Hello,Hi all This is my 1st post so please go easy!!!
A big thanks from me goes out to Kamoj and Voxel for all their hours of hard work and effort.
I own a XR500 and XR700. My network is built around the 6 ethernet ports on the XR700 and i really dont like to pull apart the network to change it. However i am sick and tired of the XR series they are some of the Best home level routers i have used. However the support is Dire promise after promise. Bug after Bug. there are so many people sick with the time it is taking and some of the issues are big i have thrown the towel in with them. The Dumo and NG firmwares dont see to fit very well togther at all. Plus dumo cant do anything without NG agreeing.
I tried DD-wrt on the xr routers which was very good, however i found that as they are not DD-wrt core routers the firmware seemed buggy and crashed alot. Most on the firware i would never use anyways and so went a little over my head.
I looked around and found R9000 which the XR700 is a clone of, and discovered Voxel and Kamoj. I dicided on a used R9000 incase i was no better off. the router arrived yesterday and uploaded the firmware all i can say is whooo. It would appear between Voxel and Kamoj you have unleashed the power of these routers and what they should be like. Also its more click click go rather than messsing around with settings.
I do have a couple of questions
1) when installing the lastest Voxel and Kamoj, i lost the LACP/Link Aggregation - i use this to my switch . Is this hidden somewhere
2) I use HMA VPN, in hybrid mode on the XR700 - understand on Kamoj is sort back to front which i have discovered. However there is no pre config for HMA so do just set that part manually?
3) i might have solved this one but. I noticed a big drop in Internet speed with the R9000 on stock/Voxel firmware. Looking around on Google it seems to suggest this could be with QOS on???? i normally get 67-69meg and at the moment i am down to about 13meg. sometimes it goes right up then back down again. Is there anyother settings i should be looking at?
Finally, sorry this post is so long i am just so happy i have found these guys and what they are offereing. Once i sort the above i am so looking forward to the DHCP renewel working for once . which will be one of many fixes which will make this router Kick Arse
Voxel/Kamoj has made a huge difference on my R9000 as well. I may be able to help with a couple of your questions...
I don't now about the link aggregation settings as I have never used LAG.
I am not sure exactly what you are asking about OpenVPN. But yes, at Kamoj Menu --> OpenVPN Client --> Create/Edit an OpenVPN Client ...just enter the config from HMA into the field where it says "Type or Paste the contents of your .ovpn file here". Add your username and password in the boxes above and give the config a name. Hit "Create/Save.." and your config is good to go. You still need to set the options and start the VPN in the fields at the top of the page...
My internet is very slow and I do get some benefit from QOS. I have heard some people with faster internet get better performance with QOS off but that seems like a big difference. Maybe others know more... I only wish my internet was fast enough to find out for myself!
If you haven't already done so, I suggest checking out the Voxel Readme and the Kamoj FAQ.txt (available from the Kamoj System Information Menu).
Best wishes,
BL