Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:12 Post subject: Any hope for gigabit WAN to LAN on a Netgear 6700v3?
On a WAN to LAN 1 gigabit Sonic connection:
Code:
➜ ~ python speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Sonic.net (157.x.x.x)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Comcast (San Francisco, CA) [3.54 km]: 3.844 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 732.71 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................................................................................
Upload: 712.13 Mbit/s
Can I squeeze anything to get the last 280 megabits? Connecting directly to an Ubuntu host, I get the expected 980 mbits/s
SFE is enabled with firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r39345M kongac (04/03/19)
On my R7000 (uses the same Broadcom BCM4709A0 as your R6700), I can get performance in the 900's with the Xbox speed test, but only after I enabled IPv6 (I assume that's because there's no NAT overhead).
On my R7000 (uses the same Broadcom BCM4709A0 as your R6700), I can get performance in the 900's with the Xbox speed test, but only after I enabled IPv6 (I assume that's because there's no NAT overhead).
OP says the router is a R6700v3 which has a BCM4708C0, it also runs at 1Ghz but not sure if performance is the same.
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 7:24 Post subject:
I have an R6400v2 (among others )
This is the same router internally, so 1GHz dual core Arm A9.
Without SFE almos 300 Mb/s, With SFE almost 700 Mb/s
That is all you can get from this type of CPU with DDWRT.
Stock firmware (which has a proprietary SFE called CTF (Cut Through Forwarding) is faster, I have heard someone claiming 900 Mb/s but I have not tested it myself.
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 15:13 Post subject:
I honestly haven't seen much difference between DD-WRT (SFE) and FreshTomato (CTF) on my speed tests. But, FT doesn't have all ARM Broadcom devices' detection and support added (yet).