I'm pretty keen to try FlexQoS, I have an RT-AC88U, I had tried FreshJR some time ago with bad results but I'm 100% sure that was my fault since I didn't understand at the time what bufferbloat is and always told Adaptive QoS that my available bandwidth is the same as my speed tests rather than 80% - 95%
I'm currently using a Nighthawk XR700 pro gaming router that has DumaOS, It has great hardware specs and the firmware is built with QoS as a focus, not sure if you guys are familiar with it.
Although I'm personally not having many issues with the XR700 the firmware does seem glitchy and there are people in their forum with many various issues from IPv6 compatibility, PPPoE problems, extremely slow firmware updates from the devs, and even the best case scenarios people are complaining about "shoot first die first" in their games.
I'm wondering if switching back to my AC88U and using FlexQoS would be a better way to go, curious if anyone has been in a similar situation, having 2 routers, not sure which one to stick with, ideally I'd like to sell one but the XR700 is going to have a major firmware overhaul soon (their "soon" is a very long time, compared to Merlin firmware) but maybe I should wait for now.
Any tips or pointers, pros and cons of FlexQoS would be good to know, and I have a couple of questions,
1. Does the Gaming category automatically detect all games and if not what details do I need in order to add the games I play to it, just the ports the game uses or do I need more info like the Mark (what is Mark?), Local and Remote IPs etc?
2. Do the unidentified games fall into the Other category and I can just position that next to the Gaming category for the same result without providing extra info?
cheers in advance for any help