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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 23:49 Post subject: R8000
@Kong I flashed your latest version. No issues, but the only thing I see is that internet speeds are at 75% in wireless. Are you experiencing the same thing? Should I increase the TX rate?
Router: Asus RT-AC56U
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r30020M kongac (06/26/16)
Kernel: Linux 4.4.14 #108 SMP Sun Jun 26 22:52:41 CEST 2016 armv7l
Status: Freezing
Reset: No
Errors: Yes
Had no problem using 30000, 30020 has locked up after less than an hour uptime. Router unreachable, had to hard reset. If it happens again I am going to flash one more time but not save my settings.
Router: Asus RT-AC56U
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r30020M kongac (06/26/16)
Kernel: Linux 4.4.14 #108 SMP Sun Jun 26 22:52:41 CEST 2016 armv7l
Status: Freezing
Reset: No
Errors: Yes
Had no problem using 30000, 30020 has locked up after less than an hour uptime. Router unreachable, had to hard reset. If it happens again I am going to flash one more time but not save my settings.
Router became unresponsive and locked up again. Going to try resetting settings and if that doesn't work will flash an older build until a new firmware is out.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:53 Post subject: Re: R8000
james1795 wrote:
@Kong I flashed your latest version. No issues, but the only thing I see is that internet speeds are at 75% in wireless. Are you experiencing the same thing? Should I increase the TX rate?
Same feeling here, slower wifi 2,4/5Ghz since 30020M
I can't test my internal speed yet, but will test it this afternoon. _________________ Unofficial Kong's release repository : http://ddwrt-kong.clonevince.fr/
What you mean for "wifi speed drops" on K4?! Do you have any test/comparison? I'm curious, my wifi seems to be good, I don't make huge file transfer via wifi but I can do speedtests at 70/80mbit at 6/7 meters behind two walls (but I'm not using wifi encryption, only MAC address block).
Can Kong confirm this issue? Because I'm reading of this trouble since the K4 and I'm curious if it's a real issue with the drivers or only related to some users settings...
If you guys haven't done a reset and a fresh setup since 30000, you might want to try that. I started having what appeared to be WiFi signal drops on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz but the connection would drop momentarily even when very good signal strength was reported. My Amazon Echo even started failing to turn on/off the WiFi light switch, only working maybe 1 out of 5 tries.
Then I did an erase nvram, rebooted, and set everything up from scratch and I have the most stable, fastest connections I've had since I got my R8500 some months ago. Amazon Echo to the WiFi light switch is instantaneous every time, none of my security cameras are stuttering, son no longer complaining his 5 Ghz drops randomly and then comes back during games, etc. Internet speeds are pegged at my ISP's ~230Mbps on both wired and 5 Ghz. 2.4 seems good for a 20Mhz bandwidth too.
Just updated to 30020 with 46 trouble free hours on 30000 and so far, 30020 is working just as well. My advice: try a reset (using erase nvram - I've found that to be safe on Kong FW) and fresh setup and see if it helps.
What you mean for "wifi speed drops" on K4?! Do you have any test/comparison? I'm curious, my wifi seems to be good, I don't make huge file transfer via wifi but I can do speedtests at 70/80mbit at 6/7 meters behind two walls (but I'm not using wifi encryption, only MAC address block).
Can Kong confirm this issue? Because I'm reading of this trouble since the K4 and I'm curious if it's a real issue with the drivers or only related to some users settings...
I verified this with the iperf3 server builtin to DD-WRT. I am getting around 10% drop in 5ghz and up to 30-40% drop in 4ghz compared to when I last measured a K3 build (that was a couple months ago - likely on one of the builds after 295xx). Measurement was done at the same location in my living room - it is away from the router by 1 wall and a ~10 feet hallway/open space.
This drop is also paired with inconsistencies (zig-zag variations) in the speedtest benchmark. But I tend not to trust those internet speedtest -- they are not entirely measuring wifi speed after all. I usually go by iperf.
If you guys haven't done a reset and a fresh setup since 30000, you might want to try that. I started having what appeared to be WiFi signal drops on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz but the connection would drop momentarily even when very good signal strength was reported. My Amazon Echo even started failing to turn on/off the WiFi light switch, only working maybe 1 out of 5 tries.
Then I did an erase nvram, rebooted, and set everything up from scratch and I have the most stable, fastest connections I've had since I got my R8500 some months ago. Amazon Echo to the WiFi light switch is instantaneous every time, none of my security cameras are stuttering, son no longer complaining his 5 Ghz drops randomly and then comes back during games, etc. Internet speeds are pegged at my ISP's ~230Mbps on both wired and 5 Ghz. 2.4 seems good for a 20Mhz bandwidth too.
Just updated to 30020 with 46 trouble free hours on 30000 and so far, 30020 is working just as well. My advice: try a reset (using erase nvram - I've found that to be safe on Kong FW) and fresh setup and see if it helps.
Mike
Forgot to mention.
I did a erase nvram and setup manually afresh when moving to 30000
I verified this with the iperf3 server builtin to DD-WRT. I am getting around 10% drop in 5ghz and up to 30-40% drop in 4ghz compared to when I last measured a K3 build (that was a couple months ago - likely on one of the builds after 295xx). Measurement was done at the same location in my living room - it is away from the router by 1 wall and a ~10 feet hallway/open space.
This drop is also paired with inconsistencies (zig-zag variations) in the speedtest benchmark. But I tend not to trust those internet speedtest -- they are not entirely measuring wifi speed after all. I usually go by iperf.
Are you on the R8500? I just tested my 2.4 Ghz with WiFi Analyzer. I have a standard spot about 50 feet from the router where I normally test. Pre-30000, I was getting about -64dBm in that spot. Now I'm getting about -58dBm so it looks like the signal has improved quite a bit for me. Wonder why yours is worse? How do we get to the bottom of the mystery? Any other tests we could run? Also, I assume that like me, you left the wireless advanced settings at defaults? I leave mine on default and don't try to change Tx power, etc. Only thing I do is set my WiFi channel to 6 for 2.4 Ghz as that's the least cluttered for me.
Edit: I also notice some improvement when I go to Wireless status and look at the signal strengths there. Signals seem to be up between 2 and 5% across the board for all (dozen or so) devices, most of which are on 2.4 Ghz as they are wireless security cameras.
Are you on the R8500? I just tested my 2.4 Ghz with WiFi Analyzer. I have a standard spot about 50 feet from the router where I normally test. Pre-30000, I was getting about -64dBm in that spot. Now I'm getting about -58dBm so it looks like the signal has improved quite a bit for me. Wonder why yours is worse? How do we get to the bottom of the mystery? Any other tests we could run? Also, I assume that like me, you left the wireless advanced settings at defaults? I leave mine on default and don't try to change Tx power, etc. Only thing I do is set my WiFi channel to 6 for 2.4 Ghz as that's the least cluttered for me.
Edit: I also notice some improvement when I go to Wireless status and look at the signal strengths there. Signals seem to be up between 2 and 5% across the board for all (dozen or so) devices, most of which are on 2.4 Ghz as they are wireless security cameras.
Mike
Nope - I am on a R7000. It seems the pattern is R7000 works less well with K4 builds, while R8500 works better.
@<Kong>: can anything inside the build explain this difference in behavior?
I verified this with the iperf3 server builtin to DD-WRT. I am getting around 10% drop in 5ghz and up to 30-40% drop in 4ghz compared to when I last measured a K3 build (that was a couple months ago - likely on one of the builds after 295xx). Measurement was done at the same location in my living room - it is away from the router by 1 wall and a ~10 feet hallway/open space.
This drop is also paired with inconsistencies (zig-zag variations) in the speedtest benchmark. But I tend not to trust those internet speedtest -- they are not entirely measuring wifi speed after all. I usually go by iperf.
Are you on the R8500? I just tested my 2.4 Ghz with WiFi Analyzer. I have a standard spot about 50 feet from the router where I normally test. Pre-30000, I was getting about -64dBm in that spot. Now I'm getting about -58dBm so it looks like the signal has improved quite a bit for me. Wonder why yours is worse? How do we get to the bottom of the mystery? Any other tests we could run? Also, I assume that like me, you left the wireless advanced settings at defaults? I leave mine on default and don't try to change Tx power, etc. Only thing I do is set my WiFi channel to 6 for 2.4 Ghz as that's the least cluttered for me.
Edit: I also notice some improvement when I go to Wireless status and look at the signal strengths there. Signals seem to be up between 2 and 5% across the board for all (dozen or so) devices, most of which are on 2.4 Ghz as they are wireless security cameras.
Mike
Signal always depends on channel/width/country settings and the internal power tables, these powertables have not been changed, thus either you have changed the country channels width etc. Also antenna alignment makes a big difference. _________________ KONG PB's: http://www.desipro.de/ddwrt/
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