860L is a single core arm processor so the performance will be a lot worse than dual core R7000 or higher end models such as Linksys WRT1900AC; Kong confirmed in other posts that WRT1900AC is capable of runing full gigabit with DD-WRT, R7000 is still only capable of ~700Mbps.
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 18:41 Post subject: Speed problem
Exactly, that is the other issue. The single core processor can come close to 1000mbps with the help of hardware acceleration in the stock firmware (with QoS disabled). Dd-wrt doesn't have the hardware acceleration cheat, so it will take a performance hit. The only options you have to increase the throughput in dd-wrt would be to try to overclock the CPU a little bit. I doubt it would bring you up to 1000mbps though.
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:27 Post subject: Re: Orange power indicator light.
I can not fix this problem. If I unplug the device from the interface 5GHz, cleaning Internal Flash Storage, it returns the power indicator is green. But connected at 5GHz, and the orange light again.
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:14 Post subject: Re: D-Link DIR-860L A1: Known defects
Just wanted to say thanks to those people who delved into this router model and posted all the helpful info.
I live in an apartment where I have an office at the end of the hall where the cable modem and router are hooked up but I can't run a physical line to the entertainment center in the living room where I have a smart TV, gaming PC and console.
I ended up buying a new ASUS router with external antennas and I took my old DIR-860L and flashed it with dd-wrt. The result is I now have a fantastic client bridge for the living room that is polling 585Tx/866Rx. I can run speed tests from my gaming PC and get the same 130 Mbps down as I do on the wired connection in the office.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 16:05 Post subject: Heat Sink
The 860L has heat sinks. I think all that would be required would be to attach a fan to the top of the case to provide better cooling.
My 860L is running at 1000MHZ and the temp is 70.2C (ambient temp in my home around 70F). I have had no problems with my 860l running at this speed or temperature.
These are normal temperature, my 860L is running at 67°C @1000MHz clock, while the Trendnet TEW811DRU is running at 85°C @800MHz, same BCM47081 and both never had any problems, all have been running 24/7 for over a year now.
Thanks for that info about the temperature. Also guys, I am unable to do any virtual interface (guest network). I followed several guides religiously and can't get DHCP working on the Virtual AP.
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:14 Post subject: Guest network
I have guest network working with dhcp fine. Can't remember what guide I used. If I find it I will post the link. I think the trick was to click save or apply at every step.
Clicked save and apply at every step. I added these rules to the firewall commands: (use br1 instead of br2) I used br2 because I have another router assigned to br1 already)
Clicked save and apply at every step. I added these rules to the firewall commands: (use br1 instead of br2) I used br2 because I have another router assigned to br1 already)
Yeah, that is the guide I used. I've tried it on a few different builds as well. I will try it on your build sometime here soon. I spent about 3 hours on it this past weekend and was pretty bummed I couldn't get it going.
Am I correct in thinking you can just create the virtual interface and connect to it like it's your primary wireless? (obviously on the same subnet).
I'm just trying to go through the steps and see where things stop working.