Installed OpenWRT again, this time with RouterBOARD 6.47.2, and it works just fine. Seems like RouterBOARD version 7.x might be incompatible with the current device tree.
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Are your PPPoE speeds still lower than ROS?
Yeah, as previously noted, about half as slow as ROS (~450-480 Mbps down on OpenWRT vs ~920-930 Mbps on ROS). This probably can't be fixed without Hardware NAT/Hardware Flow Offloading.
Another minor complaint of mine would be that you can't turn off all LEDs (WAN/LAN etc) like on ROS for a more stealth look, I generally keep mine off unless I'm doing troubleshooting.
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Can you check if packet steering helps throughput a bit? Are you using performance governor?
Edit: I've noticed that LAN lights only turn on if a 1Gbit rate is negotiated
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Exactly the same results with performance governor & packet steering enabled, no improvement at all.
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@dfunkt how about this tweak?
Connect to your router via SSH and run these commands:
opkg update
opkg install irqbalance
uci set network.globals.packet_steering=1; uci commit network
uci set irqbalance.irqbalance.enabled=1; uci commit
# What you can try is set this in your /etc/rc.local:
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_governor
echo e > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
echo 2 > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/tx-0/xps_cpus
# or variant 2
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_governor
echo f > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
echo 2 > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/tx-0/xps_cpus
No difference at all.
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Can you run this command at your GNU Linux PC:
echo e > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
and test it.
BTW, do you run these commands at your router:
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_governor
echo e > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
echo 2 > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/tx-0/xps_cpus
?
Thanks.
Once again, no noticeable difference.
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Rebased and compiled new build from source, the most notable change it's this AQL patch
Download:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PU1XFzA5EaUZzedZJQbsn_l0CGxQiOjh?usp=sharing
PD: write down your settings and grab an ethernet cable since sysupgrade will reset the router (this will be fixed in upstream at some point IIRC).
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[BUG]
On all builds of firmware for Mikrotik Hap AC2 green leds lighting for 100 Mbps connection does not work.
Only with 1Gb/s speed leds of LAN's is green blinking.
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I've also noticed this when I plugged an old N150 router to test something, I don't remember if ROS had the same light behavior
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ROS is have full led lighting blinking for all 10/100/1Gb LAN's ports
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Some speedtests for people considering to give OpenWRT a try on theirs ac2
75mbps fiber, country is set to US and WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode on both radios, the test device is a Samsung S9+
2.4GHz: channel 13, 802.11b disabled and 23dbm TX power
Note: the 2.4GHz spectrum is quite busy in my area so it can be affecting upload speeds
5GHz: channel 132 and default TX power (23dbm)
Note: speeds are the same as wired (my ISP used to have higher upload speeds but this it's no longer the case).
Off topic: that WiFi "booster" scam charges 50 USD for a generic N300 repeater
Edit: ROS and firmware should be downgraded to 6.XX before installing OpenWRT
Installed OpenWRT, working well. If I'd like to install some missed kernel modules (pptp for example), I shall build OpenWRT by myself ?
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Yes, but I can make a build with PPTP for you
Please 
Also with ext4 and USB storage support modules. Hope I don't asking too much 
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I hope I selected the right modules, it's building now
[Retired build]
Also added Wireguard and OpenVPN support if you want to use it as a VPN box, haven't tested the build but should work also check the config file
Greetings 
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