Wireless G/B/N/A Which one is my ipad connecting to?

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in iPad edited January 2014
My wireless router boradcasts 802.11 N, B, G, and A. How do I know which one my iPad is connecting to? When I try to broadcast just N I can not get my iPad to connect. I have to set my router to broadcast multi wi-fi types.



Is there a way to tell which one I am using on the iPad?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    bbwibbwi Posts: 812member
    iPad supports A, B, G, N. Try updating your firmware on your router
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    hagamehagame Posts: 2member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bbwi View Post


    iPad supports A, B, G, N. Try updating your firmware on your router



    ok... so, is there a way to tell which connection type the ipad is using?

    Is it connecting with N, G, B, or A?

    How does it decide which one to use?

    What is the priority?



    Any ideas?
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    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hagame View Post


    ok... so, is there a way to tell which connection type the ipad is using?

    Is it connecting with N, G, B, or A?

    How does it decide which one to use?

    What is the priority?



    Any ideas?



    It probably tries N then goes to G then worse case B. A is very unlikely because usually only edu and enterprise use those routers.



    Some sort of wireless streaming from another connected PC or Mac would be the way to test what is connecting by looking at speeds (eg transmission speed from the PC. Yeah it's tricky to set up.)



    If your router is in N only mode and iPad doesn't connect try a different channel, maybe. That's all I can think of.
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    bbwibbwi Posts: 812member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hagame View Post


    ok... so, is there a way to tell which connection type the ipad is using?

    Is it connecting with N, G, B, or A?

    How does it decide which one to use?

    What is the priority?



    Any ideas?



    I couldn't tell on my iPhone 4 which network it was connecting to. Best bet would be to look inside your router, I guess. But I would agree with Nvidia that it would try N first, then G, B, and finally A
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