Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2024 17:50 Post subject: Last STABLE firmware for R7800 (coming from R50716)
HI,
I'm running Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r50176 std (09/15/22 on R7800 (the forum suggest it some years ago as a good compromise...)
The uptime of the router with this fw can reach months...
Considering it's been two years, I would like to have an update for new features (any?) and bug fixes, compared to r50176
But it seems to me that last ones (eg 56941) are showing some reboot problems, or some other performance&functionality issues.
WHICH version (newer then r50716) is a "good compromise", i.e. showing no reset or new bugs compared to R50176 ?
r53562 was a pretty solid version, and the last to use the v4.9 kernel. Everything above this version uses the 6.1 kernel. My R7800 is presently on r56820 and is solid, but it is only being used as a WAP/VAP.
If this router is your internet gateway, try first turning off SFE. If that makes things better, then try NSS-SFE. _________________ - Linksys EA8500: I-Gateway, WAP/VAP 5ghz only. Features: WDS-AP, VLANs, Samba, WG, Entware - r58662
- Linksys EA8500: 802.11s Secondary w/VLAN Trunk - r58662
- Linksys MX4300: 802.11s Primary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz. 2.4ghz WAP/VAP only - r58662
- Linksys MX4300 (WAP/VAP (7)) Multiple VLANs over single trunk port. Entware/Samba r58662
- Linksys MR7350: Testing r58662
- Linksys Velop WHW03v1 x2: OpenWRT w/GRETAP tunnel for VLANs on VAPs
- OSes: Fedora 39, 9 RPis (2,3,4,5), 20 ESP8266s: Straight from Amiga to Linux in '95, never having owned a Windows PC.
I have tried a few of the more recent builds (over last 6 months) but all of them have given me issues (reboots) with SFE (even NSS-SFE on the later builds) enabled, so I have reverted back to the last build I am happy with: r53445. This build works fine with SFE enabled.
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 15:05 Post subject:
scope2 wrote:
Just my experience.
I have tried a few of the more recent builds (over last 6 months) but all of them have given me issues (reboots) with SFE (even NSS-SFE on the later builds) enabled, so I have reverted back to the last build I am happy with: r53445. This build works fine with SFE enabled.
53445 is almost 1 year old, so it has unfixed stuff like dnsmasq, openssl and other binaries that may be in your use ...
NSS-SFE is WIP.. but, there are users whit positive feedback so, far im stacked on the last build 56941 and was 12 days until today's power down (reboot) new build is coming soon ...
Molle wrote:
Uptime on my R7800 a week now with NSS-ECM-SFE.
_________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 58184 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 58730 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 58785 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 58785 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 58689 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 58785
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 58627 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoT,AD-Block,IPsetFirewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
NSS-SFE and NSS-ECM-SFE have been pretty solid on my R7800 running the latest few releases (currently on r56941). The only issue is that top/htop/ui all show an idle load of 1.00 (50%) when NSS is enabled. I haven't seen it reflected on the temperatures or anything, so I'm quite confident it's merely a cosmetic issue. Using just SFE usually results in a spontaneous reboot within a few days.
I'm quite confident it's merely a cosmetic issue. Using just SFE usually results in a spontaneous reboot within a few days.
SFE by itself is definitely still problematic but NSS-SFE works fine. I agree the 50% CPU usage is incorrect as I witness the same. No heat increases and nothing is actually using this much CPU. I believe this may be a bug that is showing the NSS cores usage and not the actual CPUs, but this is simply a guess. Either way it does not appear to be a problem. _________________ - Linksys EA8500: I-Gateway, WAP/VAP 5ghz only. Features: WDS-AP, VLANs, Samba, WG, Entware - r58662
- Linksys EA8500: 802.11s Secondary w/VLAN Trunk - r58662
- Linksys MX4300: 802.11s Primary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz. 2.4ghz WAP/VAP only - r58662
- Linksys MX4300 (WAP/VAP (7)) Multiple VLANs over single trunk port. Entware/Samba r58662
- Linksys MR7350: Testing r58662
- Linksys Velop WHW03v1 x2: OpenWRT w/GRETAP tunnel for VLANs on VAPs
- OSes: Fedora 39, 9 RPis (2,3,4,5), 20 ESP8266s: Straight from Amiga to Linux in '95, never having owned a Windows PC.