Most OEM firmwares have "hardware acceleration" which uses proprietary software to significantly improve NAT performance. This will allow many routers to easily hit 1Gbit (R7000, R7800, WRT3200ACM, AC-87U, Archer C9, etc.) out of the box.
Unfortunately DD-WRT and OpenWrt do not have this HW acceleration, and cannot match the NAT throughput of stock firmware. This wasn't really an issue until the last few years where 1Gbit fiber is becoming more widespread. Even my cable modem is 500Mbits now. Many of us hope performance will improve but it's not likely due to proprietary software.
One work around is bypassing some firewall components and this approach goes by several names: FastPath, SFE, or CTF. They are all similar I think.
* DD-WRT for R7000 handles about 300Mbits with SQM/QoS, etc.
* DD-WRT for R7000 with SFE enabled is about double, 800Mbits max.
* OpenWrt builds are similar. Although R7000 isn't supported there, performance is similar with R7800, WRT3200ACM, etc. with FastPath enabled.
* Faster routers will do a bit better with all these numbers when using DD-WRT/OpenWrt, e.g. R7800, R9000, WRT3200ACM.
* To hit 1Gbit but still have some added customization, run XWRT. While this isn't as ideal as DD-WRT or OpenWrt, it WILL hit 1Gbit as it maintains HW acceleration. Although this is based on Asus open source firmware, it's been ported to the R7000, adds a lot of fun features: http://xvtx.ru/xwrt/index.htm
that is really sad so there is no way for me to have r7000 gave 1Gbps on a DDWRT firmware.. so if i go back to stock firmware i would prob get 1Gbps coz of Hardware Acceleration. thanks _________________ WRT54GS v7 = 14929 micro repeater
e1500 = 19342 repeater mode
WRT54GS v1 = DD-WRT v24-sp2 (04/07/12) mega - build 18946M VINT Eko repeater mode
TPLINK - 1043ND v1.11 = 21223 client bridge
NETGEAR R7000 = 30880M Client Bridge
https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/beb94813-52a7-426d-b56b-d100a34364a3
Most OEM firmwares have "hardware acceleration" which uses proprietary software to significantly improve NAT performance. This will allow many routers to easily hit 1Gbit (R7000, R7800, WRT3200ACM, AC-87U, Archer C9, etc.) out of the box.
Unfortunately DD-WRT and OpenWrt do not have this HW acceleration, and cannot match the NAT throughput of stock firmware. This wasn't really an issue until the last few years where 1Gbit fiber is becoming more widespread. Even my cable modem is 500Mbits now. Many of us hope performance will improve but it's not likely due to proprietary software.
One work around is bypassing some firewall components and this approach goes by several names: FastPath, SFE, or CTF. They are all similar I think.
* DD-WRT for R7000 handles about 300Mbits with SQM/QoS, etc.
* DD-WRT for R7000 with SFE enabled is about double, 800Mbits max.
* OpenWrt builds are similar. Although R7000 isn't supported there, performance is similar with R7800, WRT3200ACM, etc. with FastPath enabled.
* Faster routers will do a bit better with all these numbers when using DD-WRT/OpenWrt, e.g. R7800, R9000, WRT3200ACM.
* To hit 1Gbit but still have some added customization, run XWRT. While this isn't as ideal as DD-WRT or OpenWrt, it WILL hit 1Gbit as it maintains HW acceleration. Although this is based on Asus open source firmware, it's been ported to the R7000, adds a lot of fun features: http://xvtx.ru/xwrt/index.htm
that is really sad so there is no way for me to have r7000 gave 1Gbps on a DDWRT firmware.. so if i go back to stock firmware i would prob get 1Gbps coz of Hardware Acceleration. thanks
