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ericseaberg
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Apr 27, 2020
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Slow throughput from Gigabit ISP

I purchased my Nighthawk R9000 from FlashRouters with DD-WRT firmware installed and have had nothing but issues with its implementaion.  I've been back-n-forth many times with the people there, and h...
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  • labatt's avatar
    labatt
    May 05, 2020

    Glad you have a working r9000. I ran DD-WRT on various routers starting with a Linksys WRT54G back in 2006. Was a solid firmware for the most part and lots more knobs to twist. 

ericseaberg's avatar
ericseaberg
Tutor
Apr 27, 2020

Thanks for the reply... and, NO, I haven't tried the stock firmware.  I purchased the Nighthawk from FlashRouters presetup with DD-WRT and my ExpressVPN credentials.

 

I really just want to know if anyone else has had throughput issues with the stock firmware.

 

What is the advantage with Voxel over DD-WRT?

 

 

plemans's avatar
plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 27, 2020

1. the firmware you've got is made by a company to work with its vpn setup. Their main goal is to sell vpn service and their setup, not support/update firmwares.  Plus it always leaves them an "out" like "its netgear's hardware, its their fault" or "its because of how dd-wrt works".  Their main goal isn't how well the router runs. 

2. voxel's firmware has been pretty solid and well reviewed for 3rd party firmwares. its free and has been pretty popular for netgear devices. 

3. The stock firmware does support gigabit. I don't have a R9000 so I can't personally attest to it hitting gigabit but I've helped others get to gigabit. the main recommendations I have are to avoid access control, qos, traffic monitoring if you're having issues.  

 

  • labatt's avatar
    labatt
    Mentor
    Apr 27, 2020

    I don't think that DD-WRT supports CTF in all their firmware. That might explain the slow speed. Should you decide to install Netgear firmware, be careful with how you do it. Normally DD-WRT has a back to OEM file for the initial Netgear install. Just trying to install Netgear OEM firmware over DD-WRT does not normally work in my experience. 

    • ericseaberg's avatar
      ericseaberg
      Tutor
      Apr 27, 2020

      Thanks for the replies, guys.  I had been in contact with FlashRouters and they sent me a link to get this:

       

      http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R9000/R9000-V1.0.5.8.zip

       

       

      Look correct?  Sounds like that the way I'm going to have to go, which is fine by me.  I was having so many issues with ExpressVPN disconnecting a lot and things losing connections all over the house.

       

      I may also take a quick look at Voxel's firmware that plemans suggested.

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru - Experienced User
        Apr 27, 2020

        I would do as labatt suggests and look at the back to stock from dd-wrt file. You don't want to brick your device changing firmwares. 

        I'd also suggest any firmware changes be done over a hardwired connection.