Re: Zyxel NSA320 : basic support for Debian installation

Memesa Wrote:
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> Recently I've also updated uboot and installed
> debian through the package. I've put the debian
> installation on a 2 GB usb drive, with 1,5 GB ext2
> rootfs and 512 MB swap. After that I formatted my
> 2 TB HDD as ext4.
> However, I think the transfer speeds are less than
> what they were in the original firmware. Currently
> reaching ~20-25 MB/s write speeds and ~40 MB/s
> read utilising approx. 70% of the CPU while doing
> so. Is there any way to improve the performance?

Hi all,
I have same problems like Memesa. I flashed new uboot from davygravy tar package. I've installed kernel and debian rootfs from bodhi 07 Feb 2014 (link) on a 4GB usb stick (ext3 partition). I changed to usb_rootfstype=ext3. I use 2x 2GB Western Digital HDDs with a raid 1. Everything works like a charm except of the network transfer speed.

read speed test - looks good

hdparm -tT --direct /dev/md0

/dev/md0:
 Timing O_DIRECT cached reads:   330 MB in  2.01 seconds = 164.27 MB/sec
 Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 360 MB in  3.00 seconds = 119.99 MB/sec

Please has anyone an idea how I can push the network transfer speed of my NSA320? I don't want to switch back to stock fw.