Thread 106464076

I would like to thank all the developers for giving me stable and secure Internet routing. I consistently get A+ scores for buffer bloat. My speed is 500 down and 30 up.

OpenWRT is technology done right.

>>106464076 (OP)
>17ms

>>106464076 (OP)
openwrt is one of those rare things that actually makes you feel rewarded for not being tech illiterate

>>106464076 (OP)
what hardware are you using?

>>106464430
OpenWRT One

>>106464300
OpenWRT wont make your ping lower, but i can lower your bufferbloat.

>>106464300
I'm lucky that it's that low considering that I'm using a puma 7 chipset modem

>>106464515
>puma 7 chipset
my condolences

>>106464532
I'm glad I'm not a gaymer

>>106464394
Being able to do something yourself is soooooooo much more rewarding

>>106464638
I only have so many fucks to give, at a certain point I just don't care enough to build my own router operating system from scratch to install it on hardware I designed myself. At a certain point you just gotta use someone else's work.

>>106464774
Eh it wouldn't really be that much extra work since openwrt is just a linux distro set up out of the box to do router stuff, you could very easily just use a general use distro for it like debian and set it up with all the capabilities openwrt has, it'd just be kind of a waste of time outside of learning reasons

>>106464856
>not building your distro from scratch
shiggy diggy

>>106464897
> Diggy Shiggy

>>106464076 (OP)
>>106464478
How do you guys test for bufferbloat?
And shouldn't QoS take care of that anyway?

>>106464774
Calm down brother, I think he means using OpenWRT is more satisfying that buying an off the shelf router.
OpenWRT itself is not that hard to install/use.
You don't need to build the hardware yourself.

>>106465068
Use SQM and test here
https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

>>106465091
>>106465068
This test is more in-depth than the waveform test, but they only have 4 servers for the entire world, so don't expect super low latency unless you live near one of the 4 servers.

https://bufferbloat.libreqos.com/

>>106465089
Yes, that's what I meant to say

I bought this to install vanilla OpenWRT on it.
Anything I should know before I do it?

>>106465091
Not horrible, but not ideal either. Time to figure out how to improve this shit on an EdgeRouter Lite.

>>106465068
The traditional method of QoS based on priority is a lot less reliable in practice, better than nothing but solutions like openwrt's SQM are much better, they do require a lot more compute power on the router though, but an n95 or n100 chink mini pc can handle more than 1gbps sqm without issue, that'd be the way to go imo or some used sff pc, using some cheapo off the shelf router as an access point for it if you need wifi

>>106465091
>>106465115
testing from US on GFiber 8gig seems standard even with the 2nd one going to a French server
guess my hardware is fine

>>106465136
For ubiquiti stuff it's called "smart queue"

you just enter your ISP's speed and it tries to keep your latency as low as it can while hitting those speeds (or close to them).

Though for ubiquiti shit enabling smart queues disables hardware acceleration, but it shouldn't really be a big deal since you have less than 100mbps speeds anyway.

To enable smart queues just go the internet settings, select the wan interface to open up the settings for that specific interface and then manually check the smart queues box

>>106465136
I just used what's currently provided to me by my ISP.

>>106465211
>>106465136
Oh and if you haven't bothered, the edgerouter lite got a firmware update for the first time in 2 years back in july, and it's the first non-hotfix update in 5 years.

The update brings a new web interface more in line with their other (newer) products.

I guess I'm okay

>>106465211
>>106465327
Thank you. I remember reading before about the QoS features disabling hardware accel and decided to leave it be. But fuck it I might as well try it and see what happens, nothing ventured nothing gained and all that.

>>106465349
With your low speeds it likely wont be a problem, QoS would likely start to hurt you if you had like 300-500mbps though. Their newer hardware can do closer to 1gbps with QoS, but even that's hard to do on the CPU alone.

>>106465349
Fair warning, sometimes it seems to fuck your shit up and kills your internet speeds and/or fucks the latency completely. If you reset the device after and apply it again it might work like it should when/if that happens. Was annoying as shit to troubleshoot for my friends router but once it worked it worked.

Works for me

>>106465431
Excellent, but is this thanks to openWrt?

>>106465662
No, that's just a ubiquiti router.


I would need an x86 router to properly do QoS on a 2gig connection.

Love openwrt and still use it on my wifi router. Such a great piece of software also easy to setup network adblocking and other cool stuff.
I moved to Opnsense though which is more complex but great if you go full custom hardware (odroid h4)

>>106466839
If I require a more complicated setup I definitely will check out OPNsense

>>106464076 (OP)
>OpenWRT
What is this and what is the use case? I've been running this same Huawei modem for almost 15 years now using pic related as my software to interface with it.

I get around 50 Mbps on a good day, more on uploads. Routers just make it slower.

>>106466839
opnsense has an inferior sqm implementation and can only run bsd programs, openwrt with using the shell allows for far more possibilities

>>106465362
imo it's retarded to try to achieve sqm with these off the shelf routers, some chink celeron mini-pc running openwrt or opnsense would give enough performance for it for far cheaper than these overpriced routers could, just connect the old router to it as an AP

>>106467044
The edgerouter he has should have no problem doing SQM at the speeds he has.

x86 routers have their place, but there is nothing wrong with the edgerouter for his particular use case.

>>106466984
>What is this and what is the use case?
A firmware you can install on many routers to make them free (as in freedom) and unlock a ton of features.
It is also much more secure than your stock firmware as it is not abandonware like many consumer routers.

>I've been running this same Huawei modem
Sorry to say this but everything has been sent to the CCP already.
For instance, since 2011 all Vodafone equipment was made by Huawei.
In 2019 a backdoor was discovered on their consumer routers and modems.
Huawei claimed to have it removed but further testing by Vodafone found it was still running.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/vodafone-found-hidden-backdoors-in-huawei-equipment

>>106464076 (OP)
isp-provided router/switch/ap combo is fine

>>106467044
>OpenWRT One
>Off the shelf
Go be a tech Luddite somewhere else kid

>>106467316
Fiber?

>>106467360
yeah, 8/1Gbps for 23.99€, no cap.
it's a Sagemcom F@st5688b V2 (bouygues bbox v6) based on a Broadcom BCM68580.
real downside is the rj45 10GBASE-T instead of sfp+ cage.

>>106467430
Sadly I don't get options like that in Canindia

>>106467444
yeah, frankistan is a shithole on the verge of total collapse but internet is very fast and cheap atleast... (holy copium)

>>106467430
>real downside is the rj45 10GBASE-T instead of sfp+ cage.
vast majority of consumers are going to want RJ45 natively.

>>106467479
the leader on the 8/8Gbps market in France, free, is using a sfp+ cage on their home-made router, I wish the other 3 big ISP would do the same so adoption of the technology would grow

>>106464076 (OP)
i don't want to fuck with the little wifi eero box everyone uses with this can i just buy a fiber cable splitter and then connect a separate wifi box

>>106467502
Doubtful, 10GBASE-T is only going to be more popular in the consumer space as the new realtek chips hit the market with their 1.65-1.95W per port 10GbE PHYs.

SFP+ (in the consumer space) has always been a holdover until 10GbE got cheaper/more power efficient.

The backwards compatibility 10GBASE-T offers is simply too good for most consumers to pass up.

>>106464444
is it strong enough?

openwrt + nanopir6c mogs just about everything for 120 benjamins

truly a golden age for networking

>>106465158
I got this router >>106465121
I've heard it has a pretty beefy CPU. It's an MT7986 Quad-core, @2.0GHz
Did I do too bad?

>>106467608
It's not going to do multi-gigabit QoS, but it should be fine in general.

>>106465068
QoS only takes care of BBC

>>106467537
For my use case it is, what do you mean exactly?

>>106467560
What does it do that some $40 ewaste i5 7500t doesn't do way better

>>106467713
Smaller form factor, less power consumption?

>>106467560
There's no way this has a good enough cpu

>>106467774
Why not?

It's quad core A76 @ 2.4Ghz + a quad core A55 @ 1.8Ghz

>>106464478
How could you lower my bufferbloat?

>>106468108
I said it CAN lower your bufferbloat, not it WILL lower your bufferbloat.

If you already have no bufferbloat it obviously isn't going to improve over that.

>>106468128
No, you said I
That's what you posted

>>106468137
>YOU FORGOT A LETTER
wow you figured it out

>>106468160
It's not my fault you're a retard
Learn to spell and stop blaming everyone else for your failures

>>106468203
do you think typing "i" instead of "it" is because I can't spell?

Jesus I knew this board had autistic retards, but you take the cake my guy.

>>106467713
>>106467774
it even has a GPU

>>106468229
Learn to spell and stop blaming everyone else for your failures

>>106468229
You're admitting that you are too stupid to use spell check?
LMFAO

>>106468273
>>106468286
I'm not a phone posting faggot, nor do I particularly give a shit about minor mistakes on an anime basket-weaving forum

>>106468300
You supposedly don't care but you keep posting and you keep doubling down on your retardation while everyone laughs at you That's pretty fucking sad dude
LMFAO, you suck

>>106468332
>everyone
Free bumps for a thread I want more replies in?

Oh no, woe is me.

>>106468229
So you can't lower my bufferfloat in fact? Too bad.

>>106468338
It's my thread loser
I'm OP
Lurk more newfag

>>106468346
I never said it was my thread, I don't give two fucks if you're OP or not.

Also how the fuck are you going to tell someone who has been on this site for over 20 years to "lurk more" lmao

Kill you're self.

>>106464076 (OP)
>stable and secure Internet routing
Picrel is my speeds. My """router""" is a Fortinet Fortigate 60f

Is someone able to spoon feed me how to tell if a router has DFS easily?
It's a pain having to go into every single spec sheet.

More like openHRT lmao!

>>106468403
I would assume most higher end routers these days have it.

Realistically though, do you even know if you can utilize DFS channels in your area?

>>106464076 (OP)
OpenWRT added both length and girth.

>>106468403
My OpenWRT one supposedly has it but I think it only works for certain countries

>>106467560
The bpi-r4 is the better deal for that price if your just after a wired router. The nanopi doesnt have offload or sfp+.

>>106468474
Yes, DFS is regulated because it uses doppler radar frequencies.

It also wont work if it detects a doppler radar operating nearby. It'll switch to another DFS channel if available, or switch to a non-DFS channel and there is nothing you can do about it.

>>106464300
to be fair, 1-2ms just means your ISP is hosting the test server, or is colocated next door.

>>106464076 (OP)
>My speed is 500 down and 30 up
how is this still legal, that ack filtering in cake must do wonders for you

>>106465068
>How do you guys test for bufferbloat?
speedtest, fast.com, waveform, cloudflare speedtest, they work well enough, you want your loaded latencies to be equal or close to unloaded
you can use flent and a netperf server for in depth testing

>>106465121
a bit late but there is a thread on the openwrt forums discussing custom builds for the flint 2 you can look into https://forum.openwrt.org/t/mt6000-custom-build-with-luci-and-some-optimization-kernel-6-12-x/185241/1
its relatively active if you want to experiment
there is also the main device page https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/gl-mt6000

>>106464629
>>106464532
I had a modem with a Intelaviv puma chipset and i would be dropped from work calls all the time. It was only until I switched to one with Broadcom that I had no problems.

>>106468273
>>106468286
>obsessed with spelling
you must be brown

openwrt is so ridiculously stable, it runs forever without any problem
currently have an uptime of 180 days, and it only went down for an update
those crappy isp routers had problems every other day

>>106467615
>multi-gigabit
I have no equipment for that, nor do I have the need, so I think I'm good for the next 10 years.

>>106470902
>those crappy isp routers had problems every other day
I wish I could get rid of mine.
I was happier when ISPs did not provide any routers and gave us only the modem.

>>106469931
>>106465115
>>106465091
>>106469941
Thanks bros.

I got an ER605 paired with a TÇSG108E running failover. 800 + 400. I have 2 servers + 2 desktops and a wifi router connected to it and it works great.

I love Openwrt

>>106465091
It seems I will never be a gamer...

>>106469913
I use fq_codel, it's less taxing on the CPU

>>106471456
With SQM?

>>106471505
I highly doubt he's using SQM if he's seeing +84ms on loaded download latency.

>>106471278
if youre in the eu its a legal right to have your own router

>>106471788
No

>>106469941
Do you use one of these custom builds? If yes, which one?
My Flint 2 is on its way to my home

>>106471950
Yes

>>106464478
Memphis anon?

>>106472402
No, Germantown is in Maryland if he's connecting to ashburn and Philly.

>>106471896
Really? Until just a few months ago an isp in spain only allowed that for up to 1gbps plan, not their 10gbps plans. I assume there are probably loopholes or something

>>106471896
>>106472693
Of course we can have our own routers. You can have as many routers as you have.
What I mean is I wish I could GET RID of the ISP's router.

>>106472828
as you want*

>>106472828
Well did you try to see if there's a bridge mode? Or depending on how common that router is with your isp there are often documented ways to steal the keys to use your own router even if they won't give em to you, I'd do some searching if I was you because there are usually easy ways to steal the keys from the isp's router

>>106472693
>>106472828
apparently only holland has implemented it so far

>>106474032
Bastards

>>106465136
>>106465276
how are your speeds so much worse, but grades so much better?

Pedos like you should be in prison

>>106474300
Because it's a latency test, not a speedtest

>>106474300
It's a test of latency when the bandwidth is being saturated

>>106474300
retard alert

Is getting a dedicated router worth it? My ISP gave my pic related (arris tg2482a) . This is my latency >>106471456

>>106475676
Make sure your ISP even lets you use your own equipment first.


Generally though with DOCSIS I recommend a standalone modem, and then use whatever router you want that supports the features you want and the speeds you pay for.

>>106472906
>Well did you try to see if there's a bridge mode?
There is. That's why I can use my own router and directly access the public IP.
But I cannot remove their router from the chain.

>>106475721
He can always use his own router. But the ISP's router might not have a bridge mode. Which should be illegal, IMO.

Would not expect a good result from my shitty ISP. No openWRT. There is no fiber in my street yet.

>>106477223
In Canada our streets have a lot of "fiber" put there by Indian immigrants if you get what I'm saying

>>106477223
Bufferbloat is generally more a display of hardware quality and proper network configuration/peering on your ISP and datacenters in your region.

It can also be an indicator of a good/shit router.

>>106477223
middle boxes to address bufferbloat from the likes of libreqos are becoming popular, they pretty much eliminate customer service tickets for "slow" internet

>>106468943
1-2 ms would put the server in like two or three cities over.

>>106476811
You sure there's not an exploit to steal the keys from the isp's router? All the isp routers I have had were easy to steal them from by searching online for a guide by some bored nerd that already found a way

just my router (MERCUSYS 2.5Gigabit MR27BE Dual-Band WiFi 7)
and my 10 bucks a month romanian ISP
no openwrt

>>106480153
Not really, purely on speed of light distance maybe, but you're ignoring latency on the routing equipment being used.

Connecting to a data center 20 miles away is 3-5ms for me because I'm jumping through multiple ISP routers before hitting the backbone connecting to the data centers.

Each hop is going to add SOME latency not just because of the distance, but because of the equipment your packets need to go through.

A 1-2ms ping almost universally means you're still on your ISPs internal network.

>>106480153
I get 0.3-0.8ms just from going from my router to the ISP router for my neighborhood, it's 1 more hop to the local CO and I'm already at 1.2-1.5ms and my packet is only down the street half a mile. Another hop to an ISP router, and then a final hop to my ISPs core backbone and I'm at 2-3ms and it's less than 20km away, even if I'm connecting to a server that is located just 2-3 blocks away from my ISP that's still going to be 3-5ms of latency for me.
Maybe an active fiber network where your house is directly connecting to your ISPs datacenter bypassing any local neighborhood level routers you could see 1-2ms inside the ISP datacenter, and assuming fast.com hosts a CDN in that same datacenter then sure, youll see 1-2ms in testing, but it's because your ISP is colocated in the same building (or right next door) and you're not touching the wider internet.

I have a 10gbps connection but it uses xpass here in japan which I'm not familiar with

I have an Archer BE805 v1.0
Is it possible to use openwrt?

>>106481631
If you can read technical Japanese there were some NTT users that were working on getting MAP-E and other Japanese specific fiber standards implemented on OpenWRT, but I personally have no idea how far along they are with the effort since I can't read moonrunes.

>>106464532
>Pedophile avatar
My condolences

>>106482339
>he thinks a reaction image is an "avatar"
kill you're self

Welp

Redmi AX6 Running Openwrt

I thought when I bought it that it would really well since its a Qualcomm chipset but I don't think too many people own it since its a Chinese market only product

Also missing support for some Qualcomm acceleration functions


At least it was dirt cheap

>>106482454
lmao that latency is wild.

>>106482454
Holy shit, where do you live? Not even my third world shithole is that bad

>>106464076 (OP)
Question, what happens if you have a isp mo-router? You cannot just remove it as what is going to tell to the isp you are a paying customer?

>>106482534
My ISP has modem/routers, but they allow you to use your own modem too and then you can use whatever router you want, including openWRT.

>>106482546
> bridge mode
How does that then give better speeds?

>>106482585
It isn't bridge mode?


I physically removed my ISPs modem/router combo and replaced it with my own modem and my own router.

>>106475676
unloaded latency of 46 ms is already pretty steep, i dont reach that ever even on wifi
use traceroute to find out where it goes wrong

>>106465091
shitty test doesn't even fucking work

>>106482668
>>106465091
now it does

>>106482668
happens to me occasionally, just restart the test.

If it keeps doing it try another web browser.

>>106482588
>replaced it with my own modem and my own router.
Is that allowed or are you hacking?

>>106475676
>>106482645
this is in the part of the house with the worst reception, limited to 802.11ac

>>106482688
it ended up working: >>106482686

TP Link BE9300 for anyone who cares, QoS disabled

>>106482703
It's fully allowed.

Like I said, it depends on the ISP.

I could even buy a rackmount modem from Ubiquiti if I wanted to.

>>106482703
>Is that allowed
holy corpocuck, why wouldn't you be allowed/able to?

>>106482748
>>106482755
I just wanted to know okay, I have never tried this before.

>>106482502
>>106482515

United Kingdom, Leeds

Central Leeds doesn't have BT VDSL2 76Mbps or Virgin Media, it only has ADSL 11Mbps

They assumed everyone would get fiber optics so didn't bother with VDSL2 because the cabinet is so huge and messy to upgrade

My building isn't upgraded still to FTTP so I use a Zyxel 5G antenna on O2

I bet its mostly this shitty router / the implementation of Openwrt on this particular router

This is a test using my connection over USB C dock > USB 3 ethernet adaptor > shitty Tenda switch > TP Link homeplug > Netgear Switch > Zyxel 5G

I am moving soon to a house that has 1/2.5GB FTTP / Docsis which will be a dream

I should really also just get rid of this router and use Mikrotik

>>106482871
5G is the problem, any purely wireless connection is going to have terrible latency.

Though your TP link homeplug probably doesn't help.

>>106482871
>Mikrodik
Stick with OpenWRT dude

>>106481709
thank you anon yes i can read moonruines ill take a look

>>106482924
other than RouterOS being proprietary can you give me a good reason why?

>>106483123
Isn't that enough?

open source router OS's are great.

OpenSense
OpenWRT
etc

unless you NEED specific hardware that ONLY runs a proprietary OS why would you ever willingly put yourself into that hell?

>>106483123
Yes

is using debian/old laptop as a modem retarded?

>>106483822
Yes since I doubt it actually CAN act as a modem.

It could probably work as a router, but not a modem.

>>106483827
sorry i meant like a gateway device
the only downside seems to be its power consumption, but i think that can be lowered down with enough tinkering.

>>106483893
Yes, it can be used as a router, though you'll probably need to do VLAN tagging for your LAN traffic if you only have a single NIC on the laptop.

Or you can buy a USB NIC I guess.

>>106468229
you're fucking retarded. shut the fuck up.

>>106467224
>CCP
you are retarded if you are less worried about your own government than the ccp

I have a Virginmedia Superhub router but also a TP Link with Openwrt on it, should I be setting the virginmedia router to modem mode and doing everything on the Openwrt?
I'm kind of lazy though, so I'm worried about having to do too much work to get everything working.

>>106483977
Put the superhub in bridge mode and enjoy the power and control of OpenWRT
It might be a little bit of a learning curve for you but it's worth it dude

>>106484295
what I mean is, will the internet just werk after I switch over (I'm not at home rn so can't test)?
and will openwrt just be secure by default so I don't need to install or configure any extra shit on it do I?

>>106484373
It depends entirely on your ISP.

Generally though if you've got a modem that gives you bridge mode you can just hook up your router and it'll just work, and OpenWRT should be the same.

It might require you to set up a wireless network BSSID/password, i personally don't use openwrt so I don't know if it will generate these for you, or if you have to manually set it.

Either way though you're talking about less than 5 minutes to set up and configure basic settings for wifi.

>>106484373
This guy has an accent but he helped me get set up and running

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cxiYmn3OTU

>>106481431
Yes really. I'd live an hour away in a completely different metropolitan area and region and still see 0 ms in CS2. Third world infrastructure might have a bunch of routing equipment adding latency, but in a real country the traffic isn't being routed through every town between you and the destination. It will just go straight past them because there's a dedicated line for those two destinations, except for the last few hundred meters.

>>106481579
That's terrible. 2-3 ms is almost enough to reach another country across the baltic sea. 4 ms to Finland.

>>106485195
>Yes really. I'd live an hour away in a completely different metropolitan area and region and still see 0 ms in CS2
Lol bullshit.

> That's terrible. 2-3 ms is almost enough to reach another country across the baltic sea. 4 ms to Finland.
also bullshit


> It will just go straight past them because there's a dedicated line for those two destinations,

Also basically nowhere operates networks this way outside of a few countries in europe becuase it's peak retardation tier use of resources.

Who the FUCK is going to lay dedicated fiber lines across the entire country just to bypass a few router hops? Fucking no one.

>>106485195
>That's terrible. 2-3 ms is almost enough to reach another country across the baltic sea. 4 ms to Finland.
I mean, the distance across the baltic sea can be as little as like 20km, so you're not really making a good argument here, more just saying you live in a specific location that happens to have direct routing to that speciifc datacenter you're testing to.
You're being hyperspecific and completely unrealistic, expecting others to get similar latency outside of that hyperspecific instance.
No offense, but you just come off as retarded, if you knew anything about networking outside of your european shithole you'd know what you're describing is so far outside the normal that it's basically a unicorn if it does actually exist. Great for you, but 99.99999% of the rest of the world can't get anything close to that over even half the distance.

>>106485195
post a tracert to google or 1.1.1.1 or a similar service.

I'll wait

>>106485223
It's not a waste, because it's dirt cheap and more efficient. Imagine having ping in video games in the current year.

>>106485367
Laying individual fibers across the country to connect each customer is in no way efficient, or dirt cheap.

The only way your country can do it is because you have no population.


The moment you leave your ISPs own network I can almost guarantee your latency will drop to dogshit.

Test to a server in paris or something and let me know how that goes.

>>106485367
Counter strike is well known for lying in the ping section, mine says 2-5ms, but actual ping if you look in the console at the more nuanced server statistics the actual ping is closer to 10-15ms. I'm not sure if the scoreboard ping is purposefully lower to make it look better, or if it's just doing some weird rounding that results in it being lower than the actual ping, but eitherway, it's a well known thing with CS.

There is no way in hell you have a roundtrip latency to a non-local server less than 1ms, even LAN pings are usually 1-3ms within the same building going from 1 computer into a switch/router and to another computer on that network, let alone a server on the internet hosted somewhat nearby.

>>106485510
>even LAN pings are usually 1-3ms within the same building
Have you heard of ethernet?

>>106485625
Yes, I am referring to ethernet.

Have you ever been to a larger LAN event? You can hit 3-5ms+ ping to someone in the same room a hundred meters away just because it might need to go through a few different switches along the way.

Again, you're not seeing less than 1ms in a remote CS server. No matter what lies the scoreboard tells you.

>>106485751
Did someone say Lan?

>>106480808
There might be. But their router also acts as an ONT. So I would need to buy another device to receive the optic fiber, so it's not worth it.

>>106486648
SFP GPON ONU modules aren't all that expensive

TP-Link launched this model late last year.

>>106483143
they are great in the sense that if I wanted to reuse an old telco router to do something really weird like serve as an LDAP server or use an Android phone as a 4g/5G modem over usb and connect to it through the switch then yes

But a lot of them don't have great wireless or switching hardware drivers (see that Redmi AX6)
Even when you have an Asus or a Tp Link device although the interfaces are usually shitty and limited the wireless and switching performance is almost always better on the factory proprietary firmware.

So how much ram do you need on a router?

>>106486791
Depends on your speeds, and what you want to do to your traffic.

If you want IDS/IPS at multi-gigabit speeds you're probably going to want 32GB or even 64GB of RAM.

But if you just want basic routing/firewall capabilities then ~2-4GB of RAM is totally fine even for higher speeds. Though for higher-end multi-gigabit connections, you'll still probably want 8GB at a minimum.

>>106485956
yum

>>106485751
In the same building you're certainly supposed to get less than one ms.

humans cant even see more 60 mbps

>>106464090
>>106464076 (OP)
I like openwrt but lately I've been using asusmerlin for my router firmware because openwrt doesn't have good SOC hardware support for Asus routers. On my 5000/5000 fiber connection I wasn't able to get more than 1000/1500 on openwrt.

>>106490774
You really need an x86 router for openWRT to work well with multi-gigabit connections.

>>106486648
Eh onts ain't that expensive you could probably find one for cheap on ebay or something or just some chinkware

>>106491009
arm soc's are powerful enough until you need to use the arm part of it

>>106486684
>>106491041
I really don't see the benefit (correct me if I'm wrong) when I already have the ISP provided one. It's just a bridge between fiber and RJ45.
The important part is the routing being in your control. Which it is, in my own router.

>>106491298
Correct, some ISPs try to lock you into an ONT/router combo device that doesn't offer bridge mode, in those cases you can sometimes clone the MAC address of the ONT and use that on an SFP GPON ONU module to trick the ISP into thinking it's actually their ONT/router. Thus allowing you to use your own router where previously you wouldn't be able to.

For an ISP that already uses a standalone ONT and allows you to use whatever router you want, the only real "benefit" to swapping to an SFP GPON ONU would be autism. And a feeling of control. Realistically there is no difference to the router/end user.

>>106490774
Why would anybody in their right mind use software that's not designed for the hardware and not use the software that was designed for that hardware that makes absolutely no sense anyway

I used my at&t wifi router for a while after I moved into a new place. I lost connectivity all the time.
I got a 1900ac, installed openwrt, and the difference was night and day.

>>106489163
Again, it depends how many hops you're going through and if you're dealing with a more complex network with multiple VLANs AND several switch hops between you and the endpoint PC, then you can easily get over 1ms of LAN latency within the same building.

>>106491555
Openwrt has way more capabilities than consoomer router software like vlans, their excellent sqm, running a vpn router-side, running literally anything on it like pi-hole or whatever, etc. I guess the router's stock software is usually fine for muggles though, aside from usually stopping getting security updates quite soon

>>106491318
In my case, the ONT also acts as router. But since it has a bridge mode, it's the same as just a standalone ONT, am I right?

>>106464478
you dont know what the fuck youre talking about retard

>>106491815
Functionally yes.

On a pure technical level there MIGHT be a small amount of additional latency, but we're talking a few nanoseconds.

>>106491815
Yeah only reason for getting rid of it would be not having it wasting space and a bit more electricity than a standalone ont I guess

>>106464478
How can you lower my buffer bloat?
Please explain

>>106492420
that joke already got made

>>106493068
What joke?
I'm asking the guy for help

so if I currently have a openwrt router in dumb AP mode, how do I undo that to put it in the correct mode to use as my main router?
is the default factory setting already set to run as the main router behind a modem/bridge mode ISP router? (in which case I just reset to factory settings?)

Alright guys new to this, after struggling hours to install it on a DIR-842 router. What packages do you recommend?

1. I want the best possible speed on my wifi.
2. I want no ads, but also sites should not be able to detect that I have this adblocker(if possible)
3. Anonymity, ip change if possible. I'm using a friends NORDvpn, but I rarely turn it on, I might stop having access to it. So I need to fool apps(tiktok for posting ai content) sites, software that I'm in US.Already changed my locales and I might get an us simcard.

This is what chatgpt recommended, whadaya think?

"1. WireGuard VPN (for anonymity + IP changes)

WireGuard is fast and lightweight. You’ll need:

A VPN provider that supports WireGuard (Mullvad, Proton, IVPN, Surfshark, etc.).

The WireGuard config file (usually a .conf with private/public keys, server address, and DNS).

2. AdGuard Home (local DNS filter)

This is more powerful than luci-app-adblock.

Works as a DNS server filters ads, trackers, malware.

3. luci-app-adblock (optional)

If you use AdGuard Home, you don’t need luci-app-adblock.

But yes, you can run both:

Adblock feeds into /etc/hosts blocking.

AdGuard handles advanced filtering.

Usually, AdGuard Home alone is cleaner (with better control).

4. NextDNS (optional, can integrate with AdGuard Home)
This way:
Device Router (AdGuard Home) NextDNS Internet.


5. Other Tweaks (Speed + Privacy)

DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS: already covered if using AdGuard NextDNS.

Firewall:

Drop invalid packets (you already enabled).

Disable UPnP unless you need it.

Logging:

Logging disable persistent logs if you don’t want traces.

banIP: Install luci-app-banip.

Blocks known malicious IP ranges (botnets, trackers).

Force all DNS through router:

Prevents clients from bypassing AdGuard (e.g. Chrome using Google DNS)."

>>106493136
What's your fucking problem asshole?
Kill yourself

>>106493856
or what cheap router is compatible with all this, a router that can get me at least 500mbs via wifi?

>>106495653
Wait for the OpenWRT Two

>>106495653
my Xiaomi AX3000T cost me about 25 usd after taxes/fees from aliexpress and i get 1gbps over wifi. wasnt that hard to flash openwrt and the bootloader

>>106494968
lol

lmao even