Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:23 Post subject: Optimal build for WRT3200ACM?
I was ok build 46329 and experienced a myriad of WiFi issues at first. I finally got it stable, but I was still experiencing internet drops. I want to try a different build. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Joined: 04 Aug 2018 Posts: 1447 Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 19:04 Post subject:
The standard advice, repeated many times in these Marvell threads, is 46069 (though do NOT enable "802.11w Management Frame Protection" if there are iOS devices connecting) or, if that still gives you too much trouble (very possible with iOS MacOS clients), 44048. The latter is from August 2020, but it's become the standard fallback for Linksys/Marvell routers. _________________ 2x Netgear XR500 and 3x Linksys WRT1900ACSv2 on 53544: VLANs, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), 3 DNSCrypt providers via VPN.
Joined: 04 Aug 2018 Posts: 1447 Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 19:07 Post subject:
SurprisedItWorks wrote:
The standard advice, repeated many times in these Marvell threads, is 46069 (though do NOT enable "802.11w Management Frame Protection" if there are iOS devices connecting) or, if that still gives you too much trouble (very possible with iOS MacOS clients), 44048. The latter is from August 2020, but it's become the standard fallback for Linksys/Marvell routers.
Somewhere on the timeline between those two builds is a point that, if crossed from where you are now, will force you to reset (recessed red button in back for 10s or do "nvram erase && reboot" in the CLI) and re-enter your entire configuration. Huge PITA. _________________ 2x Netgear XR500 and 3x Linksys WRT1900ACSv2 on 53544: VLANs, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), 3 DNSCrypt providers via VPN.
i use the WRT3200ACM just for my VPN Connection. I have vpn connection issues with the newer builds frequently. My VPN Provider wrote me that their Infrastructure not Support yet OpenVpn 2.5. till now only OpenVpn 2.4. Can anyone tell me when the OpenVpn Version was changed in the DDWRT Builds?
I’ve had no issues with it provided you don’t use features the router was not built for (my settings are on my signature), and that you reset the router entirely while flashing.
I’ve not had iOS or Mac issues in a long while either, but then again I do networking for a living, I may not be trying anything wild or outside the hardware specs.
I’m using the latest May 9 2021 build. _________________ Router: Linksys WRT3200ACM WLAN0 and 1 have same SSID
88W8964 802.11ac WLAN0 Mode AP VHT80 80MHz Mixed Mode Channel and Extension Channel Auto Extension LL-6
88W8964 802.11ac WLAN1 Mode AP 20 MHz Mixed Mode Channel Auto
SD8887 802.11ac disabled but visible on GUI and CLI
TX Power 18 dBm
Antenna Gain 0 dBi
U-APSD (Automatic Power Save)Enabled
Protection Mode None
RTS Threshold Disabled
Short Preamble Disabled
Short GI Enabled
Single User Beamforming Enabled
Multi User Beamforming Enabled
AP Isolation Disabled
Beacon Interval 100
DTIM Interval 2
WMM Support Enabled
Radar Detection Disabled
ScanList default
Sensitivity Range (ACK Timing) 500 (Default: 500 meters)
Max Associated Clients 256 (Default: 256 Clients)
Minimum Signal for authenticate -128
Minimum Signal for connection -128
Poll Time for signal lookup 10
Amount of allowed low signals 3
Wireless security is WPA2 Personal CCMP-128 only
QAM256 is on
Joined: 18 Mar 2014 Posts: 12922 Location: Netherlands
Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 18:18 Post subject:
ChrisCa wrote:
i use the WRT3200ACM just for my VPN Connection. I have vpn connection issues with the newer builds frequently. My VPN Provider wrote me that their Infrastructure not Support yet OpenVpn 2.5. till now only OpenVpn 2.4. Can anyone tell me when the OpenVpn Version was changed in the DDWRT Builds?
There are settings to make things backwards compatible but I know from the OpenVPN maintainers that there is one VPN provider that has its own implementation of cipher negotiation which is not compatible (they do not tell us which one so maybe that is yours?)
went again in contact with my vpn provider (IVPN) to ask when they are ready with openvpn 2.5. This time another supporter told me that they are already using openvpn2.5, so I will upgrade now to the 9. May Version to see how it goes (Downloaded the SetupGuide)...
Joined: 18 Mar 2014 Posts: 12922 Location: Netherlands
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 12:24 Post subject:
ChrisCa wrote:
went again in contact with my vpn provider (IVPN) to ask when they are ready with openvpn 2.5. This time another supporter told me that they are already using openvpn2.5, so I will upgrade now to the 9. May Version to see how it goes (Downloaded the SetupGuide)...
Newb is very confused, here. Use the database, DONT use the database, use build 46069 (which isnt even listed as an option in the DB), no, use the latest etc etc
How do I sift through this? I have used DD-WRT before in some older WRT54 routers which Im still using, so Im not totally unwashed. But yall are very confusing to sort out what is the correct .bin to use!
Joined: 04 Aug 2018 Posts: 1447 Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 16:53 Post subject:
NO ONE in the forum is going to tell you to use the database, and the forum is where current dd-wrt thinking is. Other sources - the wiki, basic dd-wrt articles elsewhere on the website, dd-wrt articles on the internet -- are all old and not to be counted on. Too much stuff on the internet, including stuff on the dd-wrt site, is undated even though it becomes obsolete before long. You have to remember that dd-wrt is pretty old but is still very actively developing, so older advice can be really inappropriate now.
So again, COMPLETELY IGNORE THE DATABASE. It can't help you. What can help you is reading the new-build threads in the Marvell forum looking for a build that is mostly making owners of your model router happy. Normally there are many such builds, but in recent months we've struggled (due to issues in closed-source Linksys wifi drivers, as far as anyone can tell). So picking a build is harder now. _________________ 2x Netgear XR500 and 3x Linksys WRT1900ACSv2 on 53544: VLANs, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), 3 DNSCrypt providers via VPN.