it was the Parental Controls - Web & Apps Filters that was cutting my bandwidth in half. I have been using that as an easy way to block sites on my kids devices for probably 12yrs now and never noticed such a degrade in my bandwidth across the entire network up until now. In my mind it was (nope...
I have merlin on ax88u. I've noticed my wan speeds degraded but not sure which firmware upgrade it happened at. I must have something enabled I dont need or something disabled i shouldnt. Straight to the modem i get about 900MB down from isp while paying for 1.2g.
through the router i get 550MB...
Have latest stable fw on ax88u router.
ran diversion+statusUI for a couple days cpu stays low.
install skynet and gradually usage goes up to 100% on all 4 and stays utill reboot.
I ran TOP command but im not sure what I'm looking for. here's a screen cap...
Ya I ended up just starting over. and backup the config now. Was worth a try though!
I was on 384.13_2 on the old router. ran the nvram-save -migr which is what I thought should have been correct. and then and the -hnd save as well.
Restore Router Model MISMATCH - ABORTingnvram-restore.sh 202002201627_RT-AC87U-MIGR Sat Feb 22 22:34:17 EST 2020 384.13_2 #Version=30.3.0 0 minutes and 0 seconds elapsed
Just got the ax88u. Did a little reading about nvram script but appears wont work anymore?
Am I going to have to start over with my static lan routes and port mappings?