Hello;
I have a TPLink Archer A7 v5 router with Open WRT 21.02.3. My WiFi speeds when connected to my cable co router are 600 mbps+. When connected to the WiFi of the TPLink I am getting 20 mbps at best. I have searched the forums and this is what I have found and confirmed in my setup
What else can I try to increase the speeds?
is 4 years old, you should have upgraded a long time ago.
set a country code for the wifi.
don't use sae-mixed wifi encryption.
Upgrade to 23.05.5?
SoC can forward at 1.1..1.3Gbps, if it has one SoC mii of 2 connected to switch it becomes 1.0Gbps(950Mbps in tcp connections)-ie not full gigabit
Special performance trick - untag WAN onn SoC port.
Try enabling flow offload, on v23 both are same, in v24 soft is a bit slower, hard a bit faster even without support.
24.10.0 is if you are adventurous as challenged in last paragraph of release notes.
Wifi should be able to transfer at half if indicated link speed.
Thank you for the responses. I used the sysupgrade image to flash the firmware and I am now running OpenWRT v24.10 and I have set the country code for the Wifi. Also ensured I am not using sae-mixed encryption. Unfortunately I am still only getting ~20Mbps on speedtest.
Please post outputs of
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cat /etc/config/wireless
cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/firewall
cat /etc/config/dhco
Use </> to fomat text and replace secrets like passwords with ABC
Also what is the client? Say Win10 laptop with degraded battery will be permanently in deep powersave and never reach good network or disk speeds.
How many devices tested @ that speed?
Which band? 2.4 or 5?
{
"kernel": "6.6.73",
"hostname": "OpenWrt",
"system": "Qualcomm Atheros QCA956X ver 1 rev 0",
"model": "TP-Link Archer A7 v5",
"board_name": "tplink,archer-a7-v5",
"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "24.10.0",
"revision": "r28427-6df0e3d02a",
"target": "ath79/generic",
"description": "OpenWrt 24.10.0 r28427-6df0e3d02a",
"builddate": "1738624177"
}
}
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
option band '5g'
option cell_density '0'
option htmode 'VHT20'
option channel 'auto'
option country 'US'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'ABC'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'ABC'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/ahb/18100000.wmac'
option channel '1'
option band '2g'
option htmode 'HT20'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'OpenWrt'
option encryption 'none'
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 'fde2:99e2:049f::/48'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth0.1'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option ipaddr '192.168.2.1'
config device
option name 'eth0.2'
option macaddr 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
config interface 'wan'
option device 'eth0.2'
option proto 'dhcp'
config interface 'wan6'
option device 'eth0.2'
option proto 'dhcpv6'
config switch
option name 'switch0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '1'
option ports '2 3 4 5 0t'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '2'
option ports '1 0t'
config defaults
option syn_flood 1
option input ACCEPT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
# Uncomment this line to disable ipv6 rules
# option disable_ipv6 1
config zone
option name lan
list network 'lan'
option input ACCEPT
option output ACCEPT
option forward ACCEPT
config zone
option name wan
list network 'wan'
list network 'wan6'
option input REJECT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
option masq 1
option mtu_fix 1
config forwarding
option src lan
option dest wan
# We need to accept udp packets on port 68,
# see https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4108
config rule
option name Allow-DHCP-Renew
option src wan
option proto udp
option dest_port 68
option target ACCEPT
option family ipv4
# Allow IPv4 ping
config rule
option name Allow-Ping
option src wan
option proto icmp
option icmp_type echo-request
option family ipv4
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-IGMP
option src wan
option proto igmp
option family ipv4
option target ACCEPT
# Allow DHCPv6 replies
# see https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/10381
config rule
option name Allow-DHCPv6
option src wan
option proto udp
option src_ip fc00::/6
option dest_ip fc00::/6
option dest_port 546
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-MLD
option src wan
option proto icmp
option src_ip fe80::/10
list icmp_type '130/0'
list icmp_type '131/0'
list icmp_type '132/0'
list icmp_type '143/0'
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
# Allow essential incoming IPv6 ICMP traffic
config rule
option name Allow-ICMPv6-Input
option src wan
option proto icmp
list icmp_type echo-request
list icmp_type echo-reply
list icmp_type destination-unreachable
list icmp_type packet-too-big
list icmp_type time-exceeded
list icmp_type bad-header
list icmp_type unknown-header-type
list icmp_type router-solicitation
list icmp_type neighbour-solicitation
list icmp_type router-advertisement
list icmp_type neighbour-advertisement
option limit 1000/sec
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
# Allow essential forwarded IPv6 ICMP traffic
config rule
option name Allow-ICMPv6-Forward
option src wan
option dest *
option proto icmp
list icmp_type echo-request
list icmp_type echo-reply
list icmp_type destination-unreachable
list icmp_type packet-too-big
list icmp_type time-exceeded
list icmp_type bad-header
list icmp_type unknown-header-type
option limit 1000/sec
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-IPSec-ESP
option src wan
option dest lan
option proto esp
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-ISAKMP
option src wan
option dest lan
option dest_port 500
option proto udp
option target ACCEPT
# allow interoperability with traceroute classic
# note that traceroute uses a fixed port range, and depends on getting
# back ICMP Unreachables. if we're operating in DROP mode, it won't
# work so we explicitly REJECT packets on these ports.
config rule
option name Support-UDP-Traceroute
option src wan
option dest_port 33434:33689
option proto udp
option family ipv4
option target REJECT
option enabled false
# include a file with users custom iptables rules
config include
option path /etc/firewall.user
### EXAMPLE CONFIG SECTIONS
# do not allow a specific ip to access wan
#config rule
# option src lan
# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
# option dest wan
# option proto tcp
# option target REJECT
# block a specific mac on wan
#config rule
# option dest wan
# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:66
# option target REJECT
# block incoming ICMP traffic on a zone
#config rule
# option src lan
# option proto ICMP
# option target DROP
# port redirect port coming in on wan to lan
#config redirect
# option src wan
# option src_dport 80
# option dest lan
# option dest_ip 192.168.16.235
# option dest_port 80
# option proto tcp
# port redirect of remapped ssh port (22001) on wan
#config redirect
# option src wan
# option src_dport 22001
# option dest lan
# option dest_port 22
# option proto tcp
### FULL CONFIG SECTIONS
#config rule
# option src lan
# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
# option src_port 80
# option dest wan
# option dest_ip 194.25.2.129
# option dest_port 120
# option proto tcp
# option target REJECT
#config redirect
# option src lan
# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
# option src_port 1024
# option src_dport 80
# option dest_ip 194.25.2.129
# option dest_port 120
# option proto tcp
config dnsmasq
option domainneeded '1'
option boguspriv '1'
option filterwin2k '0'
option localise_queries '1'
option rebind_protection '1'
option rebind_localhost '1'
option local '/lan/'
option domain 'lan'
option expandhosts '1'
option nonegcache '0'
option authoritative '1'
option readethers '1'
option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
option nonwildcard '1'
option localservice '1'
option ednspacket_max '1232'
config dhcp 'lan'
option interface 'lan'
option start '100'
option limit '150'
option leasetime '12h'
option dhcpv4 'server'
option dhcpv6 'server'
option ra 'server'
option ra_slaac '1'
list ra_flags 'managed-config'
list ra_flags 'other-config'
config dhcp 'wan'
option interface 'wan'
option ignore '1'
config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
option maindhcp '0'
option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
option loglevel '4'
It's a Macbook Pro M2 on AC power
VHT20? We cannot stop you throwing brick on your foot.
Use 80MHz channel and watch normal speed happen.
Thank you - after that change I am getting slightly better speed. I am now getting ~35Mbps. Better but still much lower than I would expect. Does this sound right?
Try wired something, smart tv is fine.
On a wired connection I am getting ~200Mbps but that is still not as high as if I connect to the wireless modem network where I average around 500Mbps.
This is an old SOC/ device, designed when VDSL in the 50-100 MBit/s range was king, 170-200 MBit/s is the max. it can do under duress (software flow-offloading might double that by cheating, but that isn't real). If you want 600 MBit/s wired routing, you need a faster router - if you want to get that over the air, you need a wifi6 router (which can provide you with 700-800 MBit/s wireless throughput in the same room).
If you ferl adventurous you can change WAN vlan2 to untagged at cpu port, then relocate wan/wan6 device to eth0 in place if eth0.2 .
config backup and wifi connection recommended in case switch crashes.
Post a screenshot from the MBP M2, hold the [option/alt] key down & click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menu bar at the top of the scree.
The 5G Wi-Fi looks OK between the MBP to WAP.
Can you try disabling WMM?
Disabling brings it back down to under ~9Mbps. Re-enabled VMM and tested speeds again and now getting around 70Mbps. Is that about top speed for this TPLink device? Or can speeds be faster?
[ISP Router] - [Archer A7 v5] - 5G ---- MBP
Above is my understanding of your Topology, please confirm.
Are you running the Archer A7 in Double NAT or is it running as a pure AP?
Confirm the port between the ISP Router and WAN port on the Archer is operating at 1Gbps and not 100 Mbps.
This is correct.
Running as a pure AP. ISP does not allow configuration of ports however testing the same port from ISP Router on target MBP wired tests out at just under 1Gbps speeds.
