ya that was it,MayorOfToronto wrote: ↑ Probably bufferbloat. You could use a bandwidth limiter on your router and set it to what your're paying for (or slightly less). That should solve it.
I have a 500/30 download/upload cable service from Teksavvy and got the results below. What should I set for the bandwidth limiter and which section in the router settings do I find this? I'm using an Asus Ax88u router.MayorOfToronto wrote: ↑ Probably bufferbloat. You could use a bandwidth limiter on your router and set it to what your're paying for (or slightly less). That should solve it.
You will need a router with QOS,
Thanks I found the setting. Is it the "Bandwidth Limiter" that I want or the "Adaptive QoS" or "Traditional QoS"? In the "Bandwidth Limiter", it appears that I have to apply the download/upload limits to specific devices rather than as a universal setting for all devices.sf1 wrote: ↑ You will need a router with QOS setting,
basically you set the download and upload speed to what you subscribed or lower,
depends on the firmware, sometimes they call it downlink/uplink or inbound/outbound bandwidth.
in your case I guess you will have to adjust your download since the latency is showing only on download test,
and if you still get high latency then you can try back it down -1 at a time until you get good latency.
I googled up your model and found this:enigma54 wrote: ↑ Thanks I found the setting. Is it the "Bandwidth Limiter" that I want or the "Adaptive QoS" or "Traditional QoS"? In the "Bandwidth Limiter", it appears that I have to apply the download/upload limits to specific devices rather than as a universal setting for all devices.
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Yes, you use the bandwidth limiter.enigma54 wrote: ↑ Thanks I found the setting. Is it the "Bandwidth Limiter" that I want or the "Adaptive QoS" or "Traditional QoS"? In the "Bandwidth Limiter", it appears that I have to apply the download/upload limits to specific devices rather than as a universal setting for all devices.
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If I use my router address as the target, won't my speeds for transferring files from my PC to my NAS or another device be limited to 500 Mbps? My router and switches are 1 Gbps, so I'd be getting half the speeds for these internal transfers?MayorOfToronto wrote: ↑ Yes, you use the bandwidth limiter.
If you're paying for 500/20 then set it to 500/20
Or you can set it to 480/17 or something like that.
For the target, use your router address (x.x.x.1) or network address (x.x.x.0). It's been a while since I had an Asus router so I'm not sure which one it accepts but either should work.
Adaptive will have service based QoS whereas a bandwidth limiter will treat all traffic as the same.
Adaptive may work better if you're a gamer or have a VoIP service that has latency issues.
It only affects LAN to WAN traffic.
first you test your speed(3-5 times and use the average) what it actually is with a single device connected to the net. Then use adaptive qos. chose cake_sqm(I think merlin offers options like that). try 10% lower of your speedtest for each rate and then test bufferbloat. Test/Adjust each lower% till you get the highest rating you can.enigma54 wrote: ↑ Thanks I found the setting. Is it the "Bandwidth Limiter" that I want or the "Adaptive QoS" or "Traditional QoS"? In the "Bandwidth Limiter", it appears that I have to apply the download/upload limits to specific devices rather than as a universal setting for all devices.
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