Hi
Apologies; I am new to openwrt and not the best with wifi.
I've just got a new Asus TUF-AX6000 router, but I am getting slow speeds with my phone. Here is the device
Strangely I cannot iperf speeds above 10mb/s & most often it is around the 5~6 mark
Any help appreciated
Please connect to your OpenWrt device using ssh and copy the output of the following commands and post it here using the "Preformatted text </> " button:
Remember to redact passwords, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have:
ubus call system board
cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/wireless
cat /etc/config/dhcp
cat /etc/config/firewall
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|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
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OpenWrt 23.05.5, r24106-10cc5fcd00
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root@asus:~# ubus call system board
{
"kernel": "5.15.167",
"hostname": "asus",
"system": "ARMv8 Processor rev 4",
"model": "ASUS TUF-AX6000",
"board_name": "asus,tuf-ax6000",
"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "23.05.5",
"revision": "r24106-10cc5fcd00",
"target": "mediatek/filogic",
"description": "OpenWrt 23.05.5 r24106-10cc5fcd00"
}
}
root@asus:~# cat /etc/config/network
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'
config globals 'globals'
option ula_prefix 'DontUseIpv6'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
option ipv6 '0'
list ports 'eth1'
list ports 'lan1'
list ports 'lan2'
list ports 'lan3'
list ports 'lan4'
list ports 'lan5'
config device
option name 'lan1'
option macaddr 'mac'
config device
option name 'lan2'
option macaddr 'mac'
config device
option name 'lan3'
option macaddr 'mac'
config device
option name 'lan4'
option macaddr 'mac'
config device
option name 'lan5'
option macaddr 'mac'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.212.4'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option gateway '192.168.212.1'
list dns '192.168.212.1'
list dns_search 'home'
config device
option name 'eth1'
option macaddr 'mac'
config device
option name 'eth0'
option ipv6 '0'
root@asus:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/18000000.wifi'
option channel '6'
option band '2g'
option htmode 'HE40'
option country 'GB'
option cell_density '0'
option txpower '10'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'SSID'
option encryption 'sae-mixed'
option key 'PWPWPW'
option macfilter 'allow'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/18000000.wifi+1'
option channel '36'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'HE160'
option country 'GB'
option cell_density '0'
option he_su_beamformee '1'
option he_bss_color '8'
option txpower '20'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'SSID'
option encryption 'sae-mixed'
option key 'PWPWPW'
option macfilter 'allow'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
list maclist 'MAC'
root@asus:~# cat /etc/config/dhcp
config dhcp 'lan'
option interface 'lan'
option start '100'
option limit '150'
option leasetime '12h'
option dhcpv4 'server'
option ignore '1'
config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
option maindhcp '0'
option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
option loglevel '4'
root@asus:~# cat /etc/config/firewall
config defaults
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'ACCEPT'
option synflood_protect '1'
don't use this, most client's don't like it, use WPA2 or 3.
Instantly 202Mbits. I think I had issues when I set it to WPA3, only.
worst case scenario, create two separate SSIDs, one with WPA2 and with WPA3.
Not sure how to do that - Is WPA3 backwards compatible?
200~300mbits still seems a little slow given that the wireless screen shows up to around 700? (First screenshot)
that's probably not a number you'll every going to get anywhere near ...
Yeah I did think that - I am hitting the 1gbit limit on laptop, though...
AX vs AC...But still?
depends on the phone ...
might be worth checking the exact specs at gsmarena.
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac...
Here we go again, this file is not made by LuCI, either reset or check where you got it from.
These are recommended in the wiki of this router. Are these likely to have a negative effect?
Power I've tested to get the best performance
Color 64 is valid in OpenWRT and sets parameter to random. Beamforming is on by default, no harm to duplicate.
I'll turn them off and see what happens.
I already turned off bridger (though not WED acceleration). I might try that after. That is also on the wiki
In principle you should get a bit above half of link rate ie nss2 866mbps max, 433+1% transfers.
Seems I can get 600Mbit when I put my phone next to the router
Bridger/WED made no difference.
I left the beamforming out - Not sure it made a difference. It does vary quite a bit, where I currently am. 200~450
I also noticed that no device appears to use the 40mhz width of the 2.4ghz band.
Is there a setting that may be affecting that? I switched off the mixed mode here, too
MCS speed is the raw speed of the bits leaving the radio transmitter in the data part of a packet while the transmitter is on. The nature of wifi is that there are a lot of times when the transmitter cannot be sending data (sending headers, waiting for ACK packets, waiting for neighbors on the same channel to stop transmitting). If you reach overall throughput of half the MCS speed, that is quite good.
40 MHz on 2 GHz is not widely supported. It also requires absolutely no neighbors in the extra 20 MHz. If any potentially interfering signals are found it drops back to 20 MHz.
Great explanation; thanks so much.
Looks like I am as good as I am going to get!