NO more streaming problems

[Brunotoo]

Hi everyone, this is my first post.
I recently got an rt-ac68u hooked up to a TD-W8960N. I am running the latest stock firmware.
Whilst I am happy with it in general, watching streams of the net is very choppy and buffering a lot.
Please find below a snapshot of my network traffic watching a video at 10:30 am over wifi.
At times there is 0.0KB/s throughput.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0c2sqwn646gbv1z/snapshot2.jpg?dl=0
Any ideas or suggestions please

 

[Brunotoo]

And what is your version of latest stock fw

thanks Sanna
It's 380_1842 and I am on channel 11 with 20mhz only.

 

[netwrks]

Other questions:

What is your bandwidth from your ISP?
Were you experiencing this issue on the past?
If you upgraded the router did you reset to factory default after the fw upgrade?
Is it just one person experiencing the issue?
Does your wireless client have the latest wireless drivers?
Does the client have a strong wifi signal?
Have tried re-positioning the router for better signal?
Is it all streaming sites, or one site?
Have you streamed any video with a client directly connected to the modem?

 

[bones5050]

It's been my experience streaming for a USB hard drive plugged into the router is not the best for video streaming. I've seen quite a few posts about limitations with the throughput for that type of load. I would recommend setting up a NAS or some other dedicated streaming server.

 

[netwrks]

Re-reading the original post I saw the TD-W8960N. It looks like this is a router also correct? If so, what mode is TD-W8960N in? And what mode is the rt-ac68u in? Are they both in router mode, running DHCP (not recommended). You should have only one DHCP Server. You should configure one device as a router and the other as an Access Point..

 

[Blinkyz]

thanks Sanna
It's 380_1842 and I am on channel 11 with 20mhz only.

The same issue is present for the 2.4ghz with 380_1842 also.
The last 2 fws from asus are bugged for us ,owners of AC68
Revert back to 378.9XXX serie or 378.56_2 from merlin

Look Under Switch Control in LAN section, if NAT is disabled y something this is the infamous bug. NAT disabled= 2.4ghz broken

 

[Brunotoo]

The same issue is present for the 2.4ghz with 380_1842 also.
The last 2 fws from asus are bugged for us ,owners of AC68
Revert back to 378.9XXX serie or 378.56_2 from merlin

Look Under Switch Control in LAN section, if NAT is disabled y something this is the infamous bug. NAT disabled= 2.4ghz broken

thanks Blinkyz, I was just about to flash the Merlin fw. Any reason why it shouldn't be the 380.57_o (latest) version?
@netwrks- the TD-W8960 is bridged. thanks for all your suggestions
@ bones5050- this is about streaming from the net, thanks

 

[Blinkyz]

380.57 is based on 380.1031 GPL from Asus with the new SDK driver Wireless and its bugged on the 2.4ghz if NAT is disabled( what is disabling NAT? ,Adaptive Qos,Traditional QoS,Traffic IP monitoring)

If you dont need Qos, Adaptive QoS, IP Traffic monitoring, its ok, no bug

From merlin :
380.57 (24-Dec-2015)
- NEW: Merged with 380_1031 GPL
- NEW: Added RT-AC3100 and RT-AC5300 support
- NEW: Added RT-AC68U HW Revision C1 support

 

[Brunotoo]

380.57 is based on 380.1031 GPL from Asus with the new SDK driver Wireless and its bugged on the 2.4ghz if NAT is disabled( what is disabling NAT? ,Adaptive Qos,Traditional QoS,Traffic IP monitoring)

If you dont need Qos, Adaptive QoS, IP Traffic monitoring, its ok, no bug

From merlin :
380.57 (24-Dec-2015)
- NEW: Merged with 380_1031 GPL
- NEW: Added RT-AC3100 and RT-AC5300 support
- NEW: Added RT-AC68U HW Revision C1 support

thanks I just went with your suggestions and flashed 378.56_2 merlin. see how it goes after fine tuning.
What I've noticed straight away is the crazy spikes in CPU and RAM
Edit: All settled down now, think it was still scanning the attached HDD

 

[Brunotoo]

changing to 378.56_2 merlin seems to have fixed it
also some very useful guides on this site: routerguide.net
thanks everyone for your help