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SuperHeroJason
Aspirant
Jul 18, 2022

R6700v3 Wifi-Bridge Bufferflot

I was wondering if anyone else has tried using Nighthawk r6700v3 as a Wireless Bridge. If so, has any one else experienced bufferfloat and a decent amount of jitter? Within in my testing of the Wireless bridge. I had good multi-threaded tests but didn't really hold up in the single threaded tests (via Ookla and google)

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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 18, 2022

    What Firmware version is currently loaded?
    What is the Mfr and model# of the host WiFi router the R6700 is connected too?

     

    What is the distance between the router and host router?

     

    What channels are you using? 
    Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?

    • SuperHeroJason's avatar
      SuperHeroJason
      Aspirant
      Jul 18, 2022

      The firmware version currently on the routher is V 1.0.4.122_10.0.95 ( the newest one I believe).

      The manufacturer is Altice and it is the gr240bg. The distance is around 20ish feet. If you're referring to whether or not i was using 2.4 vs 5ghz ( sorry I didn't understand what that meant), I was using 5ghz.

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jul 18, 2022

        What channels are you using on 5Ghz? 
        Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many? Other wifi neighbors are around your home? What channels are they using on 5Ghz? 

         

        Try the R6700 a bit farther away from the host router? Or Closer? 

         

        Over all you'll have some bufferbloat as wifi has to be processed at the host router and at the R6700 in bridge mode. Nature of the beast.