all the same things you guys have i can confirm the n3 works on the flytouch3/superpad 2.
i couldn't get it working on tim4e but i downloaded the latest one: 5a
and got it to work.
i had to play with the off/on button. It never worked before but for some reason after messing with it for awhile the extender just started working.
I'm going to try and figure out exactly what happened and repost
Update: turn wifi off (internal setting and button),plug adapter in and reboot.then turn it all back on.
Keep in mind you won't be able to use the internal wifi again until you reboot without it plugged in.
i couldn't get it working on tim4e but i downloaded the latest one: 5a
and got it to work.
i had to play with the off/on button. It never worked before but for some reason after messing with it for awhile the extender just started working.
I'm going to try and figure out exactly what happened and repost
Update: turn wifi off (internal setting and button),plug adapter in and reboot.then turn it all back on.
Keep in mind you won't be able to use the internal wifi again until you reboot without it plugged in.
Hi Dart16. How you doing?
I've been trying to resolve my internal wi-fi problem and the Edimax usb dongle seems to good to be true. How much does it actually improve your wi-fi connectivity? I was prepared to spend 3 times the price of this on a g3 USB E1750 dongle. I am using Tims5a.
Cheers
Daven
I purchased a Flytouch 3 and the Edimax EW-7711UAN and it works great. I am running Tim4e. My advice is get it for about 20-30 dollars. I paid 29.95 for mine. Easy to use: Shut off wifi from setting and on the button on top. Plug in to the top USB and then turm your wifi back on in both places. I did not need to reboot. I am seeing WIFI that I have never seen berfor in my neighborhood. I can now walk all over my house and get reception. Works great and looks cool!
The antenna feeder is soldered onto the edge of the wifi board, it then loops downward over the battery and then back up where it is held in place by a bit of tape. At the end of the feeder is a 3cm long metal sleeve and then 3cm of wire sticking out the end. This forms the dipole antenna.
Some wifi dongles don't have a feeder soldered on the pcb, but have an etched antenna on the pcb itself, so some posters think their antenna has been missed off in the build.
If it is an etched antenna is it still possible to solder an internal or external antenna to the wifi card and will it work
Yes it will work. Ideally you should cut the track after the point you solder the feeder on as adding another antenna will alter the impedence matching and thus reduce efficiency. In order to maximise the signal you would need some pretty sophisicated test gear to get it right, but soldering the feeder as close to the chip as you dare and cutting the track after it should be OK. You can buy wifi patch antennas with the correct feeder on ebay, they are used in PSP's or Nintendo Lite games consoles normally
I have a spare antenna I bought for a laptop some time ago, will this do or do I need one specifically for a PSP/Nitendo Lite
Is it a single ended feeder or does it have two connectors? Most laptops have a 'main' and an 'aux' antenna connection and some phasing or switching circuitry on their wifi boards, your avarage usb wifi dongle doesn't have this circuitry and only requires a single ended 50ohm feeder and antenna.
Then again..... the theory is ok...but as you already have the laptop antenna why not just try it?...at the transmit powers used on these dongles it won't do any damage if the matching is horribly out and if it doesn't improve the signal you can always make the broken track good and remove the feeder......