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  1. John DeLuca

    QOS Best Set-Up Practices At 1Gbps+ Speeds

    Hi there, I currently have an ISP plan that gives me an advertised 1200Mb/s DL and 40Mb/s UL. Speeds direct to the modem are at or above those speeds. I know when using QOS you want to be 80-90% of your average speeds, but how does one do that at speeds above 1Gb/s, should you go by the speeds...
  2. John DeLuca

    To QOS or not to QOS

    Hello, I have a GT-AX11000 router with a network speeds of 1400 down by 40 up. Is it worth it at this point to run any QOS and sacrifice hardware acceleration or is it best to not run with it. My bufferbloat scores seem to be pretty good without QOS. I have merlin on the router so i have a few...
  3. John DeLuca

    ntpMerlin Creating database table indexes/NTP merlin and unbound.

    Hello NTP merlin seems to be stuck on creating database table indexes as i like an idiot killed the process during install. I just installed unbound and realized it said something about local NTP I went to stop the install until i read up on it. How can i remove all traces of ntp merlin without...
  4. John DeLuca

    GT-AX 11000 issue with Lifx String Lights

    Hello I seem to be having a pairing issue with my lifx sting lights when using Merlin FW. Has happened for a few releases now, I was able to get it to pair a while back but idk what FW# that was. I have a separate 2.4Ghz network with all the settings where they should be for maximum...
  5. John DeLuca

    Unbound Optimizations for Gt-AX11000?

    Hello, there just a quick question are there any decent tweaks to make to unbound config for my router given its horsepower? RN I have no issues I'm just curious. I did change the threads to 2 and increased the ram cache I believe from 8/16 to 128/256 as per a guide I found somewhere on here...
  6. John DeLuca

    Unbound Ipv6 Set-up

    Hello, I was wondering what I had to to do get unbound to work with Ipv6, right now It seems like only Ipv4 is functioning correctly. I was looking in the advanced unbound config and tried to turn on integration IPV6: do-ip6: yes and reboot but it still seems like the v6 is not working...
  7. John DeLuca

    Unbound Unbound_Manager Reboot Issue

    Hello I currently have unbound set up as both my ipv4 and ipv6 DNS address, i have this set up by having the ip of my router being the ipv4/6 dns addresses. An issue i keep having is if I have things set up like this and the system reboots for any reason (I have been having power outages lately)...
  8. John DeLuca

    Unbound Unbound_Manager Questions

    Hello I have two questions about unbound manager, the first is i am trying to optimize my config file as whats stated in the original fourm post about unbound but in that post it says after you save you changes in winscp you should run the rs command. However, rs command is not found when trying...
  9. John DeLuca

    Any Way To Run Pi-hole On Merlin

    Hello I was just wondering if there was a practical way to run pihole on merlin? I do have an Odroid XU4 i usually use for this purpose but curiosity got the better of me and I figured I would ask lol.
  10. John DeLuca

    QOS on 1gbps network speeds

    Hello I was just reading somewhere that you can’t really use cake QOS above 400mbps. I don’t have a Merlin router yet but I was wondering is there a “special” QOS that is not in the standard firmware that you can use for faster networks that help bufferbloat?
  11. John DeLuca

    Advice AX11000 vs AXE1100 what to buy

    Hello, I am kinda torn on what router to upgrade my gt-ac5300 to. The contenders are either the AX11000 or the AXE11000 the major consideration I have is Merlin FW vs Wifi 6E. I currently do not have any wifi 6e devices but if I upgrade my iPhone next year I assume that will have 6E. I was...
  12. John DeLuca

    GT-AC 5300 vs RT-AX88 LAN

    Hello there I have an odd question, between the GT-AC 5300 vs RT-AX88 what on if any will haven better lan and QOS setup? I will be putting Merlin on the AX88 and that’s is kinda why I want to up/sidegrade routers. I game only on LAN so I don’t think dropping from 3 to 2 radios should be that...
  13. John DeLuca

    Whats the best wireless advanced settings

    Hello i was wondering what the optimal values would be for wireless 5ghz in the advanced tab. My major questions are, when the multicast rate is set to auto, will OFDM most likely be used/ are there any benefits to fine tuning the multicast rate. Enabling IGMP Snooping have any benefits (I have...
  14. John DeLuca

    Gt-Ac 5300 qos help

    Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me decipher what this log means. Apr 16 02:59:46 kernel: ioctl_iqos_op_switch(1) fail! Apr 16 02:59:49 kernel: ERR[__parse_app_rule:575] Failed to parse app rule catid value Apr 16 02:59:49 kernel: ERR[parse_qos_conf:1038] Invalid config syntax at line...
  15. John DeLuca

    GT-AC5300... Any news or updates on support

    Hello I was wondering if there was any possibly that the GT-AC5300 will be supported any time soon? There are a lot of us who really want support for it, the hardware is a godsend for opensorce firmware and it’s just sitting there as a diamond in the rough. A lot of people would be greatfull and...
  16. John DeLuca

    Crazy idea: Overclocking R9000 need help (annapurna labs alpine cpu)

    Hello would any one happen to know how to overclock via ssh for an annapurna labs alpine based router? I'm using dd-wdr but can't seem to find any way to overlock this or any other atheros router. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. John DeLuca

    "Best" open source firmware for Netgear X10

    Hello I was wondering what is the best open source firmware for me. I would like a firmware that lets me increase the TX strength (energy to antennas) good for VPN and has good QOS/bufferbloat control for gaming. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. John DeLuca

    Netgear showdown: Nighthawk X8 vs. X10

    Hello all how are you? I was wondering what router is "better" for my needs. Spec wise you may think it's a no brainer with the X10 1.7ghz Quad core processor vs the 1.3ghz dual core. However things get stick when you look at the wireless specs. The X10 has 802.11ac Quad Stream Wave2 WiFi plus...
  19. John DeLuca

    What router to buy? (Ok with 3rd party firmware,400mb down/45mb up speeds, gaming and a large house)

    Hello techies how are you? I was wondering what new router to buy. I have a large house to cover with wifi, internet speeds of 400mb down/45mb up and am a gamer. Right now I have the new GT-AC5300 hardware wise it looks amazing but my parents are getting pissed off at the router dropping out...
  20. John DeLuca

    CHanging TX power/OC and bufferbloat

    Hello I was wondering if there was a way to increase the TX strength of a rt-ac5300? If I OC it is there any estimates for what I should set it too? Lastly is there any settings or scrips I can run to decrease buffer bloat because I have a lot of bloat lol.
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