First thing to do would be to downgrade your fiber then. Lower throughput = less energy consumption.
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Probably not going to help, as swisscom seems to roll-out only XGS-PON, so the ONT is going to use the same modulation/laser/whatever independent of the contracted speed.
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If the ONT has a bridge mode you can use that, residential fiber networks are very restrictive and most of the time they have a whitelist with the serial numbers of their own ONTs so any other device will be blocked by the OLT
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Thanks guys. Most stuff I didn't really understand, but anyway I get the direction.
Now the Swisscom router gives the IP (ipv4 upstream) to OpenWrt router. I didn't saw anything like bridge mode in advanced options, but it's working and I have 2 layers of firewall/security.
I did a downgrade of my subscription to M: (80 CHF/month): 0.2/0.2 Gbps
But I not get those 200Mb/sec
I also disabled SQM, I saw a speed improve after that. Screenshot is from downloading Linux ISO over torrent network.
As expected, your router is only good for around 100Mbps combined, and you have 400 Mbps combined...
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This means I need more powerful router hardware? I can't tune with LuCi the speed?
I can use this router as a repeater on the second floor Please help me troubleshoot wireless repeater bridge configuration and buy a more powerful router that can handle 400 Mbps combined?
Yes, that's the gist of it. x86 or ARM(64) are pretty much your only choices here at least if you dont want ot run proprietary firmware.
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Don't use wireless bridge.
Work out a way to run a LAN cable between the two locations.
It will be worth it in the long run.
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which ARM64 router do you recommend me? Easy flashing process of OpenWrt prefered.
you are correct, I read the same in other forums. Thanks for pointing out.
With SFE offload you should be able to get gigabit speeds from the Archer C7. Give it a go, you may not need new hardware.
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This will not allow you to run sqm at gigabit speeds though. So certainly worth trying to get the current equipment work for a bit longer.
I would probably start looking for a raspberry 4b plus usb3 gigabit ethernet dongle plus managed switch solution, as that has the required cpu cycles to actually do something meaningful at 200/200 Mbps....
Depends what your requirements are. RPi4b or ERx wouldn't satisfy the requirement of as little devices as possible. The user seems willing to lose SQM but keep WG.
Whats your opinion RPi4b vs ERx?
The edge router X is a nice and decent device (even for OpenWrt), but with its old MIPS cpu it is not really that well equipped for 200/200 Mbps let alone 10/10 Gbps.
@jeff created a nice performance comparison for different architectures including SQM and WG numbers, the erx's CPU should be slightly above the best ath79 result since it is clocked at 880Hz, so this does not look like its able to saturate the 200/200 with WG traffic?
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Any background info about the project?
How "official" is this project?
I not like installing software from random GitHub repos.
Do I receive support for this build in this forum?
SFE builds are fine unless you have bufferbloat and need SQM QoS
I think the issue now is that the C7 cannot handle 200 mbps wireguard traffic and the solution is a different router like Linksys ea6350V3 (I guess only second hand available now) or some other router with ARM SOC
I've been looking at the GL.iNet MV-1000 myself (sans the wireless though, since the version with wireless has only a meagre 2,4 GHz radio and lets you add a separate 5 GHz radio at your own expense).
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nice - 280 mbps wireguard performance 
In general I'd say RockPro64 + dual Intel NIC however that would require you to get a switch and AP separately (or use a router as AP with its integrated switch) however I don't know how well it works on OpenWrt.
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