mobilenvidia Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Got an Intel Wireless-AC 9260 card last month, these support 160Mhz channel width Just now grabbed a Netgear R7800 (X4S) 11ac router Only got them to have a play both were cheap and WIFI is something I like to tinker with I chose the X4S as it support 160Mhz channel width (well 80+80Mhz) I should be able to connect at 1733Mbps, will be interesting to see performance at this connection speed I can get just over 50MB/s at 866Mhz connection speed, to a Netgear R7000 router at 80Mhz channel width Am hoping to approach 100MB/s Will have to keep an eye for bottle necks, spindle drive will probably freak Server with RAID6 array is good for 300GB/s read write May even come close to maxing out the Gigabit switch USB3 SSD drive directly in Router should give this a go There are better, faster, much more expensive Routers, but not much use when can only connect at 1733Mbps Anyway it will keep me off the streets as the nights get longer and colder Anything wanted to be tested let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I've been using the same R7800 for a while and I love it! I'll be interested to read your experience with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 You running stock FW or DD_WRT or something else ? Might give Vox's a go Been running Tomato by Shibby for a few years on the R7000, but Tomato doesn't support Qualcom CPU's R7000 has been rock solid since I had it, no need to really replace it, but wanted to test 160Mhz I'll be back with some results once the router turns up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 We seem to be on the same path - my previous was a R7000. Just stock FW here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Let the pictures do all the talking Download as fast as 1GB LAN connection can pump out Upload a bit slower but still faster than 866Mbps download connection on 8265 I hadI 'll make some comments on the Router when I have a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 That''s impressive! About twice what I'm getting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Performance can't be faulted, very impressed with this Router however, has some issues Biggest for me, in AP mode USB doesn't seem to work I save the Server backup to a USB stick in the R7000 running Tomato, easy peasy The R7000 running Netgear FW in AP mode I can't enable FTP from internet, internal FTP works fine but no use from server getting to USB The R7800 in AP mode I can set FTP from internet BUT USB is not working or the USB3 stick is not recognised, annoying Took a few goes to get 1733Mbps connection up, first no wifi was broadcast at all Quite slow in rebooting, especially Wifi takes ages to come up, 1.7Ghz dual Core CPU but 1Ghz dual core R700o is much faster in boot up Antenna's a bit naff bit hard to keep tight I'll try either DD-WRT or Vox FW to see how USB gets on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 DD-WRT only thing that seems to work is straight 160Mhz + using 3x upper channels, I can then get a 1.7Gbps connection But download is about 500Mbps upload 330Mbps, way down on Netgear Firmware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Got FTP working again, forum backup are safe again Went to Kong build Can only get 160Mhz to work on channel 128 using 3x upper channels 80+80Mhz seems flawed as it only seems to add 2 more channels Had kinda expected this to work other way round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Impressive speed at range Bedroom about 20m away, through 3x walls or down hallway, 50MB/s throughput to Satellite PVR, this is probably maxing out its connection to the switch Connected up a 780Mbps to probably won't get much more then 50MB/s Today's job to go back to std FW to get the speed Setup Router to mode and do only AP funcitons, to see if FTP from WAN will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 It sounds like you're making progress! I'll be interested what you get with standard FW. (You're about the same distance and #walls as I have.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I seem to have the router sorted in Stock FW and in 'Router' mode turning off DHCP forcing it to a static IP This 2 goes, first time it lost the static IP I gave it, r7800 worked, but could not access it to change anything FTP allows me to set internet access, still need to confirm this I'll turn the server back on so no bottle necks other than 1Gb network Time to do some distance testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Below wifi at 3m, in lounge infront of TV where we normally sit at night And 20m away in bed room, don't really use it here but as far as I can get from router 3x walls or 1x hallway to get signal here Tried channel 128 and 161 as the base but channel 36 gives best results The router info page says is uses channels 36.40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60 and 64, pretty well the entire the lower channel range gobbled up to have 160Mhz Not very neighbour friendly if you are in the city taking up 8 channels Very impressed with performance and range The router SW is a bit blah. USB3 port quite slow got to about 10MB/s, fast enough for backup download but only just Wifi takes ages to come on after a reboot, but now set I shouldn't need to tinker again But overall very good, now what to do with the R7000, done me very well over the years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 FTP works internally and externally but only if coming from internally grrrrr, something in r7800 is stopping it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Finally sorted this stubborn router on Stock Firmware 1.7Gbps sorted, full connection and speed (DD_WRT fell down with full speed connection but 866mbps performance) Running 11ac on channel 36-64, DD-WRT only worked on channel 128 AP mode set, setting dedicated IP on router doesn't work router not reachable everything works but no GUI as router IP in cyberspace, setting IP via my main router does work FTP from interweb now works, forum backups are safe again USB sometimes won't connect, not sure what is afoot here, need to remove and reinsert again for it to show I'll keep an eye on this as no more need to tweak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'll try USB on mine when I get a chance, just to see if it behaves the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hmmmm, USB seems to go to standby mode after a time As this morning USB not visible, no LED Wonder how one wakes it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, mobilenvidia said: Hmmmm, USB seems to go to standby mode after a time As this morning USB not visible, no LED Wonder how one wakes it up From what I can find, the 7800 doesn't have a USB power saving mode. If it's a "green" drive, it might be powering down on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 USB stick seem to be issue but only in the r7800 Works fine on laptop Tried another USB stick and its working fine on r7800 Formatted USB3 drive to NTFS and still no go This is so weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Reformatted it to EXT3 partition in Ubuntu USB3 showed for a few minutes now gone again Doomed I am, I tells yah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Ordered a new 128GB USB Sandisk Ultra fit will be better for ever increasing backups now approaching 7GB ea Previous 64GB bought back in days of USB3 infancy and much clostlyness, still works in everything but r7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Just trying USB stick in Satellite/PVR and all is well in there Also runs Linux, much easier to setup as Telnet/SSH has useful commands unlike r7800 Tempted to forego r7800 for server backups, and use satellite receiver, with the tiny USB stick coming, I might be able to close the front door and not see it Maybe even use the 4TB drive in there, which is also filling fast, but this spins down, may cause issues as takes a few seconds to spin up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 4 hours ago, mobilenvidia said: Just trying USB stick in Satellite/PVR and all is well in there Also runs Linux, much easier to setup as Telnet/SSH has useful commands unlike r7800 Tempted to forego r7800 for server backups, and use satellite receiver, with the tiny USB stick coming, I might be able to close the front door and not see it Maybe even use the 4TB drive in there, which is also filling fast, but this spins down, may cause issues as takes a few seconds to spin up. It sounds like that might be the way to go. I tried a 32GB stick in my r7800 and it's still showing, but it's a couple of years old. Maybe newer sticks have power saving features the r7800 doesn't know how to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 I don't think its power saving feature any more If I plug in 2x USB sticks, the 64GB (as above) comes on and within minutes dissapears, the other a 16GB happily stays on Not sure whats going on there. I'll stick with Satellite PVR to do the backups, the old 64GB stick still there this morning even with PVR asleep I think Netgear are possibly could do better with some aspects of their gear Performance and Range top notch, other aspects leave alot to be desired, ie the GUI is pretty rubbish in over scheme of things But I bought to play with the WIFI and 100MBps performance is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 It's interesting that smaller sticks work. I wonder if there's a size limitation (or bug). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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