HW accelerator or CTF status

[Soul--Reaver]

It's possible to disable the HW accelerator yourself or it gets disabled automatically under various conditions where enabled functionality cannot function properly when it is enabled.

This automatic part makes it hard to know whether or not the HW accelerator is actually enabled. Is it possible to add the status of the HW accelerator to the tools -> sysinfo page?

 

[RMerlin]

It's possible to disable the HW accelerator yourself or it gets disabled automatically under various conditions where enabled functionality cannot function properly when it is enabled.

This automatic part makes it hard to know whether or not the HW accelerator is actually enabled. Is it possible to add the status of the HW accelerator to the tools -> sysinfo page?

Not a bad idea.

You can manually check for now with this command:

lsmod | grep ctf

If it doesn't show the ctf module, then it means it's not loaded.

 

[lfbb]

The lsmod | grep ctf gives me:

ctf 17120 0

What does this mean?

- lfbb

 

[ryzhov_al]

What does this mean?

It's means NAT off-load module (ctf.ko) is active. And it means that no packet marking (i.e. QoS) is used.

 

[lfbb]

I tried today with Traffic per IP enabled and the output was the same!?

- lfbb

 

[Soul--Reaver]

Yeah based on your signature on this forum, you have not updated to the next firmware release from RMerlin

Asuswrt-Merlin 3.0.0.4.266.23b is out

 

[lfbb]

If I upgrade I won't get CTF disabled if I don't use the Traffic per IP?

- lfbb

 

[RogerSC]

Not a bad idea.

You can manually check for now with this command:

lsmod | grep ctf

If it doesn't show the ctf module, then it means it's not loaded.

Just for the record, I also found that if you just turn off per-IP traffic monitoring and then "Apply", that doesn't cause the ctf module to be loaded dynamically. You have to reboot after that, and then the ctf module is loaded.

 

[Soul--Reaver]

If I upgrade I won't get CTF disabled if I don't use the Traffic per IP?

- lfbb

You're CTF module is already active as ryzhov_al stated. If you upgrade to the newer firmware then you will get the CTF disabled (returns nothing on that command if i understood correctly) as long as Traffic per IP is enabled

 

[RMerlin]

Just for the record, I also found that if you just turn off per-IP traffic monitoring and then "Apply", that doesn't cause the ctf module to be loaded dynamically. You have to reboot after that, and then the ctf module is loaded.

That's normal. The CTF module must be loaded before all other modules to work properly. I didn't want to enforce an automatic reboot just for disabling monitoring because the lack of CTF doesn't prevent the router from working normally.

 

[RogerSC]

That's normal. The CTF module must be loaded before all other modules to work properly. I didn't want to enforce an automatic reboot just for disabling monitoring because the lack of CTF doesn't prevent the router from working normally.

Yeah, didn't think that it was a problem, just wanted to mention it.