Try the latest firmware for the C1200 and see if it helps. Please report back so I can update my thread here. https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4269752

They seem to be updating their websites. If you go to tplink.com.my (without the dash), you'd be redirected to test.tp-link.com/en. From there you can see the latest firmware for the C1200v1 which seems to be the same as the one on the UK site.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Sep 2 2017, 02:51 AM

diversity Does the latest firmware remove the C1200's Covfefe-Break* feature?
*Covfefe-Break: TPLink takes into account your love for coffee by allowing just enough time to make a cup when you turn on the router. Approx: 5 mins.

That should be all you need to do. Verify BTU is working and got link. Check lan cables, which port router to which port BTU. Check router logs for clues. The answer is there, just need to look in the correct place.

Yes, BTU's the modem.

If the old router works and you say everything is in order then the only thing left is the new router. How did you come to this conclusion: "still i cant connect" ?

Have you checked the router logs?

Look for anything related to PPP or PPPoE in the logs. Can you verify that the C7 WAN port is connected to LAN1 (or the LAN port that worked for the old router) of the modem?

Can you post a screenshot of Advanced/Network/VLAN?

This post has been edited by soonwai: Sep 5 2017, 04:50 PM

No worries. Just a silly mistake.

1492 bytes is fine. 1492 = 1500 -2-6 bytes for PPP & PPPoE overhead respectively. It’s the highest you can go. Any higher you’ll get fragmented packets.
To play it safe, 1480 is also ok for a slight, mostly unnoticeable, decrease in performance.

btw, just FYI: TM's DIR-850L defaults to 1492. Archer C1200 to 1480, not 100% sure. Mikrotik 1480.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Sep 5 2017, 10:52 PM

Oh no, those are just the values that the router defaults to. The actual value to use depends on the ISP or network. PPPoE is 1492. If there's additional encapsulation, the value will be lower. You can use lower if you want to. It shouldn't affect things but sometimes it does. Like what happened here: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4206500

If dying during torrents, usually means not enough RAM. What's the max connection you set in your torrent client? Try reducing that and find a sweet spot. Mine is set to 10000 but it never reaches that high.

Sorry, 10000 is for my Mikrotik router.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Nov 20 2017, 08:32 PM

Yeah, in that case, definitely memory leak. Bad firmware.

What phone? It would depend on how many streams the phone has. iPhone 6s, for example, will perform about the same as the MacBook at 2.4GHz.

That’s just plain misleading if not wrong. You’re saying it’s like Street Churros when it’s more a Krispy Kreme.

That looks too artificial.


2.4GHz 6dBi Dipole Omnidirectional Radiation Pattern


5Ghz 6dBi Dipole Omnidirectional Radiation Pattern

Quite clear 5Ghz is better.

Why?

Alex9182
I've only used these 2 models. C5 has speed limiting, C1200 doesn't.

Model?

A few of the newer models like C1200 has VPN but no speed limiting. The older ones like C5 has speed limiting but no VPN.

Speed control and QoS are 2 separate things which can be dis/enabled independently.

That’s correct, no QoS when Boost is on. Generally speaking, in order for the above to work, “NAT Boost” needs to be disabled because “NAT Boost” allows traffic to bypass the CPU (to speed things up) whereas speed control and QoS requires the cpu’s attention so it can exercise some form of control.

NAT Boost is also why a cheap router can handle a 500mbps internet connection which normally requires a much more expensive router.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Mar 21 2018, 10:42 AM

I'm not clear on what you want to do and I'm not familiar with TP-Link but here goes.
1. HyppTV doesn't use NAT so I'm not sure why you're asking about this specifically.
2. NAT Boost affects the whole router. On will disable speed limit (and QoS). But off or on should have no effect on HyppTV traffic.

On a my router, a Mikrotik, same thing applies.
1. NAT Boost called Fasttrack here also must be off for any QoS or speed limit to work.
2. HyppTV traffic is accelerated (not for increased speed, more for less CPU usage) by another component called Fastpath. This works even when Fasttrack is off.
3. There's a 3rd way and that is to offload HyppTV traffic to the switch chip. This is the fastest, practically 0% cpu usage.

It shouldn't be, NAT Boost on/off should not affect HyppTV, but I don't know. Maybe C1200 owners can chime in.