So far I've haven't seen anything that would back this statement up.
If you make a typo, sure, but that's a user error, not a problem with the device itself.
Doesn't really matter, as long as it supports 3.3v, but I wouldn't pick the one(s) where you have to solder the pins yourself.
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I am using this from, ordered from Taobao .
A jumper to select 5/3.3/1.8V (I selected 3.3V). The cable, I need to remove the Black plastic from 2 pins before I can fit all 4 pins to the Router (Yes, I do connect the VCC pin / Ground / TX / RX ) .
My Fedora Linux 37 can use the hardware plug-and-play .
If you don't want an FTDI clone, you can buy a WCH based converter:
Many people have stated that their router went down during sysupgrade and they had to do a recovery with serial connection. I don't mean just this router, but problems happen and I want to be ready when it strikes 
you know, it takes a little time before you receive your order, if you buy it online, so...
I have unfortunately zero knowledge about different types of converters 
Which one is better and more versatile (and future proof) to have? FTDI clone or WCH based?
Thanks
Having a serial connector is a good idea overall anytime one is âtinkeringâ with firmwares. Helpful for log readouts, recovery, etc. Hopefully never need it for recovery purposes though. 
For what itâs worth, I just performed a sysupgrade through Luci this morning to latest snapshot⌠went through fine. Just remember that if youâre flashing vanilla snapshots, Luci is not included - so if you flash via Luci (as I did), the browser will never refresh and youâll need to reinstall Luci via CLI (opkg update , opkg install luci).
pretty sure I've only seen one such post, but I haven't really been looking.
then don't buy from AX, it's not like these things aren't available from you local website(s).
can always use the online image builder, and add luci to the image.
Good callout on the image builder!
Why not simply using "attended sysupgrade" and include LuCI ?
Just upgraded to "r22075-8c3bcc1989" that way and after reboot everything is fine.
Also a good callout! I did it the way I did for specific reasons to myself⌠and just wanted to provide a reminder to others (novices) that perhaps are unaware.
Curious if i'm nearing the max DL speed with wireguard on this router. With thanks to @frolic for the htop tip.
seems it's saying 87% on core 0, so not maxed out, I'd say, but I'm no WG export.
Try adding this into your startup script. It will unload certain tasks from CPU0. Iâve done it on mine, but I do not use Wireguard so I canât test.
#assign 4 rx interrupts to each cores
echo 8 > /proc/irq/50/smp_affinity
echo 4 > /proc/irq/51/smp_affinity
echo 2 > /proc/irq/52/smp_affinity
echo 1 > /proc/irq/53/smp_affinity
#assign 3 tcl completions to 3 CPUs
echo 8 > /proc/irq/73/smp_affinity
echo 4 > /proc/irq/74/smp_affinity
echo 2 > /proc/irq/75/smp_affinity
A NanoPi R2S handles ~300 Mbps Wireguard throughput (see here at 18:25). Different hardware, but both are quad A53 cores, so not a bad comparison basis.
Accounting for the DL-WRX36 having a 2.2/1.3 or 1.7x higher clock rate than the R2S, seems like the DL-WRX36 should be able to do a lot better then 262 Mbps Wireguard throughput.
Wireguard can run on multiple cores, whereas it looks like core 0 is doing most all of the work in your test. When you run htop, it can also be useful to turn on the CPU frequency display in setup so that you can see what clock rate the percent utilization corresponds to. That might uncover something.
Thank you all for the encouragement getting through the flash process. I ultimately decided to keep the DL-WRX36 I picked up. I'll be testing WiFi throughput to a thin client with an ax200 card this weekend against an RT3200 I've set up for a family member to use this fall and will share results.
I have not convinced the chief interior designer in our house to allow replacing a less obtrusive, flat, black Linksys EA8500 with a large tall white DL-WRX36 box in the main floor great room. Yet 
. But at least the second floor AP in our home is going to get a WIFI6 upgrade.
There are problems with the operation of FTDI clones. I don't think there are any WCH clones on the market.
Here?
@eginnc In 3-4 months we will have glassfiber internet of 400mbps, then i can test if i can get more speed from the router. Currently this is the maxed ISP speed i have.
Yep! Make sure to reboot as well after you save it.
Before adding the script, did you install "irqbalance" addon, or does it recognize the commands without the addon? I am asking it because I can see "irq" in lines.
Thank you.
No - that script manually assigns the IRQ -vs- irqbalance trying to do it for us. I tried irqbalance and it didnât do anything whatsoever in my testing, so I removed it and did it manually. To be fair and give credit where credit is due - I pulled that code from the Xiaomi AX3600 thread (similar hardware) as it appears theyâve had great success with it.