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optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:00:05 GMT

got a DSL-AC88U I'm trying to get the settings sorted out bt are refusing to help me and telling me to go back to my hub could anyone tell me the dsl modulation, annex mode, vdsl profile and anything else needed. when i set it up I did the bt email with BT password. and in wan settings ive got PPoE with Vland id 101. I just wanted to reduce bufferbloat as its really bad on my bt hub if anyone could walk me through that would be great, Thanks in advance.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:25:57 GMT

@jasonh99

The best way is to use the wizard and select your ISP etc.

The username is bthomehub@btbroadband.com and any password. Actually the username can be anything @btbroadband.com .

The rest should be as the Asus sets it up. I've the AC68U and don't think I've changed any of the default settings for the broadband.

If the wizard doesn't do it for you properly I'll post some images for you.

What broadband are you on BTW. The AC88U supports G.Fast which is up to 150mbs or are you on Fibre 1 or 2?

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:25:37 GMT

Ive set it up and done the wizard I was just wondering if theres any settings i can change to optimise it a bit more. I was hoping to reduce bufferbloat but it hasnt really done anything

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:31:51 GMT

Well these are my DSL settings which are pretty standard I think:-

I will add I don't game.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:33:17 GMT

ah i dont even have 90% of those options

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:34:05 GMT

Do you have QoS set on at all? There is a setting in there for Gaming which might have some influence.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:35:33 GMT

On mine these DSL Settings are under the Administration tab, I think you're looking at the WAN tab.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:37:57 GMT

yeah i'm on the DSL tab in administration i just have a lot less options

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:38:55 GMT

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

licquorice — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:44:41 GMT

@jasonh99 wrote:

got a DSL-AC88U I'm trying to get the settings sorted out bt are refusing to help me

How on earth do you expect BT help desk to be aware of the settings for every third party router on the planet.

You wouldn't ring Ford for advice on a Vauxhall.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:46:24 GMT

What about an image of the DSL Log in System Log?

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:49:02 GMT

wasn't expecting them to know anything asus support told me to contact them and ask. thanks for the helpful reply 🙂

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:54:52 GMT

@licquorice

Not unreasonable for Asus to suggest calling BT and now @jasonh99 is just trying to get some help from the friendly community here😊

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:56:19 GMT

@jasonh99

Have you got an image of the DSL Log as that might help.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:58:20 GMT

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:06:20 GMT

The only things that strike me are :-

1 . Your Interleave Depth is incredibly high. It should zero and should be on Fast Path not interleaved.

2. The Power setting is odd. Mine is 11.2dbm and 6.6 dbm and yours are negative. Could be some fault on the line.

I'm pretty sure the above is what's causing your problems.

Do you keep rebooting the Asus or are you getting constant disconnects?

I#ll have to go in aminute but will be back tomorrow.

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:07:56 GMT

i was messing around with settings and it disconnects on each apply then i switched them all back but it was disconnecting a lot earlier

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 02:34:42 GMT

I did a factory reset and left it fora few hours which resolved the interleave depth and got it on fast now, but the power is still in negatives any suggestions?

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

TimCurtis — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:20:58 GMT

@jasonh99

Googling the power issue suggests that it's not a problem as the - indicates it's less than 1 milliwatt and that seems to be not uncommon.

Overall now what's your performance like now that you're on fast path & higher speeds?

Re: optimising 3rd party router for gaming and reduce bufferbloat

jasonh99 — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:59:59 GMT

It's better now back to what i was getting on the bt hub and no disconnects. Final thing i was trying to do was setup QoS says i need to create a rule but not sure how to go about that By default, the priority for upload and download bandwidth is "low". If there is no bandwidth priority rule, the priority for both upload and download bandwidth is "low". these are the options i have.