New Kong Mod Release - r18010 [Regular & King]

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New Kong Mod Release - r18010 [Regular & King]
New with this release (from the change log) Build r18010:
New:
  Wireless core updated to 5.100.138.9 (stabalize signals on 2.4Ghz units)
  Add opkg to all builds

Select the correct build for your router (see readme file)
Once you make your selection and know which is "The ONE"
Download from here ( http://www.desipro.de/ddwrt/ ).
Thanks for all your work Kong.

zoomlink
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Here is my initial feedback:

Here is my initial feedback:

Router:

ASUS RT-N16 with 2 USB external drives (First 40G 2.5, Second 2TB 3.5)

Firmware flash:  

Uneventful - did a reset from the GUI, my OTRW autoconfigure script kicked in as expected, all my OTRW security scripts are running as expected.

Automount is working as expected based on UUID based mount points.

Wireless Stability:

After settling down from all the FW upgrade activity, the signal was steady but still choppy on the inSSIDer graph.  I checked to see the Interference setting and WLAN Interference was off.  So I went ahead and did `wl -i eth1 interference 2`.  After that, the graph shows a slight improvement in RSSI and a VERY nice almost flat signal line on the graph.

My WLAN config: 

Type: AP / Mode: Mixed / Channel: Auto, 40Mhz, lower / Ack:2000, No SSID bcast. / WiFi Security: WPA2 Personal-AES Encryption / TxPWR: 20 dBM / Beacon: 101.

General Performance:

SAMBA - Working stable as expected, did a 2GB Video transfer from my Laptop to the Drive on the router and the transfer speed fluctuated between 6MB/s and 8MB/s - I'm happy with that.  The only known dislike here is that CPU utilization goes to 100% while the big transfer is in progress.

MiniDLNA - Hoggs up CPU and takes it to 100% when it is doing its refresh of the media files.

MyPage - All pages up and running, some, like the Live Traffic and BW Monitor take the CPU over the edge for a couple of minutes and then show up and work.

Concerns from limited testing time:

WiViz - Seems to not be working still, but I may just have to give it more time.

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

Flashed from r17940.

There is some bug, because I can't upgrade with FF8: it cames with unsuccessful upgrade error.

More: after doing it with IE8, the power led never goes on. I have to do a power cycle several minutes ahead of firmware submit.

Now it's running with the same configs of r17940 without any new unreported issues.

Wiviz isn't working at least since r17940.

It may be a good suggestion to put an option on wireless advanced settings to activate the "interference mode 2", instead inserting commands on startup script (more nvram usage).

Best regards.

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

I did that through CCleaner. Isn't enought?

Best regards,

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

OPKG is broken?

# opkg update
Collected errors:
* opkg_conf_load: Could not create lock file /jffs/lib/opkg/lock: No such file or directory.

Kingkong version.

Best regards,

Kong
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Hi ReDaLeRt,

Hi ReDaLeRt,

just run:

mkdir -p /jffs/lib/opkg

I normally do this when automounting, so I guess you don't have a drive with jffs attached. I also flashed (via network cable) from r17940 with FF8 and didn't have a problem.

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

Thanks Kong. Why it is necessary to run JFFS for OPKG? Can't it be on /opt drive?

Best regards,

mac913
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I have loaded DD-WRT v24-sp2

I have loaded DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/16/11) vpnkong - build 18010M (nv60k) on a spare E3000 to update a family members vpnkong 17940 with low wireless speeds. This unit is set-up with QoS, SSH & Privoxy.

The issue I see so far, is that QoS is not throttling to the Uplink/Downlink (kbps) settings. QoS port is WAN and Packet Scheduler is HTB.

Does anyone else have this problem with vpnkong build 18010?

TIA!

jpowers61
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AWESOME.... Have constant

AWESOME.... Have constant signal second day after reboot. Kong you da man...

Will begin to test USB drive mounting but the reason I got the RT-16N (Wireless) is finally working on newer builds of dd-wrt

mbo69
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Hi,

Hi,
I flashed the new build(kingkong) to my ASUS RT-N16. PPoE, OpenVPN, DLNA, Samba and Wireless work. The Wireless connection to my Wireless Repeater Bridge works good as well. After 24 h no downgrade of wireless speed (so far) !

Thanks Kong !

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

After almost 36 hours of uptime:

I'm going to flash 15508M once again. No more upgrades on next months. God-damn it!

Thanks.

zoomlink
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Ok guys... this is kind of

Ok guys... this is kind of crappy.
After running stable for two days, I just took a look and my router is sitting at 6.5Mps.

Don't know what the heck is going on but it is really starting to make me feel like RedAlert feels. I have tolerance for the new driver testing and debugging but it comes a point where you just have to step back and let Broadcom make their driver work with the latest kernel in a way which at least resembles the old drivers, although the last time I check "new" drivers should bring "improvement" after the initial and expected tweaking to stabilize them.

I don't know if there is a feedback loop back to Broadcom on the crappy performance of these new drivers. I certainly hope there is one through BS/Eko or someone else.

Anyhow.. that was my frustrated rant. BTW - Did I tell you guys that this pisses me off? :)

zoomlink
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@kt_haddock

@kt_haddock

Thanks for the link. I get what Toastman is talking about, but still cannot understand how previous builds like 15508 and 15962 give you rock solid wireless performance and newer builds have terrible performance.

On the other hand, I hate to loose all the good work that has been put into automount, having opkg, etc.

Kong: is there a way you can release your next build as you did before with OLD DRIVERS and NEW DRIVERS for those that still want them?

zoomlink
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Another thought....

Another thought....

How about rebooting the interface every 24hrs with a cron job like this?

30 3 * * * root /opt/etc/init.d/wlrefresh.sh

code for: wlrefresh.sh
wl -i eth1 down
sleep 2
wl -i eth1 up
sleep 2
wl -i eth1 interference 2

ReDaLeRt
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zoomlink said: Another thought.... How about rebooting the interface every 24hrs with a cron job like this? 30 3 * * * root /opt/etc/init.d/wlrefresh.sh code for: wlrefresh.sh wl -i eth1 down sleep 2 wl -i eth1 up sleep 2 wl -i eth1 interference 2

 

This is a good idea but non-sense.

In the case of routers or any other IT system you need 99.9999% of uptime. Rebooting to overcome bigger system issues is not the solution.

Like my people say: "Penso eu de que..." ;-)

 

Another thing:

Why do we apply "wl intereference 2", when the majoraty of intereference on 2.4GHz band is from devices sharing this same spectrum? Microwares, cordless phones, bluetooth, just-name-it... Makes more sense to apply "wl intereference 1" or any other fitting better our needs.

 

Until the end of the year I intent to have an Ubiquiti AirView2-EXT to make some tests both on RT-N16 wireless performance and interference nearby.

Best regards,

zoomlink
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Hey Red... to finish what

Hey Red... to finish what your people say... "Penso eu de que e uma bosta"

ReDaLeRt
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zoomlink said: Hey Red... to

zoomlink said: Hey Red... to finish what your people say... "Penso eu de que e uma bosta"

lol I don't know if you speak portuguese, but there is a diference between "e" and "é". "Esclarece-nos." :-)

 

Best regards,

zoomlink
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Mesmo así­m, penso que ainda

Mesmo así­m, penso que ainda é uma grande e crocante bosta! lol Esclarecido? Falo um poquinho sim. :) Anyway, just a little fun with our Portuguese.

 

P.S. I don't get along well with the text editor on this forum.

zoomlink
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Ok figured out to use the

Ok figured out to use the advanced editor to fix the accents.

ReDaLeRt
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Off-topic:

Off-topic:

I did use for posting this the "advanced editor".

Best regards,

zoomlink
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Question: Do these builds

Question: Do these builds work on the Netgear WNDR3800?

Kong
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Nope the 3800 has an Atheros

Nope the 3800 has an Atheros chipset and I don't have any Atheros yet.

The 3800 has wonderful specs and you can use a uptodate kernel with oss drivers, which allows fixing bugs like you see in the broadcom drivers.

My wireless connection at home is still running perfectly, so I'm still waiting for the signals to drop:-) Once they drop I'll switch back to an older driver for the single radio units. Probably using even an older wireless driver pre 16000.

But to be honest, I'm sick of these broadcom units. The new routers require new drivers and the new drivers don't work well with old units.

zoomlink
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@Kong

@Kong

Can you share what your setup is? Also what kind of clients do you have?

I have an Intel client, an Atheros client, a samsung android, an LG android and two Nook colors.

When I have only the droid phones connected, the router reports between 52-58.5 Mbps.

When I have only the Nooks connected, router reports 72 Mbps

When I have the Nooks and the droid phones connected, router reports 39 - 54 Mbps

When I have the Nooks, the droid phones and my laptops connected, router reports 216 Mbps.

Keep in mind this is with 8 hrs up-time since the last reboot.

My last drop to 6.5 Mbps occurred after about 36 hours of up-time.

ReDaLeRt
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@Kong:

@Kong:

How much is your experience with Atheros WiSoC? Mine is only with low end devices.

I don't know why typicaly these SoC are present only on those entry levels. Maybe more cost efective?

Best regards,

M4rv1n
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Peter Redmer
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Thanks for posting this new

Thanks for posting this new release everybody, and thanks to Kong for all the hard work! I updated the downloads on the community to reflect the new build.

M4rv1n
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Hi,

Hi,
I have installed this build on RTN16 and I have problem with port forwarding on loopback.
Port forwarding on client of the network works, but if I forward a port to transmission on the router, transmission say that the port is closed.
I have tried also to add to startup firewall script

iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o br0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQUERADE

but nothing change.

Any idea?

M4rv1n
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I have tried all build of all

I have tried all build of all version, but port forwarding to the router doesn't work!

Transmission & amuled still have port closed.

M4rv1n
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Hi,

Hi,
I have tried also that script but I have not ipt_mark nor xt_mark modules, where I can find them?

The problem is related to nat on loopback interface, the side effect of that bug is that if I use gui to forward port to lan ip of the router the forwarding doesn't work and the port is still closed.

zoomlink
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Ok guys... now I'm starting

Ok guys... now I'm starting to get a little amused by my router's behavior:

I noticed that yesterday around 6:05 am. my router rebooted on its own. I noticed because when I looked at the uptime around 9:30 am, it said that uptime was 3+ hours. Yesterday... ok I said maybe something strange...

Today, I just looked again and went through my /opt/var/log/messages file and noticed that around 10:30am it rebooted on its own again.

Any ideas about what could be causing this router to automatically reboot every 24 hours or so?

I don't have the keepalive watchdog enabled or the scheduled reboots.

mac913
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On DD-WRT site builds 18000,

On DD-WRT site builds 18000, 18007 & 18024 K2.6 has broken SSH. I didn't test SSH on the vpn-build since I ran into QoS issues and currently trying to get seperate VLAN working on build 17865, no luck so far. Does SSH work with vpn-kong build 18010?

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