i am using One Broadband FTTH with TP-Link Archer C6 v3 running OpenWrt with a basic ONU device. The OFC cable is connected to the PON port of the ONU. Then the Ethernet Port in the ONU is connected to the WAN port of router and LAN port of router is finally connected to my CPU.
The wireless performance has been very problematic. I get random spikes/drops many times a day wherein the speed would reduce by 30-40% with very high ping while using the 5ghz wifi on my phone & the LAN speed is still perfectly fine at this very moment.
This issue gets resolved on its own sometime later or even instantly if i restart the router/disconnect and reconnect the ethernet port in ONU device. The ONU device in question has the model number SFU-VR100 manufactured by DBC technologies. The router is my own and the ONU device has been provided by ISP at Rs.1500
i discussed this with my ISP provider. He told that its a issue in the router and that i should replace it. I have the following questions
1) How do i verify that my router is at fault here, can't there be any issue in the ONU provided by them ? Ik its a wireless only issue so must be router logically but this issue is resolved once i replug the ethernet cable in ONU so how's that happening ? Does it just resets the wireless connection which fixes it ?
2) If it indeed turns out to be a router issue and i have no option but to replace the replace it. Should i just get some another dual band gigabit router and use it with the onu provided by my isp or should i get those ONU full fledged routers, although these are hardly mainstream in India and have very less options and have heard too much complaints about them so really confused here.
3) For info, i also noticed that my onu only supports speed upto 300 mbps from its Amazon listing. I am currently at 100 mbps, planning to upgrade to 200 in near future. i don't think i would be needing 300 mbps but is this the norm for these basic onu's to support speeds upto this limit only ?
i am also attaching the speedtest results below (wifi tests were done literally sitting next to the router) -
## The below test was carried out when my wifi speed had dropped
LAN - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
5 GHz WiFi - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
## The below test was done merely 5 minutes after the above one once i had removed and replugged the ethernet cable in the ONU
LAN - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
5 GHz WiFi - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
The wireless performance has been very problematic. I get random spikes/drops many times a day wherein the speed would reduce by 30-40% with very high ping while using the 5ghz wifi on my phone & the LAN speed is still perfectly fine at this very moment.
This issue gets resolved on its own sometime later or even instantly if i restart the router/disconnect and reconnect the ethernet port in ONU device. The ONU device in question has the model number SFU-VR100 manufactured by DBC technologies. The router is my own and the ONU device has been provided by ISP at Rs.1500
i discussed this with my ISP provider. He told that its a issue in the router and that i should replace it. I have the following questions
1) How do i verify that my router is at fault here, can't there be any issue in the ONU provided by them ? Ik its a wireless only issue so must be router logically but this issue is resolved once i replug the ethernet cable in ONU so how's that happening ? Does it just resets the wireless connection which fixes it ?
2) If it indeed turns out to be a router issue and i have no option but to replace the replace it. Should i just get some another dual band gigabit router and use it with the onu provided by my isp or should i get those ONU full fledged routers, although these are hardly mainstream in India and have very less options and have heard too much complaints about them so really confused here.
3) For info, i also noticed that my onu only supports speed upto 300 mbps from its Amazon listing. I am currently at 100 mbps, planning to upgrade to 200 in near future. i don't think i would be needing 300 mbps but is this the norm for these basic onu's to support speeds upto this limit only ?
i am also attaching the speedtest results below (wifi tests were done literally sitting next to the router) -
## The below test was carried out when my wifi speed had dropped
LAN - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
5 GHz WiFi - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
## The below test was done merely 5 minutes after the above one once i had removed and replugged the ethernet cable in the ONU
LAN - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
5 GHz WiFi - Bufferbloat and Internet Speed Test - Waveform
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