capr Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 hey, so weird speed test result.... I just plugged in my shinny new router and this is what I get. I am on a gigabit connection, no idea what's dragging the download down. PC is the only thing hardwired in right now. Any weird router settings with this model that I need to change? PS. this is my speedtest if i connect my PC directly to the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 12, 2013 Member Share Posted December 12, 2013 Looks like it should be getting ~830Mb/s http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31841-asus-rt-ac66u-80211ac-dual-band-wireless-ac1750-gigabit-router-reviewed?showall=&start=2 I'm curious, where does your old router stand on these charts (and what was your measured performance), no consumer router gets a gigabit in throughput: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view EDIT: Maybe this is your issue: Routing performance for the AC66 using our standard test method is summarized in Table 3. Note that these results are with Hardware acceleration enabled (default). Disabling this acceleration knocked the simultaneous up/down routing test down to around 240 Mbps. EDIT2: Actually link below says issue most likely. Apparently the firmware updated make PPPoE connections to be really slow. I'm glad I bought an N66U(or rather N66W) instead. I saw the flakey reviews on the newer one and opted to go for the older one which is supposedly a great router: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20131107174705973&board_id=11&model=RT-AC66U&page=1&SLanguage=en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 EDIT2: Actually link below says issue most likely. Apparently the firmware updated make PPPoE connections to be really slow. I'm glad I bought an N66U(or rather N66W) instead. I saw the flakey reviews on the newer one and opted to go for the older one which is supposedly a great router: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20131107174705973&board_id=11&model=RT-AC66U&page=1&SLanguage=en-us This was the first thing I thought of, hardware acceleration off gives me these results. Turning it on only gets me an additional 50mbps..... You can see the effect on upload though Old router was an E4200. it got symmetrical speeds in the ~350 mbps mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 12, 2013 Member Share Posted December 12, 2013 This was the first thing I thought of, hardware acceleration off gives me these results. Turning it on only gets me an additional 50mbps..... You can see the effect on upload though Old router was an E4200. it got symmetrical speeds in the ~350 mbps mark. I see, yeah that sounds about right for an old router. Do you have PPPoE connection like mentioned in that link? EDIT: actually, this suggest your older router should have gotten much better: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31399-cisco-linksys-e4200-maximum-performance-wireless-n-router-reviewed?showall=&start=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerLG Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Have you tried one of the alternate firmwares? I use Merlin's Asuswrt which is just a modified stock. Here is the link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bkfq2a6aebq68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 I see, yeah that sounds about right for an old router. Do you have PPPoE connection like mentioned in that link? EDIT: actually, this suggest your older router should have gotten much better: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31399-cisco-linksys-e4200-maximum-performance-wireless-n-router-reviewed?showall=&start=2 PPPoE? ehh i think so. I connect over Ethernet to a switch in the telecom room which connects to a router for my building. That "should" with my old router has cost me many many hours of headaches and trial and error. simply couldn't get passed the ~350 mark. so I picked up this new router Have you tried one of the alternate firmwares? I use Merlin's Asuswrt which is just a modified stock. Here is the link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bkfq2a6aebq68 Yeah, i just flashed it. a little worst actually... but the same upload download issue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 12, 2013 Member Share Posted December 12, 2013 PPPoE? ehh i think so. I connect over Ethernet to a switch in the telecom room which connects to a router for my building. That "should" with my old router has cost me many many hours of headaches and trial and error. simply couldn't get passed the ~350 mark. so I picked up this new router Yeah, i just flashed it. a little worst actually... but the same upload download issue.... You'll probably have to downgrade firmwares to fix the issue since it is most likely the PPPoE issue with the newer firmwares (at least that is what says it says on the asus.com forum link I sent). I'd just get rid of the router since you have no guarantee that ASUS will fix the firmware (and since they in general suck at software development). It's kind of a bait and switch at this point since the software is incapable of doing anywhere near gigabit speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=12973&page=5 on page 4 HavocRo seems to be in the same boat as me.... all the PPPoE guys benefited from the older firmware, but HAvocRo and I seem to be on DHCP and are not getting the benfits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 12, 2013 Member Share Posted December 12, 2013 http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=12973&page=5 on page 4 HavocRo seems to be in the same boat as me.... all the PPPoE guys benefited from the older firmware, but HAvocRo and I seem to be on DHCP and are not getting the benfits Ah, I see what you mean. So it isn't a PPPoE issue for you so you are in an even worse boat... sorry to say, sounds like you are out of luck unless ASUS fixes the issue in new firmwares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 uhh... don't ask.... wtf! i hate when ###### gets fixed randomly without reason, I swear I almost rather have it be broken.... almost... snaphat (Myles Landwehr) 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 12, 2013 Member Share Posted December 12, 2013 uhh... don't ask.... wtf! i hate when **** gets fixed randomly without reason, I swear I almost rather have it be broken.... almost... I'd check it off and on and see if it consistently stays fixed. Could be an intermittent issue with the router firmware (or the merlin firmware came through after a bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 I'd check it off and on and see if it consistently stays fixed. Could be an intermittent issue with the router firmware (or the merlin firmware came through after a bit) I switched back to the asus firmware and did a few more 30/30/30 restarts... this is no different than what I did before but worked this time! I have 8TB of new storage, I am going to fill it up with linux to stress test both equipment. thanks for trouble shooting this with me. snaphat (Myles Landwehr) 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 12, 2013 Member Share Posted December 12, 2013 I switched back to the asus firmware and did a few more 30/30/30 restarts... this is no different than what I did before but worked this time! I have 8TB of new storage, I am going to fill it up with linux to stress test both equipment. thanks for trouble shooting this with me. no problem, glad it worked out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Your issues aside, where in Seattle can I move to to get your ISP dl/ul speeds? I live in the burbs of Chicago and I would sell my soul for that. And how much do you pay for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 http://www.condointernet.net/our-buildings/ They are mostly in downtown Seattle but spreading it seems. the 100mbps service is $60. the Gigabit is $120 per month right now but they have been talking about dropping that price for a while so any day now. no contracts, no traffic shaping, no extra fees, great speeds, customer service, no data caps, you can see that ping is 0-1. I pretty much have a LAN connection to my ISP. they have their own fiber through most of the city. you should move, Seattle is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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