Slate7 disappointment

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500 mbit internet both up and down, everything wired, no vpns.
Slate 7 fw 4.7.13 release 2
Slate AX fw 4.7.0 release 8

Slate 7 iperf:
root@GL-BE3600:~# ./iperf3_amsterdam.sh
Connecting to host ping-ams1.online.net, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.1.106 port 33996 connected to 163.172.208.7 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 18.5 MBytes 155 Mbits/sec 0 431 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 19.9 MBytes 167 Mbits/sec 0 479 KBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 18.5 MBytes 155 Mbits/sec 1 369 KBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 17.2 MBytes 145 Mbits/sec 0 397 KBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 1 307 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 14.2 MBytes 120 Mbits/sec 0 338 KBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 15.2 MBytes 128 Mbits/sec 0 372 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 17.4 MBytes 146 Mbits/sec 0 404 KBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 18.2 MBytes 153 Mbits/sec 0 438 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 20.1 MBytes 169 Mbits/sec 0 472 KBytes

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 176 MBytes 147 Mbits/sec 2 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 174 MBytes 146 Mbits/sec receiver

SlateAX iperf:
root@GL-AXT1800:~# ./iperf3_amsterdam.sh
Connecting to host ping-ams1.online.net, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.1.168 port 41578 connected to 163.172.208.7 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 66.6 MBytes 558 Mbits/sec 883 1.25 MBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 58.2 MBytes 488 Mbits/sec 0 1.34 MBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 61.9 MBytes 519 Mbits/sec 0 1.40 MBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 65.0 MBytes 545 Mbits/sec 0 1.45 MBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 57.3 MBytes 481 Mbits/sec 70 1.06 MBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 420 Mbits/sec 0 1.13 MBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 51.3 MBytes 431 Mbits/sec 0 1.18 MBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 54.8 MBytes 460 Mbits/sec 0 1.21 MBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 54.8 MBytes 460 Mbits/sec 0 1.23 MBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 54.8 MBytes 460 Mbits/sec 0 1.24 MBytes

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 575 MBytes 482 Mbits/sec 953 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 573 MBytes 481 Mbits/sec receiver

root@GL-AXT1800:~# cat iperf3_amsterdam.sh
iperf3 -c ping-ams1.online.net

have repetedly much worse performance from Slate 7 vs Slate AX

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Hi,

  1. Are other applications, such as tailscale, astrowarp, enabled on BE3600? Is hardware acceleration enabled?

  2. Use a lower-level client device (PC) to connect to MT3000 and BE3600 via wired connection to test the speed.

  3. Use the openspeedtest tool to test the network speed on the main router.
    https://openspeedtest.com/

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thanks for answering, the test were done after each other at the same time, both routers connected via ethernet to main router which is ubuquiti gateway ultra.

  1. nothing extra, just basic setup on both gl-inet routers. hw acceleration is enabled on slate7, tested with disabled as well.

  2. it is slate 7 and slate ax, not MT3000.
    running speedtest app from galaxy 25 ultra connected to slate 7 vs slateax:
    slate 7: 470 down / 490 up
    slateax: 464 down / 397 up

good results for both, rerunning iperf3 test show:

slate:7
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 230 MBytes 193 Mbits/sec 18 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 227 MBytes 190 Mbits/sec receiver

slateax:
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 586 MBytes 491 Mbits/sec 1482 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 585 MBytes 490 Mbits/sec receiver

on iperf3 test slateax is still considerably faster.

  1. Unify internal speedtest show close to 500 up and down. as is openspeedtest.

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reun iperf3 test on my s25 ultra via termux gets much better speed for slate 7, maybe iperf3 is single core and overloads slate7 cpu?

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iperf isn't a good method to measure WAN speed. Try Ookla speedtest.net CLI instead

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Can you get a more simplified baseline? Try iperf3 in client/server mode between Slate 7/WAN <-> Slate AX/LAN & vice versa.

iperf3 --daemon --server --format m --port 5201 --pidfile /var/run/iperf3.pid

Sending traffic out over the WAN/Internet & using Wi-Fi are variables that can be removed for troubleshooting purposes.

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