3 VOIP users, 3 standard HD video users, 1 Twitch game streamer, and a router newbie.

[itchyscratchy]

I have a 940/40 Xfinity package, an ASUS RT-86u, and a NETGEAR CM1000,which has been great for my mother and I. My younger sib will be making extended stays, and when there, my network can have 12+ devices, all but two on the wifi radios.

The sib loves to Face Time and Youtube, mom loves Netflix and browse, and I like to game and dual pc stream on Twitch. Game latency spikes from 30-40ms to 170ms, then the Twitch stream (OBS 1080@60 6000kbps) pixelates or freezes when my family starts getting antisocial (says the gamer...? ) and video streaming on a couple devices, or when Face Time is added to the mix.

I have tried Bandwidth Limiting on MAC addresses, and made the family a bit grumpy... not to mentioned it slowed down the whole network. I also tried the adaptive QoS and the fq_CoDel option, and still had problems in-game and with stream. Portforwarding, DHCP IP reservations, and firmware updates haven't helped. Both wired PCs are running on their onboard Intel I219v NICs via CAT7 stp cables (did I get swindled on these cables?).

I can't get a fatter pipe, so is there something I am doing wrong or not doing? Do I need better/more hardware? Something else consumer level I haven't tried? I've tried an ASUS GT-AC5300 and that thing was dropping its second 5GHz band all the time, and I don't really much care for NETGEAR routers. Willing to learn my way around Linux, considering some MikroTik or Ubiquiti routers, APs, and switches. I can also use the 86u in AP mode with something else AFAIK.

 

[itchyscratchy]

I'll put Merlin on and try running FreshJR's Adaptive QoS script. Maybe I'm just over-policing my QoS or things arent being categorized right.

 

[itchyscratchy]

I groped the walls through JFresh's QoS scripts and got a neat result!

Mom's PC. Gigabit cable via wifi to desktop integrated AC radios. fq_CoDel. Not too shabby, but can I get this over copper with 12 wifi devices??

 

[umarmung]

You are trying too many things.

If bufferbloat is your only issue, then just bandwidth limit just the upload of the WAN by 1-5% and test, repeat ad nauseum, until bufferbloat is no longer an issue.

Once that is fixed, you can experiment with doing the same with fq_codel which should permit a higher upload than whatever Asus stock/Merlin default uses because it is more efficient.

 

[itchyscratchy]

You are trying too many things.

If bufferbloat is your only issue, then just bandwidth limit just the upload of the WAN by 1-5% and test, repeat ad nauseum, until bufferbloat is no longer an issue.

Once that is fixed, you can experiment with doing the same with fq_codel which should permit a higher upload than whatever Asus stock/Merlin default uses because it is more efficient.

Ok. I’ll start with the upload.