alpha rt-n firmware releases

[maurer]

hi, i did the commands above and i got after reboot :

[admin@mau-wl500gp root]$ nvram show | grep fastnat
size: 14170 bytes (18598 left)
misc_fastnat_x=1
[admin@mau-wl500gp root]$ cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_fastnat
1
[admin@mau-wl500gp root]$ dmesg  | grep NAT
BCM fast NAT: INIT

but no increase in speed.
is it because nf_conntrack_fastnat is 1 instead of 2 ?

[wpte]

hi, i did the commands above and i got after reboot :

[admin@mau-wl500gp root]$ nvram show | grep fastnat
size: 14170 bytes (18598 left)
misc_fastnat_x=1
[admin@mau-wl500gp root]$ cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_fastnat
1
[admin@mau-wl500gp root]$ dmesg  | grep NAT
BCM fast NAT: INIT

but no increase in speed.
is it because nf_conntrack_fastnat is 1 instead of 2 ?

By default it's activated as far as I know...
I'm afraid that this is the maximum speed you'll be able to get with the wl500gp.

[ryzhov_al]

but no increase in speed.
is it because nf_conntrack_fastnat is 1 instead of 2 ?

No. theMIROn explains nf_conntrack_fastnat values:

• 0 - FastNat switched off,
• 1 - FastNat works without URL filter. Its fastest option,
• 2 - FastNat work with URL filtering support.

Try to monitor CPU load when you pppoe connection speed at highest point. If CPU will be full loaded, then there is no option to raise router throughput.

[maurer]

do you think an older fw would do the trick - get more throughput?
maybe k 2.4 based ?
or newer - 3.0 Openwrt ?
I don't need any features like QoS.
IPv6 would be a good option (native DHCPv6 from ISP)...
Botton line is - highest possible throughput - less features.
Thanks for your help

[ryzhov_al]

Yes, there is a whole bunch of alt. firmwares, but only this one uses native Broadcom SDK. So only this one utilizes routers hardware in a best way.

Some part of Broadcom source code is still not avaliable, so wireless driver was unstable, AFAIK, till october on all other -WRT firmwares.

IMHO.

[maurer]

Christmas release did it !!!
I've got 80-90 mbps throughput with r3702!
Great work guys, lly and themiron !!!
also thanks to ryzhov_al

[pheidrias]

Hello together,

after flashing 1.9.2.7-rtn-r3825 my web-if is not accesible anymore (neither form WAN oder LAN). There's no server messag - it's just trying to load...
ssh works fine and I can't see any complaints concerning this in dmesg.

Any idea what went wrong/how to fix this?

Thanks,
pheidrias

[lly]

pheidrias
First of all, there was no http server for webUI changes for a long time.
I guess that you lost your flashfs content due to FW size increase or some custom scripts works wrong.

Second, dmesg contains only kernel messages. You should check "httpd" process existence & port listen by "netstat -an".

Additionally, it can be common mistake - current(old ASUS) web-UI not resistive to external attacks from WAN.
Or if you upgrading from old "-d" branch(you didn't write old FW version), your settings become wrong...

[staticroute]

do you think an older fw would do the trick - get more throughput?
maybe k 2.4 based ?
or newer - 3.0 Openwrt ?
I don't need any features like QoS.
IPv6 would be a good option (native DHCPv6 from ISP)...
Botton line is - highest possible throughput - less features.
Thanks for your help

it depends on what kind of device you're using.

if it's WL500gP WL500W or any of the R1 MIPS processor series I'd recommend using 2.4.20 kernel (2.6.22.19 kernel seems to be buggy and utilizies lots of CPU when there is network activity).

for new RT-N routers 2.6 kernel is preffered.

[outlaw11]

if it's WL500gP WL500W or any of the R1 MIPS processor series I'd recommend using 2.4.20 kernel (2.6.22.19 kernel seems to be buggy and utilizies lots of CPU when there is network activity).

i dont know, i have wl500gpv2 and i went for 1.9.2.7-d-4257 and router froze (i had to plug it off and on) during the heavy torrent download (on PC), something that happened first time in years for me..

before i used some rtn-r4xxx revision and router seemed to work fine

what is the best/stable 1.9.2.7-d-rxxxx fw for wl500gpv2 ?

[staticroute]

i dont know, i have wl500gpv2 and i went for 1.9.2.7-d-4257 and router froze (i had to plug it off and on) during the heavy torrent download (on PC), something that happened first time in years for me..

before i used some rtn-r4xxx revision and router seemed to work fine

what is the best/stable 1.9.2.7-d-rxxxx fw for wl500gpv2 ?

not sure, but I think Oleg's original firmware (1.9.2.7-10).

you might try latest -rtn as well, there were some bugs fixed.