Draytek 2860 WAN throughput

FlailingNinja · 31 Dec 2015 at 23:26

Hi

Does anyone know the actual max WAN > LAN throughput of the 2860?

Virgin have just enabled 200Mbps for me which is fine when using the SH2 as the router (hits just over 220Mbps) but when I put that into modem mode and then into the WAN port of the draytek I'm maxing out at ~155.

I'm leaning towards this being a draytek throughput issue although the specs suggest I should be capable of up to 300Mbps.

Thanks

FlailingNinja · 1 Jan 2016 at 00:09

Hyburnate said:
If the above is correct and it has a 300Mbps WAN throughput then that is your issue. That throughput will be duplex so will be split in half for downstream and upstream.

So I could push 150 up and pull 150 down but never 300 down and 0 up? If so i misunderstood that when I purchased it

Shame, been the perfect router otherwise. Ball ache now of finding another router that meets all the same requirements.

FlailingNinja · 1 Jan 2016 at 15:41

Thanks for the info.

I've emailed draytek asking about realistic figures. Seems like I will have to move away from them though as even the next model up will only suffice for the current virgin speed so will be in the same boat again come the next round of speed upgrades.

That smallnetbuilder website seems a good source of info though to start with.

Thanks again

FlailingNinja · 1 Jan 2016 at 23:17

Had a look on the draytek forums as suggested and it seems people have got these running at 300Mbps so not quite ready to rule it out.

Re-installed firmware using the rst version so everything back to default, have everything except VPN setup again and it's getting much closer although still around 10% lower than using the SH2.

Will wait to hear back from draytek and will update post if I can get it working.

If not, it's currently looking like a toss up between the Edgerouter lite or a cisco RV325. Both would require an extra modem for my ADSL backup but the edgerouter would also need a switch installing. Not the end of the world but means going from 1 device to 3.

FlailingNinja · 2 Jan 2016 at 00:59

bremen1874 said:
Replacing the DrayTek (if that proves to be necessary) is an expensive option for the sake of 10% throughput.

Sorry, should have said the above was best effort. It fluctuates between 170 and 190 on speedtest.net, steam and sab. So, still closer but i'd like to have a consistent connection.

FlailingNinja · 2 Jan 2016 at 11:52

babis3g said:
At the DrayTek disable wan 1 (usually enabled by default i think) & all the other wan's such usb (wan>General setup) and see if the wan 2 (only enabled) will go higher speeds

Hi

I tried this after the reset, essentially disabled everything other than WAN2 (wifi, other wan ports, ipv6, only a single lan port active, dos protection) but still the same. I was hoping that if it worked correctly I could enable features one at a time to see if there was a specific feature that was slowing it down.