EAP615-Wall; OpenWrt or Stock?

Results - Stock 1.1.9 vs OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r24723

1.) Wireless throughput in Mbits/sec sta > server 1m no obstacles

	  phone	         laptop1        laptop2        cpu usage
      Stock OpenWrt  Stock OpenWrt  Stock OpenWrt  Stock OpenWrt
ch1   144   141      101  100       161   161      20%  todo
ch36  748   829      448  431       n/a   n/a      30%  todo
ch100 -     750      -    472 

2.) Wireless throughput ch1 in Mbits/sec sta > server on 1st- and 2nd floor

	       phone	      laptop1        laptop2     
           Stock OpenWrt  Stock OpenWrt  Stock OpenWrt  
1st floor  15    20       35      40     30    30 
2nd floor  0      4       20      15      5    10     

3.) wireless survey: Stock (OEM) vs OpenWrt UDP Download jitter & TCP Download




Notes:

  • OpenWrt wired throughput access point => server: 929 Mbits/sec
  • OpenWrt and Stock power consumption access point: idle ~4W, under load ~7W
  • A scan with LinSSID detects 34 Access Points in my neighborhood
  • Stock Tx power on 5Ghz is reported as 23 dBm (compared to 21 dBm on OpenWrt), but a remarks shows 'the EIRP transmit power includes the antenna gain'
  • Stock does not support DFS channels
  • Tests with OpenWrt were performed on a Saturday between 8:00am - 9:00am
  • Tests with Stock were performed on a Sunday between 6:30am - 7:00am
  • I enabled OFDMA in Stock
  • The high 5Ghz phone throughput was only occasionally measured (possibly my signal-to-noise-ratio is too low / noise level is too high to reliably effect 1024-QAM ?)

@Ruscal Result comparison:

  • ch1: OpenWrt UDP Download jitter is worse (even next to Access point) - I can't really explain this but will retest this just in case
  • ch36: results look similar
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