Low Speeds on Archer C6 V3.20 during bridge mode.

Also loaded latency touches its peek while bandwidth consumption. 140+, on stock rom it was +(15-20)
 
Router is of no use now, openwrt made the router even more shit than it was before. I will suggest everyone to not flash openwrt on this router atleast. Can someone tell me about reverting back to stock rom process or I have to throw this router in dustbin?
 
Openwrt has never been good with these router for connections having > 200Mbps.
It is a known issue. Stick with stock firmware or else go with a dedicated router for gigabit speeds + accesspoint device if you need openwrt.
 
@rohitks tried multiple times, no change at all. DL speed stucked at 240Mbps, upload at 400Mbps.
 
addition to this forum also check on forum.openwrt.org if there's a way. While I have never done it, a few months ago i was reading some articles about it and I faintly remember reading something like the process is prone to failure on 1 Gbps link speed. You should set the link speed to 100mbps to be on safer side, if you want to give it a try. Also check out this video which is about recovery from boot loop. See if this helps.


Source

disclaimer - try at your own risk. I am not expert on this topic nor ever tried it on TP-Link router
 
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nishantt6969 said:
@doineedto so you couldnt find a fix for this?
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I did find a fix which I have linked in my original post. Though my router is different, so YMMV.

But I am able to get the advertised speed on bridge mode with OpenWRT.
Edit: My plan is 200 Mbps and I get ~220Mbps. Not sure whether OpenWRT can manage much higher speeds.
 
Ok, as someone who has used OpenWRT and DD-WRT over the years, it has been said a lot at their forums that:

1. Both firmwares are not meant for raw speeds/throughput. You install either version to get more features out of a feature locked modem/router which may not be provided by stock firmware.
2. They still recommend stock firmware if you're looking to get best speed out of your routers, because generally a manufacturer is able to better optimize their hardware/software for better throughput since that is what a "usual" end-user wants - better speeds while purchasing a new router.

AFA Archer C7 and its successor A7 are concerned, both have Single-Core low clock speed CPUs. It is impractical to expect Gigabit "wireless" speed from the Atheros processor these routers have. FWIW, both C7 and A7 are routers from 2013-14 when gigabit speeds were nowhere on the horizon. At best you can expect ~250-300mbps for a single client under optimal conditions on a 5Ghz network.
 
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