Netgear R7800 exploration (IPQ8065, QCA9984)

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Software offloading won’t get you to gig NAT. Try out a NSS build. Right out of the box the CPU barely breaks a sweat with gig NAT.

Ipq806x NSS build (Netgear R7800 / TP-Link C2600 / Linksys EA8500)

Have Master, 23.05, and 22.03 builds for ipq806x devices with hardware offloading using the two NSS cores. All Master and 23.05 R7800 builds are tested before positing (router boots + wifi works). I don't own a C2600, EA7500v1, EA8500, G10, NBG6817, R7500v1, R7500v2, or d7800 (builds for these are untested - make sure you known how to tftp if you get in trouble) Build Goals: Maximum ipq806x performance for Gigabit WAN connections. Simple and compatible with master (able to flash back and fo…