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Panasonic lumix GX7 firmware update (and wifi app)

Started Dec 4, 2018 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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Re: Panasonic lumix GX7 firmware update (and wifi app)

A small discussion on the Wi-Fi.

As being agreed among Pany users along the rolling out of Wi-Fi, it seems that a direct effective range of 30~50 feet could be expected.

I could do it happily with a very old Sony Android phone, a few cheap Android M.I.C. tablets, even a primitive Windows Nokia phone (old enough?). Not to mention the more current Android phones... If you have the 2 PZ lenses, it is fun to control the zoom remotely.

However, it is subject to usual Wi-Fi limitation like no walls in between. In the old day I used to have an AV signal transmitter (use 2.4Gh bandwidth) in my living room to connect my internet TV decoder & TV in my living room. I suffered from similar unstable Wi-Fi connection problem even within a very short range. Finally realized not only the GXs had problem, it also affected the usual Wi-Fi connection of my phones gradually (might be the AV transmitter which was sitting next to my Wi-Fi router was getting old). Stopped the AV transmitter had the problem solved.

When similar unstable Wi-Fi connection be complained, possible Wi-Fi signal interference could be a good place to look first.

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Albert

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