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For people Wanting a cheep router to run OpenWrt look on ebay for TP-Link C7 or WD-N750 The N750 is not AC tho. All my routers can run SQM on my internet and it
by tapper82 8y ago
For people Wanting a cheep router to run OpenWrt look on ebay for TP-Link C7 or WD-N750 The N750 is not AC tho. All my routers can run SQM on my internet and it is 220 down and 12 up.
- mtarnovan 8y agoI have a C7 with OpenWrt, but: If your internet is fast, OpenWrt is not good on the TP-Link C7, see this issue: https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=53703 https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=53703. I downgraded my internet from 1gbps to 500mbps because of this issue (still plenty fast, not complaining :D)
- tapper82 8y agoHi in the new build of openwrt you can use Software flow offloading.
- mtarnovan 8y agoThanks, I tried this build: https://github.com/gwlim/openwrt-sfe-flowoffload https://github.com/gwlim/openwrt-sfe-flowoffload and speeds are much improved (more than 2x, I'm getting 893.1Mbps downloads now).
- bmurphy1976 8y agoI'm not sold on the C7. I bought one, ran openwrt on it for a couple months and my children and their i-devices routinely swamped the wireless. I upgraded to a WRT3200ACM and am much happier with how it handles a large number of connections and I have no more issues. I think the C7 is a bit underpowered these days.
- whalesalad 8y agoI’m not too sure about my Archer C7 (v2). My internet connection is 400/20 and I only ever see 250-265 max down, via Ethernet. I need to disconnect everything and go direct to the modem but I really think the C7 just can’t handle it. Running DD-WRT with a modern cable modem.
- tapper82 8y agoHi your c7 will not do thoes speeds with SQM the cpu is not fast enough. If you are running OpenWrt 18.06.2 you can use softwair off loading. Go to firewall and tick the box for it, but make shure you disable SQM first and it will get full speeds.