Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1608 Location: SE Michigan USA
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 14:04 Post subject:
hshs wrote:
Bill, any guidance for flashing LEDE? I'm going to try it which I haven't tried before.
You install the same way, IF you have preserved the Linksys partition and always flashed from there. If not your first job will be to get Linksys reinstalled. Installed from the Linksys UI is the way. Next would be to go to Openwrt site and read about wrt1900ac routers and installation. Beware that Openwrt is focused more on programming and adding features. If you take just Openwrt from their site for your router it will be very stripped down without even a WEB GUI, all configuration done by editing config files. Advantage to using a custom build by one of the folks, like davidc502 is they have added features like Luci which is the WEB UI for Openwrt. To give you an idea of how stripped down it is the latest download I did was just over 8M.
Be aware that the UI takes sometime to get used to. Totally different from Linksys and DD-WRT and has a steep learning curve. Lots of reading if you have never ventured there before.
Bill, any guidance for flashing LEDE? I'm going to try it which I haven't tried before.
You install the same way, IF you have preserved the Linksys partition and always flashed from there. If not your first job will be to get Linksys reinstalled. Installed from the Linksys UI is the way. Next would be to go to Openwrt site and read about wrt1900ac routers and installation. Beware that Openwrt is focused more on programming and adding features. If you take just Openwrt from their site for your router it will be very stripped down without even a WEB GUI, all configuration done by editing config files. Advantage to using a custom build by one of the folks, like davidc502 is they have added features like Luci which is the WEB UI for Openwrt. To give you an idea of how stripped down it is the latest download I did was just over 8M.
Be aware that the UI takes sometime to get used to. Totally different from Linksys and DD-WRT and has a steep learning curve. Lots of reading if you have never ventured there before.
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1608 Location: SE Michigan USA
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 21:12 Post subject:
@hshs
Glad you got it installed. Think you will see why some of us are fans of it. Has the same drivers as DD-WRT Brainslayer 30432 but is faster on 5GHz wireless then DD-WRT for some reason.
If you would like to the the temps as they are not in the UI you can do the following:
ssh into router then issue the following commands
opkg update
opkg install lm-sensors
Then use the "sensors" command at the command line.
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1608 Location: SE Michigan USA
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 14:03 Post subject:
I can only assume that you folks with low cpu temps on the wrt1900ac v1 are using the default fan settings. I have on set to 85 off 80 (linksys default).
Here are my temps with only one PC browsing the web:
CPU Clock1200 MHz
Load Average
0.22, 0.22, 0.18
CPU TemperatureCPU 83.3 °C / WL0 62.6 °C / WL1 62.0 °C
I can only assume that you folks with low cpu temps on the wrt1900ac v1 are using the default fan settings. I have on set to 85 off 80 (linksys default).
--bill
My temps are set to 75 off 70 on and the temps average 71.x-73.x. Interestingly when I increase the settings to yours my temps also increase. My temp is now 70.3 with 0.00 load and the fan is on?
Load Average 0%
0.00, 0.00, 0.00
CPU Temperature CPU 71.1 °C / WL0 54.6 °C / WL1 55.5 °C
UPDATE:
I changed my fan settings to 80/75 and same user load on the router. Fan is currently off.
Load Average 1%
0.04, 0.03, 0.00
CPU Temperature CPU 76.1 °C / WL0 58.6 °C / WL1 58.0 °C
I can only assume that you folks with low cpu temps on the wrt1900ac v1 are using the default fan settings. I have on set to 85 off 80 (linksys default).
Here are my temps with only one PC browsing the web:
CPU Clock1200 MHz
Load Average
0.22, 0.22, 0.18
CPU TemperatureCPU 83.3 °C / WL0 62.6 °C / WL1 62.0 °C
--bill
So you want your temps that high? The fan in my wrt1900ac is so very quiet, I just leave it at the default and my unit runs very cool and very quiet. Unless I literally put my ear within a couple of inches of the top, I wouldn't know if it was running or not. Why would you want your temps so high? Is your fan noisy or something?
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1608 Location: SE Michigan USA
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:44 Post subject:
Siliconaudio wrote:
myersw wrote:
I can only assume that you folks with low cpu temps on the wrt1900ac v1 are using the default fan settings. I have on set to 85 off 80 (linksys default).
Here are my temps with only one PC browsing the web:
CPU Clock1200 MHz
Load Average
0.22, 0.22, 0.18
CPU TemperatureCPU 83.3 °C / WL0 62.6 °C / WL1 62.0 °C
--bill
So you want your temps that high? The fan in my wrt1900ac is so very quiet, I just leave it at the default and my unit runs very cool and very quiet. Unless I literally put my ear within a couple of inches of the top, I wouldn't know if it was running or not. Why would you want your temps so high? Is your fan noisy or something?
Like I have said in other posts, Linksys defaults are 85 on 80 off. If that is good for Linksys it should be good for me. I figure the cpu should be able to easily handle 95 degrees. Modern cpu's can be perfectly happy at those temps. If I thought it was going to damage things I would run lower. Interesting thing is Openwrt/LEDE runs 10 degrees cooler then DD-WRT and they set the fan for on at 95 and off at 85. Before you ask, yes I have verified that the fan is not running on Openwrt/LEDE by shining light in top over fan and blades are not turning.
Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 611 Location: Yorkshire (GOC)
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:02 Post subject:
Siliconaudio wrote:
myersw wrote:
I can only assume that you folks with low cpu temps on the wrt1900ac v1 are using the default fan settings. I have on set to 85 off 80 (linksys default).
Here are my temps with only one PC browsing the web:
CPU Clock1200 MHz
Load Average
0.22, 0.22, 0.18
CPU TemperatureCPU 83.3 °C / WL0 62.6 °C / WL1 62.0 °C
--bill
So you want your temps that high? The fan in my wrt1900ac is so very quiet, I just leave it at the default and my unit runs very cool and very quiet. Unless I literally put my ear within a couple of inches of the top, I wouldn't know if it was running or not. Why would you want your temps so high? Is your fan noisy or something?
I couldn't disagree less
Just let that fan do its thing, that is what it's there for. BTW, since when did anything LinkSys defaulted to ever, necessarily, made sense? Surely this why we are all running DD-WRT
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1608 Location: SE Michigan USA
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 22:25 Post subject:
@Yemble
Linksys must have made some sense to you since you bought one.
To each his own of the issue of what the temps should be set to. I figure the manufacturer probably knows. They do not want to be replacing due to over heating. So if 85 on is good for them then it is good for me.
Like I have said in other posts, Linksys defaults are 85 on 80 off. If that is good for Linksys it should be good for me. I figure the cpu should be able to easily handle 95 degrees. Modern cpu's can be perfectly happy at those temps. If I thought it was going to damage things I would run lower. Interesting thing is Openwrt/LEDE runs 10 degrees cooler then DD-WRT and they set the fan for on at 95 and off at 85. Before you ask, yes I have verified that the fan is not running on Openwrt/LEDE by shining light in top over fan and blades are not turning.
--bill
Well, as you've said, each to his own. I haven't actually pulled my router apart to check the component layout, but I can tell you that if any of the electrolytic capacitors are near the CPU and getting anything like that hot, they will have shortened lives.
So, I choose to run my router cooler, but I guess that's why they give us these settings, so we can select our preferences.
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1608 Location: SE Michigan USA
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:11 Post subject:
Siliconaudio wrote:
Well, as you've said, each to his own. I haven't actually pulled my router apart to check the component layout, but I can tell you that if any of the electrolytic capacitors are near the CPU and getting anything like that hot, they will have shortened lives.
So, I choose to run my router cooler, but I guess that's why they give us these settings, so we can select our preferences.
I suppose that some components life could be shortened, but I figure that by the time the router fails it will be time for an upgrade anyway.
I suppose that some components life could be shortened, but I figure that by the time the router fails it will be time for an upgrade anyway.
--bill
Funny you should say that. I work with a guy who's desperate for his TV to fail, because his wife won't let him buy a new one until the current one dies.
One day the air conditioner leaked down the back of the set and he was thrilled when the TV stopped working. Unfortunately, it dried out again and has been fine ever since.
