I noticed with 018 that my 56U in AP mode is not pulling the time from the ntp server.
For an example, I can download Fedora DVD ISO from ftp.sunet.se around 9MBytes/S over 5Ghz WiFi with IPV6 disabled and cpu load is around 20% (HWNAT- LAN/WiFI offload). The same ISO when downloaded over IPV6 has throughput around 6MBytes/S and a cpu load around 80%. HWNAT is still set to LAN/WiFI offload.
I noticed that this started a few versions ago. I think when 3.x kernel was implemented, actually. I found that it does get the time, but it does not write to dmesg until later. You will see that time is retrieved by noted "System Time" under System Log.
Edit: Looks like Andy explains: http://code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/issues/detail?id=510&start=200
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With latest firmware, the DHCPv6 server doesn't appear to do anything. looking at the config file, it doesn't appear to be filling out the scope correctly for the ipv6 lan prefix when received from dhcpv6 on WAN.
aaronwt said:I saw yesterday that there was a new firmware without ipv6. So I installed that since I'm not using ipv6 for anything.
Also Padavan has fixed problems with HW_NAT and IPv4 bindings in 018. The 019 build will have experimental UDP packets offload enabled. Tests are showing that it's working without problems
About CPU utilization:
There shouldn't be any 100%. There's a problem with your HW_NAT settings (is it disabled? Or enabled only for LAN?). MiniDLNA's rescanning of the directories could also load CPU to 100% and that's expected. That's why you have this ambiguous "Database content update." It can rescan automatically but it will eat CPU resources. If you set "Force..." you'll force a full database rebuild killing the CPU. If you set "for new files only" it will add new files to DLNA database but won't remove those which were deleted. So use "Force..." only if you want to delete ghosts of the files.
Also what's your ISP connection? Is it IPoE or PPPoE? They should be offloaded to HW_NAT. 1-5% CPU load is pretty usual with those on an extremely high connection speed.
KnawKB
Change your Wi-Fi region in the router's settings to USA here: http://my.router/Advanced_Wireless2g_Content.asp - the last setting in this list.
irvsp
No, AFAIK you shouldn't use Force all the time. I'll check back with the guys at the russian forums later sicne I don't use this router as a NAS. There also was a command for the terminal to check the running processes and see what's eating CPU.
When I was asking about your ISP connection I wasnt asking about its speed but its type. ENABLE OFFLOAD LAN/WI-FI is a proper option. Leave it as it is.
Also 40 mbps is a really nothing for this router. You shouldn't hit even 5% on such speeds. There's definitely problems with your settings.
It should be admin/admin as in default Asus firmware
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