Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 2:05 Post subject: Raising my hand for R6400v2 support
As noted by egc the Netgear R6400v2 has really compelling hardware for the cheap price tag. So I just wanted to raise my hand in saying that I would love an official build for this router, too.
I have ordered an R6400v1 from Amazon but got the v2 so can't use it (stock firmware can't do what I need it to do).
I am not sure if this post helps but I thought I would respectfully endorse support for this router model and let the developers know that there is one more person out there trying to use this router.
I bought a R6400 2 days ago also only checking the supported devices matrix. The very next day I did my homework (quite late) and read the threads.
Conclusion, today I'm returning the router, because it can be maybe a few days or several months until the fix.
TL;DR, When you flash DDWRT it recognizes it as R7000 and screws the 5ghz wifi. If you dont care about that then flash it. _________________ R6400v2 (boardID:30) - Kong 36480 running since 03/09/18 - (AP - DNSMasq - AdBlocking - QoS) R7800 - BS 31924 running since 05/26/17 - (AP - OpenVPN Client - DNSMasq - AdBlocking - QoS) R7000 - BS 30771 running since 12/16/16 - (AP - NAS - FTP - SMB - OpenVPN Server - Transmission - DDNS - DNSMasq - AdBlocking - QoS) R6250 - BS 29193 running since 03/20/16 - (AP - NAS - FTP - SMB - DNSMasq - AdBlocking)
I seem to be lucky since I have U12H332T20_NETGEAR so I gave the latest 36596 build a go. This works smoothly and (as expected with this board ID) I have no problem with the 5 GHz band.
Now I have most everything running including the OpenVPN client. However as soon as I turn on policy based routing the client that's supposed to go through the VPN doesn't get HTTP traffic through. I have configured a /32 client IP in PBR and am able to ping and do nslookups but the webbrowser just times out all the time.
When PBR is disabled all clients connect through the VPN and have HTTP traffic. Any ideas...?
I seem to be lucky since I have U12H332T20_NETGEAR so I gave the latest 36596 build a go. This works smoothly and (as expected with this board ID) I have no problem with the 5 GHz band.
Now I have most everything running including the OpenVPN client. However as soon as I turn on policy based routing the client that's supposed to go through the VPN doesn't get HTTP traffic through. I have configured a /32 client IP in PBR and am able to ping and do nslookups but the webbrowser just times out all the time.
When PBR is disabled all clients connect through the VPN and have HTTP traffic. Any ideas...?
Disable Shortcut Forwarding Engine (SFE) on Setup/Basic setup and it will start working, there is a bug in SFE, i have a patched SFE kernel module if you really need SFE.
Did you reset after uploading?
Is the range and speed with 5 GHz the same as with stock, can you set 80 MHz channel width and get matching throughput? Did you do any testing?
I had read about SFE in another thread and had tried to disable it but it didn't help. However since you pointed it out again I tried rebooting after disabling SFE and voila: it now works like a charm.
I have not erased the NVRAM so essentially stopped after step 13. I ran the built-in speed test and get about 84 Mb/s WiFi speed for both HT40 and VHT80 on 5 GHz. Not sure if this is good? My client also isn't directly next to the router. I can't compare with stock firmware since I haven't used the stock firmware for anything but flashing to DD-WRT...
I am new to DD-WRT so don't know about testing but if there is anything you'd like me to try just let me know.
I also have one R6400v2 waiting for a functioning DDWRT build
The hardware is excellent and it is really cheap in Europe, so it is to become a very popular router.
I sure hope devs will sort it out soon.
Problem also lies in large part by Netgear which is screwing with the boardid's
Thanks for your help with my bricked router.
As I mentioned on the other page ... dd-wrt is relevant as long as it makes cheaper routers behave like the premium ones. In the Netgear Nighthawk series, I see people switching to higher routers just because dd-wrt support is lacking on the basic.
The gurus that provide direction need to consider this. Support for the basic router should always be rock stable so that it behaves better than the premium ones. That's what makes dd-wrt so popular.
Thanks to dd-wrt, I had an E900 broadcasting two channels, one open and other on VPN. Now that's value !! Linksys could not even dream of doing this on the E900. Anyone that saw me with dd-wrt became a fan of the software. We need similar support for the R6400 so that people prefer the R6400 over other premium models.
