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Voxel Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.112SF

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Voxel

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https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-r7800-v-1-0-2-110sf.91319/
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-r7800-v-1-0-2-111sf.92058/

New version of my custom firmware build: 1.0.2.112SF.

Changes (vs 1.0.2.111SF):

1. Toolchain: Go is upgraded 1.22.6->1.23.4.
2. expat package is upgraded 2.6.3->2.6.4 (fixing CVE-2024-50602).
3. dropbear package is upgraded 2024.85->2024.86.
4. curl package is upgraded 8.10.1->8.11.1.
5. wget package is upgraded 1.24.5->1.25.0.
6. ethtool package is upgraded 6.10->6.11.
7. ubus package is upgraded 2023-11-28->2024-10-20.
8. unbound package (used in stubby) is upgraded 1.21.0->1.22.0.
9. uci package is upgraded 2023-08-10->2024-11-26.
10. libgpg-error package is upgraded 1.50->1.51.
11. tcpdump: add patches to support tcpdump-mini and to remove pcap debug.
12. net-cgi: disable firmware updates from NG site.
13. Host tools: upgrade mtd-utils to 2.2.1.

The link is:

https://www.voxel-firmware.com (thanks to vladlenas for his help with hosting).

Voxel.
 
if they added some new features or else to this, which you maybe can use for your future updates ?
Only a few mystical undocumented vulnerability fixes. But the most critical vulnerabilities are left behind.

Most interesting is the use of 'lighttpd'

https://www.lighttpd.net/

but I don't want to change that in my version for R7800/R9000/R8900, as it would likely kill the add-on from kamoj. Also, NETGEAR uses lighttpd version 1.4.55, which itself is dangerous due to CVEs.

The drivers from QCA have not changed in the latest firmware either. So there is no increase in wifi or ethernet speed.

Voxel.
 
Done.

Gr8 work. Keep going
 
Hi,
Voxel, first, thank you for your work.
I tried your firmware for the first time now so I did not test older versions, router R7800, I have an issue with usb write speed with your firmware. Maybe we can pinpoint the issue and fixit.
So, connected to the router is 1tb drive nvme with enclosure, the drive on a pc can reach 7000 mb/s, so it is the fastest you can get. I store my music and movies on it and use them with dlna server made by the router. With stock firmware the write speed is 50-55 mb with windows 11 with windows explorer witch is plenty fast for what I use it for to transfer music and movies to the drive. With your firmware the speed is fluctuating around 20 mb(18-22). I tried 3 times to flash the firmware, alternating with stock to test, same results. I did factory reset the router after your firmware and made settings from scratch, same result. I tried just 112 and 111. Any ideea what is going on? I would like to use your firmare for transmission, the stock downloader does not work for me.
Thanks and sorry for the long post.
 
Hi,
Voxel, first, thank you for your work.
I tried your firmware for the first time now so I did not test older versions, router R7800, I have an issue with usb write speed with your firmware. Maybe we can pinpoint the issue and fixit.
So, connected to the router is 1tb drive nvme with enclosure, the drive on a pc can reach 7000 mb/s, so it is the fastest you can get. I store my music and movies on it and use them with dlna server made by the router. With stock firmware the write speed is 50-55 mb with windows 11 with windows explorer witch is plenty fast for what I use it for to transfer music and movies to the drive. With your firmware the speed is fluctuating around 20 mb(18-22). I tried 3 times to flash the firmware, alternating with stock to test, same results. I did factory reset the router after your firmware and made settings from scratch, same result. I tried just 112 and 111. Any ideea what is going on? I would like to use your firmare for transmission, the stock downloader does not work for me.
Thanks and sorry for the long post.
I am on latest Voxel's firmware (v. 1.0.2.112SF), and it can definitely do better than what you experienced:
Code:
root@HERMES:/tmp/mnt/sda1$ hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1

/dev/sda1:
 Timing cached reads:   3056 MB in  2.00 seconds =1529.94 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  324 MB in  3.00 seconds =107.90 MB/sec

root@HERMES:/tmp/mnt/sda1$ sync; /opt/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=tempfile bs=1M count=1024; sync
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 7.6851 s, 140 MB/s

Timing cached reads: 1529.94 MB/s = 12239.52 Mb/s
Timing buffered disk reads: 107.90 MB/s = 863.2 Mb/s
Write speed: 140 MB/s = 1120 Mb/sec
 

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