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XR500 Qos and Geo Filter not working
Hello,
So I recently bought a newer router and modem for better gaming connection/speeds. I bought the XR500 and the CM1000.
Currently we are paying for 150mbps Download and 10mbps Upload. With the ISP provided Gateway, we got about 110 Download and 10 Upload speeds on speedtest.net. After switching to the XR500 and CM1000, Speedtests say im getting 73mbps Download and 8mbps Upload. Not sure what is causing the slower speeds? We are using Suddenlink for ISP (Cable connection).
Also the GeoFilter Does not seem to work. I set it to my state, While playing Modern Warfare on my PC, Im still getting paired to people across the US. Even though its set to 300 miles (Covering my whole state). Ive tried adding my PC to the Devices and that seems to have not effect.
The Qos doesnt seem to work either unless im reading it wrong. I set the phones we have on our internet to 4mbps download and on the Netword Snapshot, It still shows them peaking at 7Mbps (Past what I set for them). Anti-Bufferbloat is set to the reccommended 70% for Upload and Download.
While playing on Modern Warfare tonight, My ping was jumping from the average 70-90 to 400-500+. Causing Rubberbanding in game and massive Lag spikes (Didnt do this prior to today). But at the time we had an Xbox One playing Warzone, Me on my PC playing Modern Warfare, a phone streaming Netflix and a Phone watching a video on Google.
In Qos Ive tried setting the Xbox and PC to have 30% bandwidth each, and the other devices have roughly 4% each. Am I setting that correctly? PC and Xbox are on a Wired Connection, everything else is WIFI.
Ive also tried changing my DNS servers to Preferred 1.1.1.1, Alternate 1.0.0.1 In windows. AND in the DumaOS Software the Primary is 1.1.1.1, Secondary is 1.0.0.1, Third is 8.8.8.8. With no change in latency/Speeds.
10 Replies
- Firstly, have you put your expected speeds into the Anti-Bufferbloat options? It can take a few days for the speeds to go back to normal after syncing with the ISP. Remove your PC from the Geo-Filter, in the Device Manager set the PC to a Playstation or Xbox and re-add it to the Geo-Filter. Use the Call of Duty profile and then in the Geo-Filter Map options put Ping Assist to 0. For QoS set Anti-Bufferbloat to 'Always' and leave Traffic Prioritization as it is. With Bandwidth Allocation as Share excess is enabled any device can get more bandwidth if it needs it from devices that aren't using their full allocation.
Yes I do have expected speeds in the anti_bufferbload. And at the reccomended 70%. I waited a day to reply just to see how it work and it started searching for lobbies with 25ms ping to start. Sometimes id get into a match with 35-39ms ping (best I have got so far). And sometimes I would get into a match with 80-90ms ping. Living in AZ, Im not sure if ill always have that ping or not but at least its helped some. Stil not the best but better than nothing. Also with those GeoFilter settings, I was finally able to see the Auto Host stuff on the Map, So now I can see where the Host is at.
- Okay so the 70% is what is bringing your speeds down, this is expected in order to eliminate local congestion, in reality you shouldn't notice much of a difference on real world file downloading speeds. 35 ms isn't too bad. What is your ping if you do speedtest.net to the closest when no other devices are using the internet?
