Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Time to upgrade my home network...

[Rich Brown <richb.hanover@gmail.com>]

> On Nov 13, 2016, at 12:00 PM, make-wifi-fast-request@lists.bufferbloat.net wrote:
> 
> I have an Archer C7v2.
> 
> Toke's repository has the airtime fairness patch and a patch to enable 
> fq_codel on the ath10k for 5Ghz.
> 
> http://kau.toke.dk/git/lede/
> 
> Both the 2.4Ghz N and 2.4Ghz AC work very well.
> 
> I recommend installing cake.  It's under kernel modules and network 
> support in the menuconfig.  Since cake now has NAT integration.  You can 
> use the dual flow isolation feature to give equal bandwidth to the 
> devices on your network.

I have an Archer C7v2 as well, so I'm interested.

The Problem: Thus far, I have only indulged in installing/configuring pre-built binary images and packages. I have the sense that I would need to build the firmware myself to be able to incorporate Toke's patches. 

1) Is this true? (that I would have to build the image to get Toke's patch?)

2) Does cake come along with Toke's patch?

3) Does anyone have a pre-built image for the Archer c7v2?

4) And if there's a way to get Toke's build without setting up the full build environment, then give me an outline of the process, and I'll write it up.

Thanks.

Rich