Do you recommend turning on Adaptive Qos?

[thehello]

I don't understand the benefits from adaptive Qos really. I have 60 Mbps download and 4 Mbps upload and I occasional game on console but mostly surf the web. So my question is should i turn on adaptive Qos?

 

[Chrysalis]

those who have enabled it seem to mostly get good results in helping bufferbloat, which means it should be good for gaming, but I remember one guy saying it caused him issues so turned it off.

 

[snakebite3]

those who have enabled it seem to mostly get good results in helping bufferbloat, which means it should be good for gaming, but I remember one guy saying it caused him issues so turned it off.

Asus updated their Adaptive QoS engine. The next firmware will have another update to it. Give it another try to see if they improved it.

 

[Nullity]

If you connection is usually idle or below 80% utilization, QoS is not really needed.

Any simple QoS setup can improve bufferbloat by changing the bandwidth "pinch-point" to your router (or whatever is doing your QoS/traffic-shaping) instead of your ISP (or ISP-controlled hardware like a modem).

 

[TonyH]

I don't understand the benefits from adaptive Qos really. I have 60 Mbps download and 4 Mbps upload and I occasional game on console but mostly surf the web. So my question is should i turn on adaptive Qos?

When to enable it is when all the clients are active. It makes difference.

 

[chamberc]

For me, on both my AC87's, turning on Adaptive QOS either disables my port forwarding... really strange.

 

[JacquesR]

For me, on both my AC87's, turning on Adaptive QOS either disables my port forwarding... really strange.

How bizarre - I experience the same on my 68U, and it was just by chance that I came across your post, so thanks!

 

[hungarianhc]

Yeah I have some questions about adaptive QoS, related to yours...
1) I have read that it "reduces performance" ~ what exactly does this mean? Does this mean less bandwidth? Higher ping times? USB Performance? Something else?
2) What about standard qos? Does that reduce performance?

I'm just confused because the whole reason I would want QoS is to improve performance, or rather, maximize my bandwidth so that my T-Mobile WiFi calls get preference over everything, followed by my PS4, and my NAS WAN file transfers are ranked at the bottom...

 

[Chrysalis]

I think the difference between adaptive and standard is that adaptive uses propriety trend micro algorithms to classify traffic and prioritize accordingly whilst standard is manual configuration only.

 

[Nullity]

I think the difference between adaptive and standard is that adaptive uses propriety trend micro algorithms to classify traffic and prioritize accordingly whilst standard is manual configuration only.

Exactly.

I want QoS to "adapt" as little as possible. I need dependable latency and bandwidth guarantees with no surprises.

QoS is becoming a synonym for "turbo boooost!!!" when you cannot prioritize one type of traffic without deprioritizing another type. lol... it is obvious but I remember it surprising me.

 

[chamberc]

For me, on both my AC87's, turning on Adaptive QOS either disables my port forwarding... really strange.

Switch NAT method to ASUS from Merlin in the settings... that fixed it to me... my problem was actually accessing subdomain names for resources inside the network, it just appeared the ports were closed.

 

[Chrysalis]

basically if you only care about reducing buffer bloat, and dont want surprises then standard is the best.

But if you like a priority system adaptive is the best.