[Cerowrt-devel] OK, what's the current recommendation(s)?

[Cerowrt-devel] OK, what's the current recommendation(s)?

[Valdis Kletnieks]

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Short Version:  Comcast offered me 150 mbit service at a price point I
couldn't turn down - but it's known to be more than my wndr3800 can handle.

Any recommendations for replacements?  Looking for decent support under
OpenWRT and at least 4 wired gigabit ports (6-8 would be nice, but not
mandatory) and 2.4/5Ghz bands.  Would be nice if it's around $100-ish, but
willing to go to $200 or so for more features (ports/antennas/RAM/flash/CPU).

Willing to test bleeding-edge stuff on it, as long as it has a hardware
"unbrick me" similar to the wndr3800. (For reference, the laptop I'm on at
the moment is running this morning's linux-next kernel and Fedora Rawhide, which
should tell you how non-risk-adverse I am :)



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Re: [Cerowrt-devel] OK, what's the current recommendation(s)?

[Dave Taht]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Valdis Kletnieks
<Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> Short Version:  Comcast offered me 150 mbit service at a price point I
> couldn't turn down - but it's known to be more than my wndr3800 can handle.

Well, the bloat on the download can get pretty bad, but hard to
trigger in normal usage, and not horrific for low values of horrific.
Me being me I'd encourage you to fix the upload via the 3800...

... and publish your benchmark at what happens on the download.

Then upgrade to something else.

>
> Any recommendations for replacements?  Looking for decent support under
> OpenWRT and at least 4 wired gigabit ports (6-8 would be nice, but not
> mandatory) and 2.4/5Ghz bands.  Would be nice if it's around $100-ish, but
> willing to go to $200 or so for more features (ports/antennas/RAM/flash/CPU).

Can't recommend anything at $100 at the moment. The linksys 1200ac
comes closest. I have one running on a 125/25 connection using cake
just fine - but I can still pretty easily crash it on the wifi as of
openwrt trunk from a month back. The wifi is great while it lasts
tho....

I retain high hopes for the turris omnia, which is roughly the same
chipset, except for the wifi.

I have not tested it at these speeds but the edgerouter X has come
along pretty far. The 1.8 official firmware does fq_codel quite
nicely.

>
> Willing to test bleeding-edge stuff on it, as long as it has a hardware
> "unbrick me" similar to the wndr3800. (For reference, the laptop I'm on at
> the moment is running this morning's linux-next kernel and Fedora Rawhide, which
> should tell you how non-risk-adverse I am :)

The apu2 that I have arriving tomorrow holds great promise, but
equipped with msata & a tri-band ath10k card that would be around
$320. And the case only takes 2 antennas by default.

I will update the 1200 to trunk and see what happens. Will put out the
benchmark, too.

>
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Re: [Cerowrt-devel] OK, what's the current recommendation(s)?

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:48:51 -0700, Dave Taht said:

> Can't recommend anything at $100 at the moment. The linksys 1200ac
> comes closest. I have one running on a 125/25 connection using cake
> just fine - but I can still pretty easily crash it on the wifi as of
> openwrt trunk from a month back. The wifi is great while it lasts
> tho....

Thanks for the pointer, poked around on Amazon and the OpenWRT site, the 1200AC
looks like a workable choice feature-wise and for my bank account.  Will
probably go with that.

Will probably flash the 3800 with openwrt 15.05 and benchmark it a bit before
I replace it...


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Re: [Cerowrt-devel] OK, what's the current recommendation(s)?

[Dave Taht]

I have been using the following "advanced" openwrt build, which
includes a slightly older version of cake at the moment
(I just reflashed the linksys 1200ac I have with the latest)

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=50914

sigh:

the latest tc-adv, and cake need to get pushed up into it. It also has
some advanced features that are "intersting" like tor support and it
uses dnscrypt by default....

has babeld 1.7.1, hnetd, etc available, for the brave.

I will do some benchmarks later today.


On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 6:58 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:48:51 -0700, Dave Taht said:
>
>> Can't recommend anything at $100 at the moment. The linksys 1200ac
>> comes closest. I have one running on a 125/25 connection using cake
>> just fine - but I can still pretty easily crash it on the wifi as of
>> openwrt trunk from a month back. The wifi is great while it lasts
>> tho....
>
> Thanks for the pointer, poked around on Amazon and the OpenWRT site, the 1200AC
> looks like a workable choice feature-wise and for my bank account.  Will
> probably go with that.
>
> Will probably flash the 3800 with openwrt 15.05 and benchmark it a bit before
> I replace it...
>



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Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software!
http://blog.cerowrt.org

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] OK, what's the current recommendation(s)?

[Joel Wirāmu Pauling]

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I am using a TP-Link ac1750 off a Shaw CMT 150/10mbit without issues using
fq_codel and minimal tweaking. I had a wndr3800 before that and concur it's
too underpowered.

I drive AC wifi to the internet at the wan rate so can't complain.

I know tp-link have recently come under fire, but if you can find the older
(v2) versions that don't have the b0rked uboot due to the FCC they make
great sub 100$ routers.


-Joel

On 21 April 2016 at 14:17, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been using the following "advanced" openwrt build, which
> includes a slightly older version of cake at the moment
> (I just reflashed the linksys 1200ac I have with the latest)
>
> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=50914
>
> sigh:
>
> the latest tc-adv, and cake need to get pushed up into it. It also has
> some advanced features that are "intersting" like tor support and it
> uses dnscrypt by default....
>
> has babeld 1.7.1, hnetd, etc available, for the brave.
>
> I will do some benchmarks later today.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 6:58 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:48:51 -0700, Dave Taht said:
> >
> >> Can't recommend anything at $100 at the moment. The linksys 1200ac
> >> comes closest. I have one running on a 125/25 connection using cake
> >> just fine - but I can still pretty easily crash it on the wifi as of
> >> openwrt trunk from a month back. The wifi is great while it lasts
> >> tho....
> >
> > Thanks for the pointer, poked around on Amazon and the OpenWRT site, the
> 1200AC
> > looks like a workable choice feature-wise and for my bank account.  Will
> > probably go with that.
> >
> > Will probably flash the 3800 with openwrt 15.05 and benchmark it a bit
> before
> > I replace it...
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dave Täht
> Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software!
> http://blog.cerowrt.org
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