Archer C7 AC1750 WDS client problem
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Archer C7 AC1750 WDS client problem
Model : C7 AC1750
Hardware Version : Ver 2.0 (sticker at bottom of device)
Firmware Version : 2.0 (summer 2015)
ISP : 120/6 Mbit cable internet via Unitymedia
The cablemodem hardware is Technicolor TC7200U which acts as NAT - the Wifi router is connected to the ethernet port of my cable modem.
DHCP in the C7 is off, DNS is set to be forwarded (DNS proxy in the cable modem)
HI,
I have two AC1750, the one is connected to my cable modem, and 2.4 but also 5 GHz band is active and set to a fixed channel.
This usually acts as my access point.
Then I configured the other AC1750 to make WDS bridge on 5 GHz only, I also disabled the 2.4 GHz radio in that device.
My cable connection has peak performance of 120 Mbit downstream and 6 Mbit upstream, generally 90+ Mbit is available, 120 it reaches only in night time.
Firmware of both wifi routers is 2.0 from summer 2015
What I experience now is that the Wifi performance at my first Wifi router dramatically drops for devicces conntected to the 2.4 GHz Wifi, when the other Wifi rounter is connected via WDS - remaining bandwidth is 500 Kbit or even less.
The WDS bridge itself has no performance issues, a bandwidth test reveals a peak performance of about 300 Mbit, an average performance of 250 Mbit
Because my cable modem does NAT I can exclude the possibility that someone tries to hack my C7 hardware.
Is the performance drop a known problem?
At the client side I found that a windows service caused quite high bandwidth usage... first I disabled that service, then used bandwidth dropped to zero - later I disconnected the ethernet cable.
Problem still persists.... when the WDS bridge is active (device is literally doing nothing because nothing is connected) the other router goes down :-( When I just power off the second Wifi router the first one gets back it's original performance for the connected 2.4 GHz devices.
Hardware Version : Ver 2.0 (sticker at bottom of device)
Firmware Version : 2.0 (summer 2015)
ISP : 120/6 Mbit cable internet via Unitymedia
The cablemodem hardware is Technicolor TC7200U which acts as NAT - the Wifi router is connected to the ethernet port of my cable modem.
DHCP in the C7 is off, DNS is set to be forwarded (DNS proxy in the cable modem)
HI,
I have two AC1750, the one is connected to my cable modem, and 2.4 but also 5 GHz band is active and set to a fixed channel.
This usually acts as my access point.
Then I configured the other AC1750 to make WDS bridge on 5 GHz only, I also disabled the 2.4 GHz radio in that device.
My cable connection has peak performance of 120 Mbit downstream and 6 Mbit upstream, generally 90+ Mbit is available, 120 it reaches only in night time.
Firmware of both wifi routers is 2.0 from summer 2015
What I experience now is that the Wifi performance at my first Wifi router dramatically drops for devicces conntected to the 2.4 GHz Wifi, when the other Wifi rounter is connected via WDS - remaining bandwidth is 500 Kbit or even less.
The WDS bridge itself has no performance issues, a bandwidth test reveals a peak performance of about 300 Mbit, an average performance of 250 Mbit
Because my cable modem does NAT I can exclude the possibility that someone tries to hack my C7 hardware.
Is the performance drop a known problem?
At the client side I found that a windows service caused quite high bandwidth usage... first I disabled that service, then used bandwidth dropped to zero - later I disconnected the ethernet cable.
Problem still persists.... when the WDS bridge is active (device is literally doing nothing because nothing is connected) the other router goes down :-( When I just power off the second Wifi router the first one gets back it's original performance for the connected 2.4 GHz devices.