Any help is welcome to get 1Gb behind the r6300v2. _________________ Netgear R6300v2 DD-WRT v3.0-r47495 std (09/28/21) - Linux Opensuse Leap 15.2 - Win 10
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:40 Post subject:
That is the normal speed for dual core Arm A9 at 800 MHz
There are several "accelerators" all routers have SFE, some have CTF and some have CTF&FA.
The last one will give you around 850 Mb/s give or take depending on what duties the router is doing.
See Setup page: Shortcut Forwarding Engine (SFE) and Flow Acceleration for CTF (and FA)
You might need to reboot the router to get CTF and FA going.
Joined: 13 Jun 2015 Posts: 42 Location: South-West France
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 15:36 Post subject:
egc wrote:
That is the normal speed for dual core Arm A9 at 800 MHz
There are several "accelerators" all routers have SFE, some have CTF and some have CTF&FA.
The last one will give you around 850 Mb/s give or take depending on what duties the router is doing.
See Setup page: Shortcut Forwarding Engine (SFE) and Flow Acceleration for CTF (and FA)
You might need to reboot the router to get CTF and FA going.
That is the normal speed for dual core Arm A9 at 800 MHz
There are several "accelerators" all routers have SFE, some have CTF and some have CTF&FA.
The last one will give you around 850 Mb/s give or take depending on what duties the router is doing
So does that mean that the CPU plays a small role in how effective CTF and FA are? I thought it bypassed the CPU. And if it does something, would overclocking help?
Unfortunately, I cannot set up a good testing method between LAN and WAN, but I went ahead and tried an overclock from 800 to 1000mhz and ran some speed tests from various sites with CTF & FA enabled.
My ISP advertises up to 940mbps, but I consistently get 800 with and without an overclock on my r6300v2. I think this is just the maximum possible speed from my ISP -due to their shady "up to" advertising- since even their provided router maxed out at 800. Verizon is a greedy company...
To get a full gigabit on a gigabit interface that interface must be in full duplex.
I do not believe FA really adds a tremendous amount of speed. It is more useful for devices that are running other CPU-intensive tasks such as openvpn or other vpn encryption. Packet filtering should also benefit. Another area would be torrents.
You might be able to go flat out gigabit on your gigabit internet if you had address translation turned off.
