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QOS settings for 1 gig down/40 meg up, Xfinity cable modem
Hi, I’ve been a competitive video gamer for a long time and have just recently decided to buy my own equipment rather than use the ISPs equipment (shocker I know). I love the NETGEAR nighthawk gaming routers and have bought two of them since my switch from my isp cable/modem. I have been using the xr500 and I love it but can’t seem to get my settings down properly. I have fun and have success but it’s a very inconsistent connection experience periodically. There are sometimes 12 devices connected to my network. Most being phones, tablets, laptops, streaming devices, etc. I get 1000 mbps download and 43 mbps upload.
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- What is the average ping you're getting to the game as shown by the Geo-Filter? Generally with your speeds you don't really need to use QoS as it is unlikely that you'll experience local congestion but what QoS settings are you using at the moment?
- The ping varies, I’ll have to check in game. I have QoS enabled, anti bufferbloat at 70% for down and 100% for up because that speed is lower. I have ipv6 enabled as it works better with my isp’s dns servers. I have disabled QoS before and it lags in most games. It’s just not smooth.
- You will need to use QoS for upload as that is what games primarily use, you also have plenty as games barely use any bandwidth. Use 70% for upload to start with.
