[RT-AC68U] : Way to choose CTF or CTF and FA NAT acceleration?

[MarkRH]

At the moment using 3.0.0.4.378_9135 and wondered if there was a way to choose between just CTF or CTF and FA NAT acceleration. The option seems to be either "Auto" or "Disabled". http://i.imgur.com/7MjpsEF.png Before this firmware, just CTF was enabled and the Daily Traffic Monitor stuff would should how much data I transferred each day. With both of these enabled, it basically has no idea how much data is being transferred.

Is there a way I can just enabled CTF?

Previously, seemed kind of put luck if one or both of these methods were enabled after a reboot or reset. What determines the combination it uses when set to Auto?

 

[VANT]

68u not suport FA

 

[MarkRH]

Then why does it seem to show that it does?

 

[RMerlin]

Then why does it seem to show that it does?

How is it doing so?

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[MarkRH]

Look at the image I linked. http://i.imgur.com/7MjpsEF.png

 

[MarkRH]

I did a Factory Reset, and now it's just showing CTF Acceleration and the Traffic Monitor stuff now looks proper. Should have done that when I first installed the firmware.

 

[RMerlin]

I did a Factory Reset, and now it's just showing CTF Acceleration and the Traffic Monitor stuff now looks proper. Should have done that when I first installed the firmware.

I suspect you had an old nvram setting that was reporting FA support. When Asus initially added FA support to the firmware, they weren't correctly detecting its presence - they fixed that a few release laters.

FA is only available on the BCM4709 or newer, which means RT-AC68P (the Best Buy SKU), AC87 or AC3200.

 

[MarkRH]

I clicked reboot in the UI and now it has "CTF(Cut Through Forwarding) and FA(Flow Acceleration) accelerator are enabled." and the Traffic Monitor is borked again. I did a reboot because it thought it was the 15th already. May have to do another Factory Reset I guess and make sure I re-select the TimeZone setting and apply (it was correct).

 

[RMerlin]

Just ignore whatever it says about FA (it doesn't exist in the RT-AC68U), and disable CTF.

 

[Blinkyz]

At the moment using 3.0.0.4.378_9135 and wondered if there was a way to choose between just CTF or CTF and FA NAT acceleration. The option seems to be either "Auto" or "Disabled". http://i.imgur.com/7MjpsEF.png Before this firmware, just CTF was enabled and the Daily Traffic Monitor stuff would should how much data I transferred each day. With both of these enabled, it basically has no idea how much data is being transferred.

Is there a way I can just enabled CTF?

Previously, seemed kind of put luck if one or both of these methods were enabled after a reboot or reset. What determines the combination it uses when set to Auto?

Exactly the same for me CTF +FA always on and the CPU usage show nothing . Normally its just CTF. Thats why im sticking with 378.55 from merlin. With 378.56(378.9177) CTF+FA are enable for AC68

 

[Llama]

I suspect you had an old nvram setting that was reporting FA support. When Asus initially added FA support to the firmware, they weren't correctly detecting its presence - they fixed that a few release laters.

FA is only available on the BCM4709 or newer, which means RT-AC68P (the Best Buy SKU), AC87 or AC3200.

Does that mean Merlin on Netgear R7000 should show a enable CTF+FA?

 

[RMerlin]

Does that mean Merlin on Netgear R7000 should show a enable CTF+FA?

I do not support any Netgear router.

 

[Blinkyz]

I did a Factory Reset, and now it's just showing CTF Acceleration and the Traffic Monitor stuff now looks proper. Should have done that when I first installed the firmware.

simple reboot and FA will return

 

[MarkRH]

Yeah, I just keep it with CTF and FA on. The 24 hour and daily traffic monitors don't work, oh well. The real-time Traffic Monitor does work though. I guess the real-time code doesn't save what it sees in the 24-hour and daily data.

 

[bluepoint]

FA is only available on the BCM4709 or newer, which means RT-AC68P (the Best Buy SKU), AC87 or AC3200.

FA is not in your 57 alpha 3 either on a 68P.

 

[RMerlin]

FA is not in your 57 alpha 3 either on a 68P.

FA is incompatible with a number of features, such as Tree Spanning which I see enabled on your screenshot.

The list of features that are incompatible seem to change constantly, so I cannot give any definite list as to what to keep disabled.

 

[Shonk]

How do you enable FA on the AC88U just out of interest

It doesnt mention Fa at all in Lan - Switch Control

 

[sfx2000]

The list of features that are incompatible seem to change constantly, so I cannot give any definite list as to what to keep disabled.

If Broadcom opened up the source for ctf.ko, a lot of those problems would go away

 

[RMerlin]

How do you enable FA on the AC88U just out of interest

It doesnt mention Fa at all in Lan - Switch Control

FA is not supported in recent firmware releases for the RT-AC88U, due to the switch to GMAC3 (don't ask me what it does, I have absolutely no idea, I only know it's related to how the wifi and Ethernet switch talk to one another).

 

[Shonk]

Thanks