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====== Miscellaneous ====== | ====== Miscellaneous ====== | ||
- | In this menu, you can tweak some secondary, less critical settings. These settings rarely need to be modified. If you change them, make sure you understand the consequences of the changes. | + | In this menu, you can tweak some secondary, less critical settings. These settings rarely need to be modified. If you change them, make sure you understand the consequences of those changes. |
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- | **Boot Wait Time * :** This is the time period during which the router | + | **Boot Wait Time * :** the time period during which you can access |
- | {{: | + | This refers |
- | \\ {{: | + | In rare circumstances, |
- | CTF lets bridges use an alternative forwarding method for storing and forwarding frames. Enabling CTF may improve speeds on Internet plans that offer speeds above 100 Mb/second. CTF is usually necessary to achieve peak speeds on plans that allow 200 Megabits/ | + | \\ |
- | With CTF enabled, the router starts to send transmission frames as soon as the full packet header has been received. However, | + | {{: |
- | Note that **enabling | + | Only 10Mbps and 100Mbps speeds can be forced. For 1Gpbs, leave it at Autonegotiate. Not all models support this feature. |
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+ | (Default: Autonegotiate). | ||
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+ | CTF lets bridges use an alternative forwarding method for storing/ | ||
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+ | With CTF enabled, the router starts to send transmission frames as soon as the full packet header has been received. However, it relies on the client to tell it whether the data is corrupted for resend. This restriction can cause problems with a few common home uses. | ||
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+ | **Enabling | ||
With CTF disabled, the router stores the entire frame before sending it out to its destination. | With CTF disabled, the router stores the entire frame before sending it out to its destination. | ||
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* The holding period may require more of the router' | * The holding period may require more of the router' | ||
- | * WAN-to-LAN performance will depend more on the router model in use. | + | * WAN-to-LAN performance will depend more on the router model. |
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CTF/FastNAT is supported as follows: | CTF/FastNAT is supported as follows: | ||
* ARM Routers (like the RT-AC68U, RT-AC3200, R7000) support CTF. | * ARM Routers (like the RT-AC68U, RT-AC3200, R7000) support CTF. | ||
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* MIPS RT-N routers (like the E4200v1, RT-N16) can use Broadcom FastNAT | * MIPS RT-N routers (like the E4200v1, RT-N16) can use Broadcom FastNAT | ||
- | * FastNAT is a similar function to forward at accelerated speeds. | ||
* MIPS RT-AC routers (like the RT-AC66U) do not support CTF or FastNAT. | * MIPS RT-AC routers (like the RT-AC66U) do not support CTF or FastNAT. | ||
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- | On ARM-based | + | On ARM devices, you can expect performance in the range of 200 to 400 Mb/s with CTF enabled. |
- | \\ **Enable Jumbo Frames | + | \\ **Enable Jumbo Frames: |
- | The default | + | The default Jumbo Frames |
- | The jumbo frames | + | This feature is supported |
- | The asterisk (*) indicates that not all hardware models support this feature. | + | \\ |
- | **Jumbo Frame Size: | + | **Jumbo Frame Size: |
- | Generally, enable Jumbo Frames | + | If disabled, default frame size is 2 Kbytes. (Default: off). Generally, enable Jumbo Frames if you frequently transfer large files within your LAN. To function, all devices must support Jumbo Frames. |
- | You are strongly advised | + | It is best to leave this disabled unless you have specific requirements for it. Using Jumbo Frames means Internet traffic |
- | The asterisk (*) indicates that not all hardware models support this feature. | + | Not all hardware models support this feature. |
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