[Bug]: 10x performance drop in network using raspap

[frankozland]

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Operating System

Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) Lite Bookworm

Quick install or Manual setup?

Quick install

Onboard wireless chipset or external adapter?

Onboard wireless chipset

Hardware

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

RaspAP version

3.1.3 (Latest)

Other software or services running with RaspAP?

No other software

Contact details (optional)

frankoz95967943@gmail.com

Bug description

Topology - (fibre) -> vn router ->(ethernet) -> asus router configured as an access point

Scenario 1 - linux manjaro desktop connected directly to asus router via ethernet cable
(fibre) -> vn router ->(ethernet) -> asus router configured as an access point ->(ethernet)->linux manjaro desktop
Scenario 2 - linux manjaro desktop connected via wifi to RaspAP
(fibre) -> vn router ->(ethernet) -> asus router configured as an access point ->(ethernet)->raspberry pi running raspap -> wifi (5g) -> linux manjaro desktop
Scenario 3 - linux manjaro desktop connected via wifi to to asus router configured as an access point (wifi 5ghz)

RaspAP config - ad blocking is off, its set up with a fresh install, updated os. No RaspAP api, no vpns except openvpn which is disabled.

I've set the country code. there are no dongles or any other hardware installed.

When i run scenario 1 - performance is 285mbps down, 282mbps up
When i run scenario 2 - performance is 25.61down, 21.22 up - and its connected 5ghz
When i run scenario 3 - performance is 282mbps down, 66.4mbps up

So the question i have - what is causing the 10x slowdown on the raspberry?
Would a second eth device - instead of wifi - help?

The device is a raspberry pi 4b 4gb.

here is the ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 xxxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0
inet6 xxxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether xxxxx txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 452785 bytes 479511354 (457.2 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 432398 bytes 324271941 (309.2 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 1148 bytes 106828 (104.3 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 1148 bytes 106828 (104.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet xxxxx netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.3.141.255
inet6 fxxxxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether xxxxx txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 237201 bytes 151939142 (144.9 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 277203 bytes 299600264 (285.7 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Steps to reproduce

install fresh, follow raspap quick install instructions

Screenshots

No response

Additional context

No response

Relevant log output

hostap log

wlan0: interface state ENABLED->DISABLED
wlan0: AP-DISABLED 
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING 
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr xxxxx and ssid "raspi-webgui"
wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED
wlan0: AP-ENABLED 
wlan0: interface state ENABLED->DISABLED
wlan0: AP-DISABLED 
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING 
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr dc:a6:32:5e:6a:05 and ssid "raspi-webgui"
wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED
wlan0: AP-ENABLED 
wlan0: STA xxxxx IEEE 802.11: associated
wlan0: AP-STA-CONNECTED xxxxx
wlan0: STA xxxxx RADIUS: starting accounting session 03BA94B7357885A8
wlan0: STA xxxxx WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
wlan0: STA xxxxx IEEE 802.11: disassociated
wlan0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED xxxxx
wlan0: STA xxxxx IEEE 802.11: disassociated

[frankozland]

one more thing - on the raspberry pi itself - if i run speedtest-cli - performance is excpetionally good and matches the hi speed performance of scenario 1 and scenario 3

speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from VNPT (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by MobiFone (Ho Chi Minh) [9.17 km]: 5.251 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 285.58 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 269.14 Mbit/s
dave@raspberrypirouter:~ $

[billz]

https://docs.raspap.com/faq/#433ac

[billz]

This is a limitation of the hardware, not of RaspAP itself.

[frankozland]

ok - so the assumption is that this is wifi network related.
so if i instead install eth1 that will eliminate this performance hit.

Is that correct?

It seems odd that the raspberry is actually performing same local on tests until you go thru raspap, hostapd, dnsmasq.... if i go eth1 the speed should increase 10x - i have an eth1 to test which i plan to do shortly.