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Effect of CTF on WLAN NAS access speeds
I have had an R7000 for a year or so now, happily running Tomato with a vpn connection. I live outside the country, so we need VPN 24/7. Internet is expensive here, so I can only afford a10Mbs connection, which Tomato and the VPN handle just fine.
Recently, I tried to set up a NAS drive on the network, plugged into the 3.0 USB port of the router. It’s just a little portable drive, nothing fast, and it reads/writes about 800 Mbps when connected directly to my laptop. When I connected it to the router's 3.0 port, though, I am only getting about a 170 Mbps read and a 60 Mbps write. I did some research (because I am not very skilled or literate in IT stuff) and found out that fast NAT is not available for my version of Tomato but that CTF was. When I enable CTF in the Tomato GUI, I get the same speeds, perhaps a tad faster. This confirms what has been stated in this forum; CTF has little to no effect on WLAN NAS access speeds.
So, my question is simply, what if anything can I do to increase my speeds for accessing my NAS drive wirelessly through Tomato? Are these speeds the highest I can hope for? As stated, I need to continue running Tomato for the VPN, so I can’t revert to the Netgear OS. BTW, all this was done on the 5 GHz connection.
You model modem has a built in router and wifi. What mode is the modem working in? Modem only mode or router mode. If router mode, This would be a double NAT (two router) condition which isn't recommended. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
https://kb.netgear.com/30187/How-to-fix-issues-with-Double-NAT
Couple of options,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge or modem only mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ/ExposedHost or IP Pass-Through for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router. https://kb.netgear.com/31218/How-do-I-configure-my-Orbi-router-to-act-as-an-access-point and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LOcJ8GdDo&app=desktop
https://kb.netgear.com/26765/Disabled-Features-on-the-Router-when-set-to-AP-Mode
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CTF only works for WAN to LAN and reverse. What you get is the maximum supported read/write speed for storage on this router. AFAIK, there is no way to increase that
... and advice on alternative firmware, like Tomato, is usually best sought over where they support it. There are users of home-rolled firmware here, but not that many.
that makes sense. thanks. I would gladly be using the netgear firmware if it allowed for a vpn connection.
