[flakie]

That's the network settings on your PC?

Kong is same setup as bs dd-wrt

Did you reset after install?

[flakie]

I assume in advanced routing it is set to gateway mode and not bridge mode?

[a7mag3ddon]

Yes, operating mode is : gateway

Dynamic routing : disabled


Other than me changing dhcp yo 192.168.2.1 (due to some devices having static) everything else is default setting.

[flakie]

doh, I meant router mode above, not bridge mode.
Well thats good. Mine is setup the same.

I have my connection type set to static ip for some reason, so just set it back to dhcp.

I don't know enough to help really, other than suggesting a reset.

[a7mag3ddon]

All working now, i reset both the router and the VM modem went in the shower and its all good.

now to try and set up my wifi, this is where i had issues on the wrt32x and sent it back, my smart "stuff" would not connect to the 2.4ghz no matter what i tried and then the AC band kept just dropping randomly for no reason, would be working when i went to bed, gone when i got up.

[flakie]

cool. thats good then. My wifi has been excellent. no dropouts or any issues on 2.4 or 5g.

[a7mag3ddon]

Did you have to adjust the power settings?


Considering im sat 5 feet from the router my phone on 5Ghz is only getting 55 meg.

On the wrt32x i was getting my full 387 once i had set it to 80mhz wideband.

I only habe 3 bars of wifi signal as well.

[flakie]

I had poor speeds to start with. In the end I switched it to channel 100, VHT80 and turned on Implicit Beamforming. I made no other changes at all. Now I get my full 350+Mbps, and an average of 80MBPS LAN transfers, for large files. when I am moving smaller mixed file sizes the average is about 50-60MBPS.

[a7mag3ddon]

Did you enable all 3 wlan cards 2.4 and the 2 5ghz ones ?


I had already set it to 80z wode band but didnt change the channel yet, cant get faster than about 280

[flakie]

All 3 are enabled. The 2nd 5G one is on HT40 and only used for guests that moan they need 5G.
The 2.4G is used for appliances that need Internet access (TVs, kindles etc) and other guests.
The VHT80 is used just by my laptop and phone.
I just did internet speed test and only getting approx 260Mbps.
It not the Wifi itself at fault, as I just checked the LAN and got about 63MB/s (approx 500Mbps), uploading to my NAS for a large file (HD Movie), but this is acceptable. I have had faster but its ok as it is but my try to teak it more to get back to 80MB/s.
Internet slowness at the moment must be down to Virgin. Probably localised.
Maybe try to move some large files around your LAN to rule it our being Virgin.

[a7mag3ddon]

Its not virgin thats the issue, getting 387 mbit down every time i speed test.

The wrt32x was able to send that speed as well but only aftwr i tweaked a setring, that routwr had 20, 20/40, 80 and 160hz settings but the r8000 only has 80.

Its the strength of the other band too its really piss poor.


Im in work now but will play around tonight.

I only want the high speed for 2 streaming boxes that stream from the net and my nas box as well.

[Malachi]

One of the 5ghz bands is for the lower channels, the other for the upper channels.
If you set the lower band one to higher channels, you will get crappy signal.

[a7mag3ddon]

These are my settings, poor signal in same room and 50meg ish...

[flakie]

I am on channel 118 with VHT80 and am getting my full down/up rates (350/35 Mbps) from VM and transferring in LAN at about 65MB/s.

Have you looked what channels are best to use?
Or Tried one of the higher channels.
Mine is not so good until I set mine up like the screenshot.

[a7mag3ddon]

Thanks for that, using the following settings im now getting full strenghth and full speed (375mbit)




on 2.4ghz im getting 25 down and 32 up which im ok with as its mainly my smart devices that use that band.

What did you set up your second 5ghz band as ?