Plusnet hub one repeater setup

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

You lost me again.

I am going to use Auto for the channel

@lleachii

Are you just ignoring us or do you have another theory?

none, I am doing what you say

@lleachii

Again, STAs don't pick channels.

I know, I worded it wrong

@lleachii

Are you saying you've also been setting the bandwidth on the STA too?

I have been matching the STA with the RE450 settings, but now everything for channel is set to auto

bandwidth is still set to 80MHz on everything

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

bandwidth is still set to 80MHz on everything

@lleachii

Lastly, I suggest testing 20 MHz first, since you have an issue selecting a good 80 MHz channel.

If you insist.

I assume:

• you're testing STA's internal 5 GHz chip - not the USB
• setting it to channel auto and 20 MHz bandwidth

Per our conversation above.

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

internal 5 GHz chip

thats the STA as it has more power, so I thought it would give better speed over a longer range

20MHz on the RE450 will not give much speed

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

thats the STA as it has more power, so I thought it would give better speed over a longer range

20MHz on the RE450 will not give much

Yea, I'm already confused after 63 posts.

• Identify the router/device by make and model that's the AP
• Identify the router/device by make and model that's the STA
• Identify which router has an additional USB 5 GHZ WiFi adapter installed
• Identify the make and model of the USB Adapter
• Identify which router(s) have OpenWrt installed

Recall, we're solving your issue about DFS -not raising another issue about internal power of the devices's WiFi chips.

[anon79750093]

since setting the AP to auto there is no broadcast

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

thats the STA as it has more power

@lleachii

I surmise this endeavor is about some repeater/relayd bandwidth matter

Question:

Do you have some AP interface connected to another WiFi SSID AP by relayd or bridge?

@anon79750093

since setting the AP to auto there is no broadcas

You lost me. I never said set AP to Auto!

@lleachii

the STA, its channel config should be auto.

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

Do you have some AP interface connected to another WiFi SSID AP by relayd or bridge?

The RE305 is connected to the RE450
and the plusnet router is connected to the RE450
both by relayd
but nothing on the same device

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

The RE305 is connected to the RE450
and the plusnet router is connected to the RE450
both by relayd
but nothing on the same

Please answer:

@lleachii

• Identify the router/device by make and model that's the AP
• Identify the router/device by make and model that's the STA
• Identify which router has an additional USB 5 GHZ WiFi adapter installed
• Identify the make and model of the USB Adapter
• Identify which router(s) have OpenWrt installed

So far, I understand:

• it seems you're misconfiguring WiFi on 3 devices- when we understood you had 2
• you still haven't identified which device has a 5 GHz USB Adapter installed

(If you're assuming people have read your old threads and relate them, please don't.)

[anon79750093]

give me chance

@lleachii

Identify the router/device by make and model that's the AP

the main AP is tp-link RE450

@lleachii

Identify the router/device by make and model that's the STA

the STA is the internal plusnet 5GHz radio Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 802.11ac

@lleachii

Identify which router has an additional USB 5 GHZ WiFi adapter installed

the plusnet router has the usb adapter

@lleachii

Identify the make and model of the USB Adapter

Tp-link archer T2U mini

@lleachii

Identify which router(s) have OpenWrt installed

Only the Plusnet one

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

the STA is the internal plusnet 5GHz radio Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 802.11ac

@anon79750093

@lleachii

Identify which router(s) have OpenWrt installed

Only the Plusnet one

• This is the only device we're troubleshooting for DFS then
• You admit this is the internal WiFi chip
• STAs don't control AP's DFS
• You seem to refuse to setting up the AP on the internal chip

@anon79750093

DFS not working on the usb adapter

• This thread was about a USB adapter

So last question:

Explain how the USB adapter is involved now (you never explained)?

Lastly:

• Please note, most USB adapters have issues being configured as APs.
• If your internal device's DFS works, explain what you expect for the external USB?

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

Explain how the USB adapter is involved now (you never explained)?

for what I have been told using two different 5GHz radios with relayd, should help the speed not be halved

I will swap them around then, if we need DFS but we don't at the minute

ethernet cable to openwrt plusnet router give 120Mbps download 51Mbps upload

still can not get over 120Mbps

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

I will swap them around then, if we need DFS but we don't at the minute

Wait!

@anon79750093

for what I have been told using two different 5GHz radios with relayd, should help the speed not be halved

I don't understand what this means?

@anon79750093

ethernet cable to openwrt plusnet router give 120Mbps download 51Mbps upload

still can not get over 120Mbps

Ethernet?

I'm confused again.

You had us do all of this and you had an underlying motive, didn't you???

@lleachii

I surmise this endeavor is about some repeater/relayd bandwidth matter. Even though folks have given you sound information in other threads, I'm guessing this is another attempt to have us circuitously work on it anyway. I hope that's not the case.

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

I don't understand what this means?

because I had AP and STA on the same radio, the speed was being halved
from what I have been told

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

on the same radio, the speed was being halved
from what I have been told

Provide your entire wireless, DHCP and network configs.

(I'll confess to you now, if this is like other threads I'm learning about, I surmise a lot of users will probably be pi$$ed off you did it again.)

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

Ethernet?

just testing STA speed
the router has Gigabit ethernet ports

@lleachii

You had us do all of this and you had an underlying motive, didn't you???

I have no idea, what your talking about
I'm confused now

@lleachii

Even though folks have given you sound information in other threads

yes use a three radio device, two 5GHz, one 2.4GHz
which I have with the usb adapter and the internal

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

yes use a three radio device, two 5GHz, one 2.4GHz
which I have with the usb adapter and the internal

@anon79750093

@lleachii

Ethernet?

just testing STA speed

No - that's a 2 radio device with a USB adapter.

You forgot that this traffic has to pass thru the USB bus to the CPU - hence explaining your speed losses - just as others noted in past threads.

I think we're now done with your "DFS not working on the usb adapter" issue and "ethernet speed and wireless speed limited to 110Mbps" issue.

Problem solved.

@anon79750093

I'm confused now

My grandma used to use the phrase "hard-headed" - not "confused".

[anon79750093]

@LilRedDog

use one radio as the backhaul and the other as the AP eleminating sharing one band and halving the data rate

@frollic

Triple radio devices, FTW.

@lleachii

Problem solved.

no its not
the cpu is not the issue, well maybe it is to a point
RE305 had 50% usage, the plusnet router has 100% usage

forget the usb adapter for a minute, my STA speed is still 120Mbps

[anon79750093]

a duel core CPU is doing equal to a single core CPU

everything running openwrt seems to be limited to 110Mbps

even when setup as a "dumb AP"

[lleachii]

@anon79750093

the cpu is not the issue, well maybe it is to a point

Are you having an internal conflict with yourself, or with the laws of physics?

See: https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v5a#hardware_highlights

• This device has a 500 MHz processor.
• Your device page says "There may still be a 60 Mbps download cap due to CPU limitations in which case enabling “Software Offloading” will help."

@anon79750093

speed limited to 110Mbps

@anon79750093

seems to be limited to 110Mbps

even when setup as a "dumb AP"

• you get +50 more than that

Before we take more time of the community:

Why do you think you have an issue?

[anon79750093]

@lleachii

Your device page says "There may still be a 60 Mbps download cap due to CPU limitations in which case enabling “Software Offloading” will help."

thats also what I have been looking for
I can't find software offloading