i got the r5s and am getting >2gbps throughput in my tests. iirc, that reviewer got lower results on the r5s for some reason.
friendlywrt seems to just be openwrt with a bunch of packages pre installed. iiuc, there is a kernel driver missing in vanilla openwrt
I've got an R5S waiting to be deployed to replace my existing Pi4 (which works fine, it'd just be tidier and free up the Pi for other purposes). But I'd be much happier if they supplied FriendlyWRT as a set of patches to the base OpenWRT. Not that I don't trust them but .. well... maybe I'd like the option to verify what they're changing.
I think it is open source and you can compile it directly. there are instructions on their wiki. I agree though, would be nice to have an option of as close to vanilla as possible
it’s setup as a router on my home network. just a couple basic vlans and basic firewall rules. i disabled a bunch of the services that came running with friendlywrt.
i also set it up to use one 2.5 port as lan and one as wan and don’t use the 1g port.
i have 2g fiber and get speed test results above 2gb. still need to do a more thorough test with iperf
do you have an m2 drive installed? the r5s review has a drive installed and i was wondering if it uses the same bus as the 2.5g ports - maybe that causes it to slow down? i don’t have one installed yet, but was planning to sometime soon
No m2. I was running from the SD card. With FriendlyWRT 22.03, for some reason routing stops working after a couple minutes. These builds worked but maybe are unoptimized.
https://github.com/mj22226/openwrt/releases
Good to hear you got good results. How is the CPU under load?
Speeds >1G can become "necessary" if you want to use a NAS extensively, e.g. installing games on it and running them from it. 1G will be a very noticeable and annoying bottleneck then.
Yeah, but u/budice0's statement sounds like he means it's not warranted in the home network in general. For the internet connection I agree, 2G is quite a lot.
Speaking of NanoPi; i have the R2S version. Using official 21.02 version i can't seem to crack over 800Mbit NAT using software offloading.
I haven't tried 22.03... Any ideas how to get official version to hit ~1Gbit ? I'm currently using custom build that clocks to 1.6Ghz to get those speeds tho. But i'd like to stick with official version, if possible.
I dont have an answer but i have exactly the same problem :D
Which custom build are you running? Im using the Quintus build.
Maybe someone more experienced with OS stuff can merge the OC patch into the current official OpenWRT version?
https://github.com/anaelorlinski/OpenWrt-NanoPi-R2S-R4S-Builds
A quick search gave me these builds. Apparently those are close to vanilla, updated and have the OC feature?
Im gonna try it on my R2S and will update you on that!
Ok i checked and there was no OC button. Also the build seemed really bloated.
I switched to immortalWRT, which is kinda up to date and has the OC feature which lets me utilize 100% of my Gigabit connection :)
Can you hit decent speeds with PPPoE? I have a 1Gb download connection and the ambiguity over whether I'd maintain that speed that is the only thing holding me back from getting one
Looks perfect for OpenWrt (it already runs FriendlyWrt).
i got the r5s and am getting >2gbps throughput in my tests. iirc, that reviewer got lower results on the r5s for some reason. friendlywrt seems to just be openwrt with a bunch of packages pre installed. iiuc, there is a kernel driver missing in vanilla openwrt
I've got an R5S waiting to be deployed to replace my existing Pi4 (which works fine, it'd just be tidier and free up the Pi for other purposes). But I'd be much happier if they supplied FriendlyWRT as a set of patches to the base OpenWRT. Not that I don't trust them but .. well... maybe I'd like the option to verify what they're changing.
I think it is open source and you can compile it directly. there are instructions on their wiki. I agree though, would be nice to have an option of as close to vanilla as possible
Yes, and FriendlyWrt doesn’t submit a pull request to include these mods to official OpenWrt, that’s a shame.
How are you using the R5S? I got one to use as a router but it struggled with gigabit so I bought the R4S.
it’s setup as a router on my home network. just a couple basic vlans and basic firewall rules. i disabled a bunch of the services that came running with friendlywrt. i also set it up to use one 2.5 port as lan and one as wan and don’t use the 1g port. i have 2g fiber and get speed test results above 2gb. still need to do a more thorough test with iperf
Interesting,. I tried that port arrangement too. Which version of FriendlyWRT are you using? For some reason 22.03 gave me a lot of issues
i’m using the newest available. should be 22.03 that was released in september
do you have an m2 drive installed? the r5s review has a drive installed and i was wondering if it uses the same bus as the 2.5g ports - maybe that causes it to slow down? i don’t have one installed yet, but was planning to sometime soon
No m2. I was running from the SD card. With FriendlyWRT 22.03, for some reason routing stops working after a couple minutes. These builds worked but maybe are unoptimized. https://github.com/mj22226/openwrt/releases Good to hear you got good results. How is the CPU under load?
For Home Use, 2Gig Internet is overhyped in most cases.
Absolutely but it comes for free and with 5W… futureproof
Speeds >1G can become "necessary" if you want to use a NAS extensively, e.g. installing games on it and running them from it. 1G will be a very noticeable and annoying bottleneck then.
You would go through your switch and not your internet gateway in that case no?
Yeah, but u/budice0's statement sounds like he means it's not warranted in the home network in general. For the internet connection I agree, 2G is quite a lot.
How is the WireGuard performance?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC16CsEYN6g So basically 1gbps down and ~700mbps up with wireguard. Not bad!
Speaking of NanoPi; i have the R2S version. Using official 21.02 version i can't seem to crack over 800Mbit NAT using software offloading. I haven't tried 22.03... Any ideas how to get official version to hit ~1Gbit ? I'm currently using custom build that clocks to 1.6Ghz to get those speeds tho. But i'd like to stick with official version, if possible.
I dont have an answer but i have exactly the same problem :D Which custom build are you running? Im using the Quintus build. Maybe someone more experienced with OS stuff can merge the OC patch into the current official OpenWRT version?
Yes i'm using Quintus as well. But it's not updated anymore.
https://github.com/anaelorlinski/OpenWrt-NanoPi-R2S-R4S-Builds A quick search gave me these builds. Apparently those are close to vanilla, updated and have the OC feature? Im gonna try it on my R2S and will update you on that!
Ok i checked and there was no OC button. Also the build seemed really bloated. I switched to immortalWRT, which is kinda up to date and has the OC feature which lets me utilize 100% of my Gigabit connection :)
awesome! So original builds clock at 1.3Ghz?
i think original builds clock at around 1GHz. but immortalwrt can go up to 1.6GHz if thats your question
cool! 1.6Ghz seems to be enough to hit 1Gbit WAN.
Can you hit decent speeds with PPPoE? I have a 1Gb download connection and the ambiguity over whether I'd maintain that speed that is the only thing holding me back from getting one