Hello all. I recently retired a TP-link c7 1750 that i had put open wrt on it. I started having radio shutdowns, its an old router so i decided to search for something new. After reading and watching reviews, i decided to get the ASUS GT-AX6000.
I've noticed that when i max out my ISP download speeds, i loose connection on all devices.
For example:
I download a game from steam, steam shows that i download the game at 100mbits (the max i'm currently getting from my ISP) and everything else stops. I can't open a web page on my phone until the game finished downloading. The request just timeouts. Youtube seems to be able to load the video titles and metadata, but it can't show the thumbnail images of the videos. I can put a download limit in steam but this won't fix my problem.
Example two:
I'm in VRchat. I'm in a group with 10 people and someone joins the lobby. I have to download their avatar, if their avatar is 100 mb, this takes 10 seconds on 100mbit download speed. While this is happening, i loose everything. Everyone freezes for me. I don't hear their voices, its like i loose internet connection, but i continue downloading the avatar. This is really annoying as every time someone joins or someone switches to another avatar i freeze. People tell me that they can see me moving, and talking, but i don't see or hear them. I did not have this before.
My setup is this. ISP router => connected via wire to the AX6000 (first floor) => wired shield tv, wired ISP internet TV box, wired basic TP-Link 1Gbit switch that is on the second floor. On the second floor i have my PC connected via wire and a NAS server to the switch.
The firmware on the AX6000 is 3.0.0.4.386_47039. I don't have anything enabled. No game acceleration features, no AI stuff, no nothing.
I do have static IPs for the NAS, my PC and the shield tv. (same setup as the old router had as i don't want DHCP chanding the IPs).
I thought it was something about the LAN 1 being the gaming port. So i moved to another lan port, same issue. I tried to do speed test and browse on my phone and it works,
I get 100mbits if i don't do anything else on my network.
And i get 95bits if i scroll rapidly on youtube on my phone.
So i assume is that the AX6000 is giving some bandwidh to other devices during the speed test.
I assume that the ax6000 even with everything turned OFF, it still does some QoS in the background, i don't know why its prioritizing avatar download and completly turning off everything else like VoIP and peoples movement.
I'm not sure what the problem is. Its super annoying to be honest. If i can't fix this i will be forced to get another router.
I'm thinking of maybe using the c7 1750 as a basic switch, have the ISP connected to it, lan 1 to go to the switch upstairs, and lan 2 to go to the asus router so i have wifi, and do tests to see if i will have the same problem. (i just got this idea, i will actually try it today or tomorrow)
I can provide a video of the problem and any additional information someone might need to help resolve this problem.
I've noticed that when i max out my ISP download speeds, i loose connection on all devices.
For example:
I download a game from steam, steam shows that i download the game at 100mbits (the max i'm currently getting from my ISP) and everything else stops. I can't open a web page on my phone until the game finished downloading. The request just timeouts. Youtube seems to be able to load the video titles and metadata, but it can't show the thumbnail images of the videos. I can put a download limit in steam but this won't fix my problem.
Example two:
I'm in VRchat. I'm in a group with 10 people and someone joins the lobby. I have to download their avatar, if their avatar is 100 mb, this takes 10 seconds on 100mbit download speed. While this is happening, i loose everything. Everyone freezes for me. I don't hear their voices, its like i loose internet connection, but i continue downloading the avatar. This is really annoying as every time someone joins or someone switches to another avatar i freeze. People tell me that they can see me moving, and talking, but i don't see or hear them. I did not have this before.
My setup is this. ISP router => connected via wire to the AX6000 (first floor) => wired shield tv, wired ISP internet TV box, wired basic TP-Link 1Gbit switch that is on the second floor. On the second floor i have my PC connected via wire and a NAS server to the switch.
The firmware on the AX6000 is 3.0.0.4.386_47039. I don't have anything enabled. No game acceleration features, no AI stuff, no nothing.
I do have static IPs for the NAS, my PC and the shield tv. (same setup as the old router had as i don't want DHCP chanding the IPs).
I thought it was something about the LAN 1 being the gaming port. So i moved to another lan port, same issue. I tried to do speed test and browse on my phone and it works,
I get 100mbits if i don't do anything else on my network.
And i get 95bits if i scroll rapidly on youtube on my phone.
So i assume is that the AX6000 is giving some bandwidh to other devices during the speed test.
I assume that the ax6000 even with everything turned OFF, it still does some QoS in the background, i don't know why its prioritizing avatar download and completly turning off everything else like VoIP and peoples movement.
I'm not sure what the problem is. Its super annoying to be honest. If i can't fix this i will be forced to get another router.
I'm thinking of maybe using the c7 1750 as a basic switch, have the ISP connected to it, lan 1 to go to the switch upstairs, and lan 2 to go to the asus router so i have wifi, and do tests to see if i will have the same problem. (i just got this idea, i will actually try it today or tomorrow)
I can provide a video of the problem and any additional information someone might need to help resolve this problem.
