Cake isn't supported on nss builds
Compiled today for R7800 if anybody wants to try. both 23.05 k6.x branch and 24.10-nss
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Pretty sure k6.x is 24.10 ?
seems like there’s a kernel bump to 6.6.95 for 24.10
@asvio I just came from 23.05 NSS KONG build as been on @KONG builds for ages - no reason to change, were bloody amazing (never tried ACWifi dude but reading the thread, looks to be solid as well). Kong apparently switched his router to Intel one, so logically not much interest fiddling with R7800 NSS 24.10 anymore - and this future is inevitable for rest of us (I still but keep R7800 as one of APs).
For now, If I understand it right, your @asvio builds looks like the only 24.10 NSS ones available for R7800 (with that smart swconfig backport). Was it experimental or will you be supporting them in the long run? I would prefer binary builds download (similarly to Kong) or at least some github actions/releases?
I cannot compile them myself - an official repository that is tested (at least, that it doesn't break the router on first flash) would be more than appreciated for the rest of us - that would like to have 2410 but are on 1Gbps links. Thank you in advance, R7800 was amazing ride (and I believe pushed openwrt to popularity) but I guess hardware change is in the air (would be great to have consensus on the successor - which survives 12 years or so as in my case!)
@reflector Thanks for these builds - are they tested? I would still welcome one from the source and official github - as it is a router I am extra paranoid.
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Unfortunately they’re untested.
I don’t have access to the device at the moment, hopefully i can try them out by the end of the month
I'm on KONG 23.05. Can someone advise me on the best version of 24.10 to install at the moment? Should I stick to KONG or try something else?
I recently switched from 23.05.5 to 24.10.2 with my Netgear R7800, of course this is no NSS build but my ISP is 600/50 and this works without a problem, wireless range is good and the router is up for 6 days without a problem the router is lightly used using DNSMasq with Adblock and https-dns-proxy, but provides wireless for the whole house IoT and Guest wifi , phones tablets, SmartTVs etc.
I have full dual stack IPv4 and IPv6
I use VPN (WireGuard server, OpenVPN server and WireGuard client on my downstream Linksys EA8500 also running 24.10.2 has been up for a couple of weeks
Are you using official builds?
Yes this is from the official repo although I compile my own builds with some extra stuff but basically this is official 24.10.2.
I am often away and need my router to connect from away so I need rock bottom stability so no more experimental NSS 
Note, you cannot keep config when upgrading from 23.05 to 24.10 you have to setup manually!
I'm aware about this. My speed connection is 400/100 so I guess it will be fine to switch and do not have the NSS 
Yes you should be fine
Still long for the old K4.9 builds which could do 900 Mb/s without any off loading, fast and stable.
So much for progress
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In my ISP case, it looks like I have to use the NSS build. Otherwise, the speed is not that good.
Is there any other project with updates for 24.10 with NSS?
What is your ISP speed and how are you connected (DHCP or PPPoE)?
My ISP is 400/100 and it's via PPPoE.
On 23.05, everything worked fine with full speed.
I did try the above from @reflector, but unfortunately, I'm not getting connected via PPPoE for an unknown reason.
I also tried the latest without NSS, but the speed is not getting stable so around 20MB/s download instead of 40MB/s...
PPPoE can take its toll, I have DHCP and the R7800 running 24.10.2 can do 600 Mb/s but I have Irqbalance and packet steering enabled.
I also tested internally and with software offload it would get almost 700 Mb/s LAN<>WAN using iperf but again that is with DHCP.
I have no figures about PPPoE but I heard it takes its toll.
But you should at least use irqbalance and try enabling packet steering and software offload.
Packet steering and hardware offload helped in the build without NSS, but my max download was around 20MB/s only on the laptop connected via cable.
I've tried the latest KONG build 24.10, PPPoE connection works and the speed seems to be better - but still around 30-32MB/s - not 40MB/s as it was on the previous 23.05
irqbalance is not available in KONG repo
I will stay a bit and test, but if it is like that, most probably will move back to 23.05 .
EDIT:
and I'm back to latest KONG 23.05 which gives me the best results ..
It also does for me but 23.05.5 will not stay for ever and support will likely be gone next year so trying out 24.10 but might be time to retire my faithful R7800 next year, makes me said
I agree it's sad this is why I did try to go for 24.10, but the results are not that great and I don't know what can I do to have them better to be honest...
KONG 24.10 won't be updated (no sense to upgrade to it) I guess and it's the only build except the standard that connects to PPPoE (can't get stable 40MB/s on this build)
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Hi, you could try my new build based @asvio NSS 24.10 branch:
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/21228950/R7800.zip
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