Found a Bug in ASUS firmware..

[hyelton]

So.. I think I found out why my QoS was NOT working... For traditional QoS at least. (Dynamic QoS solved nothing at all)

Upload Bandwidth and Download Bandwidth are SWAPPED!!!


I put my download speed under "Upload Bandwidth"
And my Upload speed under "Download bandwidth"


So how long has this been broken like this?? Last time I tried QoS with an ASUS router was just over a year ago and QoS never worked. Thought I'd swap them and INSTANTLY QoS is finally working. Also occurs with Merlin as well.


I found posts from last year of users thinking QoS was broken but seems to be indeed the settings are swapped. Why wouldnt have ASUS already noticed this?

 

[cybrnook]

So how long has this been broken like this??

Years. A quick google search would confirm that.

 

[hyelton]

Years. A quick google search would confirm that.

Every google search ive found just said it was broken. I haven't seen anything about people pointing out it actually works if you reverse the two settings.


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[RMerlin]

The values aren't just "swapped", or otherwise you would have the same issue on MIPS models. The root problem is more complicated than that.

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[hyelton]

The values aren't just "swapped", or otherwise you would have the same issue on MIPS models. The root problem is more complicated than that.

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Yeah but QoS is working perfectly now! I'm actually able to use this router with no buffer bloat issues.


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[ColinTaylor]

I haven't seen anything about people pointing out it actually works if you reverse the two settings.

There have been numerous posts suggesting that as a possible solution. By as Merlin pointed out it's not a real solution, it only appears to work for some people in some circumstances.

 

[bbunge]

From my experience downloads in IPV4 show on the Download Bandwidth meter and downloads on IPV6 show on the Upload Bandwidth meter. With QOS set to Automatic I have no issues. I believe setting QOS to manual can limit IPV6 downloads to the QOS Upload Bandwidth setting. Of course this is from my observations and not scientific discovery.

 

[hyelton]

From my experience downloads in IPV4 show on the Download Bandwidth meter and downloads on IPV6 show on the Upload Bandwidth meter. With QOS set to Automatic I have no issues. I believe setting QOS to manual can limit IPV6 downloads to the QOS Upload Bandwidth setting. Of course this is from my observations and not scientific discovery.

I don't use IPV6.

Auto still causes random buffer bloat when downloading at times.

But so far things seem great now that I've swapped those settings


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