Oh no, speed issues, I think.

[Cralis]

Hi all,

I am running a TP Link Archer D7 as my modem, in full bridge mode to my TP Link TL-WR1043N/ND v3. I am running firmware 1.9.0, which I believe was just modified by changing the headers from the V2 firmware?

Anyway, my speed has been an issue. I used to achieve around 700kbps and SpeedTest site reporting 7.2mbps.

But I have dropped to around 2.9mpbs...

I blamed my ISP...

But then I noticed a few glitches with the firmware (Reported elsewhere). So, I decided to connect a PC direct to my D7, bypassing the router, and added the ADSL credentials back. And bang! 7.1mbps!

Went back to the router - 2.6mbps.

What I have done:

Factory refreshed the D7.
Disabled wifi
Did not add the ADSL stuff when rebooting.
Left DHCP on
Left everything on the D& as is.

Connected LAN1 to WAN port on the WR1043N/ND v3
Set PPOE Wired (Static)
Put in ADSL credentails
Left the rest as is

Router IP 192.168.1.1
DNS: Google
DHCP Enabled

No idea what to do... seems the router is slowing me down. Not sure if it had the same issue in stock firmware.

[nworbnhoj]

Gargoyle 1.9.0 has some issues. Try this more recent build which is working well for people
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8765

[Cralis]

yeah, going to do that, My only worry is that the issues I am having are not mentioned in the change log.

That is, very slow speeds when going through the router (As opposed to just the modem), and a strange thing where hosts are not showing up in the drop down list for the filters for the graphs.

so I am fearful that I flash - and risk bricking at worst, and find the same issues. Best case - all my problems go away.

Also, I don't have a torrent client.

[tapper]

Wich bin do you want? I will download and then put the bin in dropbox. There has bin lots of changes in the code since 1.9 was posted. There has bin a bump of Openwrt + a lot of tweaks of the webinterface. For changes see here:
https://www.gargoyle-router.com/gargoyl ... /revisions

[Cralis]

As you sent, I downloaded uTorrent and am downloading all 352mb. Thanks for the assistance though. Going to flash now. If I'm not back soon - it bricked.

[Cralis]

Just to confirm... I need to use

gargoyle_1.9.x-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

As I am currently on Gargoyle 1.9.0 on my WR1043 V3.

The Upgrade is the right one?

It worried me that on the Firmware Update page under system, it specifically says:

"Firmware should be a combined .img file"

But I have a .bin file.

Also, it seems like using "Preserve Settings" is unrecommended?

[Lantis]

.bin is fine as long as it's the sysupgrade.

I would not preserve from 1.9.0

[Cralis]

So far so good!

1.9.X (Built 20160602-1751 git@09ccf69)



And internet speed is good! Getting all my DHCP stuff setup (Named hostnames and reserved IPs).

[Cralis]

Still going strong!
8.07 Mbps... Was around 2.5Mbps on 1.9.0.

[Cralis]

Mmm..

Added QOS with default settings for upload and download.
Speedtest.net dropped to 2.47Mbps.

Removed QOS - Back to 8.11Mbps.