Darrellr
01-06-13, 14:54
A discussion about this is in the '3.8.3' thread I thought it would be easier for other users to have a separate thread with this info in. Apologies if I am breaching a rule - please delete if I have.
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For those that want to improve network performance on their Gigablue Quad receivers it is possible to add a USB2.0 gigabit ethernet adapter. I bought the Digitus DN-10150-1 adapter from amazon for £16.70 (inc. P&P) which has a LAN7500 chipset, there are two other major variants based on ASIX chipsets (AX88178 = usb2, AX88179 = usb3).
The procedure to get a LAN7500 based device is as follows:
1. Connect the USB device
2. (For kernel 3.3.6 only) Connect LAN cable to your original interface and download the kernel package kernel-module-smsc75xx_3.3.6-r0.0_gbquad.ipk from
http://feeds.hdfreaks.cc/V2.1/gbquad/gbquad/ftp it to /tmp and manually install using the menus - it can be installed in either vix or om2 images.
3. Connect the ethernet cable to the usb device
4. Restart the box.
5. Select network and you will see a second network interface is now available in the adapter menu. Turn off the original internal one and turn on and configure the 'new' one.
My tests using filezilla ftp and my laptop via wifi (450 mbps connection) & cable (gigabit) are as follows:
wifi: 120 mbps read and 85 mbps write
ethernet cable: constant 256 mbps (29.7 mB/s) read and a very variable write (150-200 mbps) averaging ~ 19mB/s
CPU utilization was 30% for FTP process. I suspect the 256 mbps read rate is a ceiling as it was flatlined.
using samba and windows file manger the rates were 20% lower @ 205 mbps read and 135 mbps write
NB: The Digitus USB dongle gets VERY hot
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For those that want to improve network performance on their Gigablue Quad receivers it is possible to add a USB2.0 gigabit ethernet adapter. I bought the Digitus DN-10150-1 adapter from amazon for £16.70 (inc. P&P) which has a LAN7500 chipset, there are two other major variants based on ASIX chipsets (AX88178 = usb2, AX88179 = usb3).
The procedure to get a LAN7500 based device is as follows:
1. Connect the USB device
2. (For kernel 3.3.6 only) Connect LAN cable to your original interface and download the kernel package kernel-module-smsc75xx_3.3.6-r0.0_gbquad.ipk from
http://feeds.hdfreaks.cc/V2.1/gbquad/gbquad/ftp it to /tmp and manually install using the menus - it can be installed in either vix or om2 images.
3. Connect the ethernet cable to the usb device
4. Restart the box.
5. Select network and you will see a second network interface is now available in the adapter menu. Turn off the original internal one and turn on and configure the 'new' one.
My tests using filezilla ftp and my laptop via wifi (450 mbps connection) & cable (gigabit) are as follows:
wifi: 120 mbps read and 85 mbps write
ethernet cable: constant 256 mbps (29.7 mB/s) read and a very variable write (150-200 mbps) averaging ~ 19mB/s
CPU utilization was 30% for FTP process. I suspect the 256 mbps read rate is a ceiling as it was flatlined.
using samba and windows file manger the rates were 20% lower @ 205 mbps read and 135 mbps write
NB: The Digitus USB dongle gets VERY hot