Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 21:58 Post subject: Internet speed problems!
Hello,
I have a brand new linksys wrt3200acm gigabit router which I installed ddwrt. I noticed my speed seems to be capped at 50Mbps, never really goes above this. My ISP speed is 400Mbps. I have the same results with wifi.
Also, after much fustration I decieded to try openwrt and my speed was not an issues. This problem is the result of ddrwrt firmware.
I did do that and still getting the same speed. Here is what I'm getting consistently in terms of speed across several firmware. (NOT WIFI, lan connected)
1. DDWRT - 50-60Mbps
2. OpenWRT - 160-180Mbps
3. Stock - 330-340Mbps (to be expected since its conected to ISP router)
No. And you said that this router has shown to be capable with *Stock Firmware*.
What build of dd-wrt are you using? I used to have issues with olders builds from the past until I tried again with the newest dd-wrt builds.
Currently using dd-wrt build 48081 on my WRT32x with my 300mbps connection. Hitting on average 270mbps to 300mbps. This is with traffic shaping on.
I also have a WRT3200ACM on the way in the mail so I will try testing that router as well.
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I am having the same problem with a new WRT3200ACM.
Did a fresh install of DD-WRT v3.0-r48432 std (03/01/22) yesterday, been hitting all sorts of speed problems compared to OEM.
I pay the ISP for 940/30 and I get those on ethernet from the router regardless of DD-WRT vs OEM firmware.
However, as soon as I switch to wifi there are massive performance hits with DD-WRT — with OEM Linksys firmware, I get 850-900mbps over wifi. As soon as I boot into the DD-WRT partition (same router location, etc), the highest speed I've seen over wifi was 200mbps and usually it sits around 150mbps.
I've fully dropped DD-WRT for the time being, the speed hit isn't worth it. But I'd love to be able to go back someday
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 17:28 Post subject:
Gameman Advanced Kid wrote:
I am able to get 300mbps just fine with my WRT3200acm.
I have a V1 3200acm, I have successfully snagged 1000 x 500 (Fiber) on my router +-3% or so with the current ddwrt. BUT, and this is a big but, when I turn on VPN via openvpn in the router, the best speeds I receive is about 130 x 130. So only aprox 10% of my speed, bottle necked by the VPN tunnel I assume, or the lack of processing power in the wrt3200. Not sure which it is. Nordvpn claims they don't limit the throughput, so I assume its the lack of wrt3200 processing abilities.
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 17:57 Post subject:
Processor and RAM vs encryption of a VPN. Has little to do with a provider, save and except what encryption they are using. 130 Mbit/s full duplex is about right for the 3200. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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However, as soon as I switch to wifi there are massive performance hits with DD-WRT
someday
I had a similar case. Not related to speed, but DNS resolution problems and devices not "seeing" SSIDs.
The weirdest symptom was that Spotify and Steam would log in without problems, but spotify would show my songs all greyed out and state songs were not available, and steam would refuse to download updates or new games. It would just show 'no internet connection' by the side of each game in the client.
teknogeek wrote:
I've fully dropped DD-WRT for the time being, the speed hit isn't worth it. But I'd love to be able to go back someday
Yup, I returned to stock firmware as well. DD-WRT is unusable in my case. I'd rather stick with the stock firmware and its limitations. Perhaps I'll try other firmware later on.
I dont know if you are all talking about VPN related issues with this router, but you are going to need to go with a higher end router to handle VPN functionality.
Yes, I did read about what you said about OpenWRT firmware being able to handle these VPN speeds.
But did you verify that VPN is ACTUALLY working on this router?
how did you test it?
Anyway, here is an EXAMPLE of one of the x86 routers that you MIGHT need
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 15:37 Post subject:
I don't buy the drive-by comments about a WRT3200ACM not being up to handling decent VPN speeds. I have its predecessor router, the WRT1900ACSv2, and have clocked 215 Mbps download via AirVPN using OpenVPN and the Chacha20-Poly1305 data cipher, this over my ISP's nominally 200 Mbps download connection. That's with minimal dd-wrt configuration during initial setup, but even with my final, very involved configuration, I'll get at least half that speed and will do so even when my AirVPN server is having a bad day.
Use a current dd-wrt build (recent ones are faster than those of 1-2 years ago), let MTU on the OpenVPN page default (to 1400 I believe), and you should manage a decent VPN speed with that router. (There are lots of ways to cripple your OpenVPN speed, but MTU being too large is one of the more effective ones.) _________________ 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.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 14:24 Post subject:
@SurpisedItWorks: Would help everyone to have specifics. I never said it was impossible to get better than reported speeds, especially now that we have much more efficient cipher choices in hand. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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