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XR500 Setup Help - Issues / Concerns With Performance
I recently purchased the XR500 AND S8000 (bundle from Costco for price of XR500). I will try to be as specific as I can with my setup and the issues / concerns I'm experiencing.
My Setup: Cabl...
BIG_DOG wrote:
Hi.
I have both as you do. You should have EVERYTHING going through the S8000, no other wired device should be connected to the XR500 at all. The S8000 has it's own QOS and port prioritisation which you are bypassing and not getting the full potential. Another problem is that you are not using another router as an AP for the wifi as that should also be connected to the S8000. This is the ideal setup.
If you remove the S8000 from the equasion the XR500 can handle it all without any issues and you should have no need for a managed switch. I have an AP and also another router running a seperate network for my kids which is why I have the S8000 on my network setup.
Do I still keep QoS enabled on the XR500? And, will Geo-Filter / Anti-Bufferbloat / other features of the XR500 still provide its benefits?
Hi. part of my post did not work, so here is the rest of it.
as for your speed issues with your switch I suggest you read the user manual as this explains the differing presets such as gaming: Here
Gaming preset for example give critical priority to port 8 upload and port 1 for gaming. The manual will explain the differing presets and the bandwidth allocation it provides. It will also show you how to manually set port speed limits to eliminate lag if other devices are using 4k streaming for example.
I use XR500 bufferbloat and geo filtering too so you have no problem with using the features on the XR500. It is just that if you are using the S8000 or any other managed switch it is advisable to use another router as an AP if that router supports that feature and place that behind the switch also so the switch manages the bandwidth flow.
Just replied with this on our own forum too so posting here:
BiggShooter - hopefully most of your questions are answered by Big-Dog. To answer one of your concerns:
It seems that no matter what I do with Anti-Bufferbloat settings (On or Off) / QoS settings (On or Off) / Traffic Prioritization settings / Geo-Filter settings), my PING remains the same (between 20 and 24 using PingPlotter App)
This makes sense that you are not seeing a change. The QoS settings are there to prevent congestion from making your ping spike far above its base level. Your base level appears to be around 20ms, a good connection, so toggling these settings when there's no congestion your network would have no affect. If you really want to test it out, you should disable QoS, flood your connection with a lot of traffic e.g. speedtests, torrents etc. You should see your ping go up. If you then apply all the QoS settings, it will return to normal.
As for the Geo-Filter - it is designed to get you a local, nearby server for a lower ping. So a PingPlotter test would not be able to measure this because it just pings the same server each time. For ESO, you don;t need to force a local server because it's an MMORPG. Just leave it in spectating mode so you can see the ping to the server when you are playing.
