I did the aforementioned factory/30-30-30 reset on my R8500 and rebuilt my configuration from scratch in an effort to get my NVRAM under control (from both a size and data perspective).
Even my freshly-reset R8500 uses 48KB of its 64KB of NVRAM with DD-WRT. That seems about 10-12KB higher than the other DD-WRT routers I have, but perhaps that has to do with the configs for the 3rd radio? Adding in various parameters with a dozen-or-so static leases and the same amount of port forwards gets me back up to 55-58KB used. Is that normal?
My R8500 uses 49KB of NVRAM. _________________ _________________
Netgear R8500
DD-WRT v3.0-r28600M kongac (1/3/16)
Router: Netgear R6250
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r28600M kongac (12/31/15)
Kernel: Linux 3.10.94 #59 SMP Thu Dec 31 09:20:23 CET 2015 armv7l
Status: Working
Reset: No
Errors: Yes, IPv6 issue reported to Kong since I upgraded to r28500M. (manual running a IPV6 script fixes this issue).
I'm also having IPv6 issues on my R7000 running 28600M. I've reset my config but I'm unable to obtain an IPv6 address from my ISP (TWC).
EDIT: I'm configured for DHCPv6 with Prefix delegation. It has worked great for months, until the recent builds.
Router: Netgear R67000
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r28600M kongac (12/31/15)
Kernel: Linux 3.10.94 #59 SMP Thu Dec 31 09:20:23 CET 2015 armv7l
Status: Working
Reset: No
Errors: No
Have a great new year!
I woke up this morning and my unit reset itself to defaults and uptime says 15 minutes, it must be rebooting itself. And I don't know how all settings got wiped. The web gui changed and said I had an R7000. I reflashed and reset to defaults now. Will see if it sticks and does not reboot.
And after reset it said 6700 again?
The way detection is done for the R6700 vs 7000 it means it would be corrupted nvram (e.g. power outage), but if the detection stillclaims it is a R7000, then there is a problem with the partitioning.
Note the driver in my builds hasn't changed in a few month, thus if it ran fine before it should still run fine.
I'm sure the R8500 won't be running stable with the older driver, I have to upgrade the driver for the R8500, Netgear and Asus both have stability problems with their 1.4Ghz broadcom drivers.
A power outage is possible. On a reset today it correctly said R6700. The re-flash is working fine right now. I will keep monitoring. Thank you for your great work, happy new year
stable since the re-flash and reset to defaults. Router has not rebooted once. I don't run any special options not even wireless and but no issues with this build. Could have been a problem caused because I flashed originally but did not reset to defaults. Still confused about when and what command to erase nvram so I'll stay away from that
I did the aforementioned factory/30-30-30 reset on my R8500 and rebuilt my configuration from scratch in an effort to get my NVRAM under control (from both a size and data perspective).
Even my freshly-reset R8500 uses 48KB of its 64KB of NVRAM with DD-WRT. That seems about 10-12KB higher than the other DD-WRT routers I have, but perhaps that has to do with the configs for the 3rd radio? Adding in various parameters with a dozen-or-so static leases and the same amount of port forwards gets me back up to 55-58KB used. Is that normal?
Are you able to identify what is using all the extra space? Run "nvram show" while logging to a file on your R8500 and then another router. Now compare the two files with a file compare program. Hopefully you may spot an obvious large value that maybe shouldn't be there.
Router: Netgear R7000
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r28600M kongac (12/31/15)
Kernel: Linux 3.10.94 #59 SMP Thu Dec 31 09:20:23 CET 2015 armv7l
Status: Up and running for just over 27 hours
Reset: Reboot before and after "ddup --flash-latest" from Kong r28575M
Errors: None so far _________________ Netgear R7000: v3.0-r54248 std (11/29/23)
EdgeRouter-X: EdgeOS v2.0.9-hotfix 7
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 22:51 Post subject: Silly newbie questions
Is there a list of routers supported by these builds by Kong?
I believe there used to be a .txt file in http://desipro.de/ddwrt/K3-AC-Arm/ describing the differences and which models are supported, but I can't seem to find that now.
I'm receiving a Linksys EA6500v2 in a couple of days and am trying to figure the best build to put on it that won't brick me, but there doesn't seem to be a tremendous amount of info out there.
Joined: 29 Dec 2015 Posts: 23 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 0:19 Post subject:
If you do a factory reset after a flash update is it a good idea to restore from a backup? What if you have a lot of different tweaked settings. Can't remember all of them. _________________ Netgear R7000
DD-WRT v3.0-r29300M kongac (03/27/16)
Cats are the best pets.
If you do a factory reset after a flash update is it a good idea to restore from a backup? What if you have a lot of different tweaked settings. Can't remember all of them.
I print to pdf all the configuration webpages of the router and all scripts are copied to a text file. _________________ Home Network on Telus 1Gb PureFibre - 10GbE Copper Backbone
2x R7800 - Gateway & WiFi & 3xWireGuard - DDWRT r53562 Std k4.9
Off Site 1
R7000 - Gateway & WiFi & WireGuard - DDWRT r54517 Std
E3000 - Station Bridge - DDWRT r49626 Mega K4.4
Off Site 2
R7000 - Gateway & WiFi - DDWRT r54517 Std
E2000 - Wired ISP IPTV PVR Blocker - DDWRT r35531
Joined: 29 Dec 2015 Posts: 23 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 0:32 Post subject:
mac913 wrote:
I print to pdf all the configuration webpages of the router and all scripts are copied to a text file.
Thanks. I will try that before if I ever have to do a reset. _________________ Netgear R7000
DD-WRT v3.0-r29300M kongac (03/27/16)
Cats are the best pets.
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 14:00 Post subject: Re: Silly newbie questions
Gaff wrote:
Is there a list of routers supported by these builds by Kong?
I believe there used to be a .txt file in http://desipro.de/ddwrt/K3-AC-Arm/ describing the differences and which models are supported, but I can't seem to find that now.
I'm receiving a Linksys EA6500v2 in a couple of days and am trying to figure the best build to put on it that won't brick me, but there doesn't seem to be a tremendous amount of info out there.
Those are Kong's personal test builds (PTBs); as such, I don't think he is broadcasting too much on his site as he is contributing to the main codebase/svn.
You might be able to glean some information from the old builds when Kong was managing his builds and code separate from the main codebase/svn, here: http://desipro.de/ddwrt-ren/K3-AC-Arm/
For example, in the readme.txt file on that page, Kong says:
<Kong> wrote:
Flashing Instruction:
Warning, always clear browser cache before flashing.
...
Asus / D-Link / Linksys -> I don't provide firmware for initial flashing, for initial flash from oem fw you need a BrainSlayer release
DD-WRT already installed -> flash universal build dd-wrt.v24-K3_AC_Arm.bin from subdirectory that contains the latest revision.
...
Plus, once you get one of Kong's PTBs installed, you can just update with the ddup script on the CLI (run "ddup --help" for more information), and you won't have to stress about which file is correct on his site. _________________ R7000 Nighthawk - DD-WRT v3.0-r50308
R7000 Nighthawk - DD-WRT v3.0-r50308
~~~~~~~~~~Dismantled for learning opportunities~~~~~~~~~~
WRT54Gv2
WRT54Gv8.2
~~~~~~~~~~Other Settings~~~~~~~~~
https://nextdns.io/?from=2d3sq39x https://pi-hole.net/ https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy
Working well on my R7000's. _________________ 2 R7800's (Kong OpenWRT 23.05) as access points
X86_64 build PC (DDWRT Build r55630)
3 R7000's (DDWRT build r53843)using one as a bridge currently
Netgear WNDR 3400 (DDWRT r55630)
Netgear DGND 3700 (with OpenWRT)
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 21:25 Post subject: Re: Silly newbie questions
HalfBit wrote:
Those are Kong's personal test builds (PTBs); as such, I don't think he is broadcasting too much on his site as he is contributing to the main codebase/svn.
You might be able to glean some information from the old builds when Kong was managing his builds and code separate from the main codebase/svn, here: http://desipro.de/ddwrt-ren/K3-AC-Arm/
For example, in the readme.txt file on that page, Kong says:
<Kong> wrote:
Flashing Instruction:
Warning, always clear browser cache before flashing.
...
Asus / D-Link / Linksys -> I don't provide firmware for initial flashing, for initial flash from oem fw you need a BrainSlayer release
DD-WRT already installed -> flash universal build dd-wrt.v24-K3_AC_Arm.bin from subdirectory that contains the latest revision.
...
Plus, once you get one of Kong's PTBs installed, you can just update with the ddup script on the CLI (run "ddup --help" for more information), and you won't have to stress about which file is correct on his site.
Thanks for the info. I'm just trying to see if the EA6500v2 is even supported by Kong; as I said, the information out there is very sparse. I'm not looking for hand-holding (I've used DD-WRT extensively before) but I'm just trying to get all my ducks lined up and not brick my new purchase.
Joined: 24 Mar 2015 Posts: 175 Location: Tacoma, Wa
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 3:24 Post subject:
Under WLx-Advanced wireless settings is the Auto/Manual radio button a new feature? I typically have it set like in the attachment for all of my radios. Should we be experimenting with the Auto setting and letting dd-wrt manage it going forward?
