Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:41 Post subject: r7500 Wifi Throughput Drops
Hello,
I have a Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500v2 running DD-WRT v3.0-r44483
With this build everything works well, but I have noticed that every 2-3 days or so the throughput I get on a wifi connection drops dramatically. This happens on both 2.4ghz/5ghz, sometimes at the same time, (very possible I don't notice one for a bit) sometimes only one (I'll switch and the other bandwidth is fine).
This doesn't vary by distance from router. Its the entire range that is slowed to a near halt with poor local network speeds (I use local network storage a lot). Sitting in the room with the router running smoothly I see speedtest results of around ~300Mbs down ~500Mbs up, but when it slows this speed is more around the range of ~5-15Mbs down ~20-30Mbs up.
At the same time all my wired lan connections are fine with no issues. When this happens I have found the best way to resolve it is a reboot.
I have tried setting permanent channels based on scans to rule out interference, but the issue still occurs.
I should also mention that on older builds I have had the same problem, I don't remember exactly what these were but I believe they were 2018 builds.
What you can try is upgrading to the latest build and use Vanilla Firmware (it is in the wifi settings page)
The latest build, 46958, breaks NAS. at least for the 7500v2. I tried to see if I could do a workaround to get NAS shares up again and I could not. even after a factory reset.
Joined: 18 Mar 2014 Posts: 12917 Location: Netherlands
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:23 Post subject:
Gameman Advanced Kid wrote:
egc wrote:
What you can try is upgrading to the latest build and use Vanilla Firmware (it is in the wifi settings page)
The latest build, 46958, breaks NAS. at least for the 7500v2. I tried to see if I could do a workaround to get NAS shares up again and I could not. even after a factory reset.
satomo says he uses NAS a lot. So this firmware may not be for him.
Joined: 18 Mar 2014 Posts: 12917 Location: Netherlands
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:02 Post subject:
I stopped testing it long ago, I use a QNAP pro 453 with 4 times 8 TB
For my family members I still build with Samba36, that said I have a USB stick on my EA8500 (running 46968 alpha build) and it can be accessed but only by IP address and if you make a user