Hi there, Can anyone help me with what the best qos and bufferbloat settings I have 48 down 19 up, mainly for the PS4 and a few other devices like phones and tv but nothing major. Can see that 70% is reccomended on both but with my downloads being quite low is this not limiting the amount to play with? also on the pie chart where i can dedicate the percentage of download and upload what should i set the PS4 at? finding that having it said to never for bufferbloat is giving me smoother gameplay but this defeats the object of the feature.

Anything maybe possible at this point. Over all gaming should be good. You can re-enable any of these settings after testing if you think nothing has changed. I would so set up the sliders for 99% and test to see how gaming does. Then you can gradually test with sliding the siders to a lower setting if you need.

Hi there - I would recommend 70% / 70% for those speeds, and set to 'High Priority Traffic Detected' Mode so it only kicks in when you're playing games. For Bandwidth Allocation, the PS4 shouldn't need anything more than 30%, but you can give it 100% if you like. So long as Share Excess is enabled, it will automatically reallocate bandwidth to any device that needs it when it's not required by the original device. See this guide for more info: http://support.netduma.com/support/solutions/articles/16000077073-dumaos-optimal-settings-guide-qos-step-3-

Jack, thanks for the quick reply, so the bandwith allocation if i set to 100% and share excess like the bufferbloat settings only kicks in when playing games is that right? Also i have business BT braodband and have the option to get a static ip from them, would you reccomend i use that and setup on my XR500 in the settings? my line has the potential to get 74 download so thinking i may get slight better speeds on static possibly. if you could give me your opinion on having a statis ip that would be great.

Well sort of, whatever allocation you set would be allocated from the 100% of your bandwidth. When you then game it will allocate the set percentage based on the new total bandwidth you've set on Anti-Bufferbloat.Not sure if you'd get better speeds that way but a lot of people avoid static IPs if possible from ISPs due to the fact if someone has your IP then you could not change it if they decide to DDoS you for example. If dynamic then a reboot would resolve it.

If there is only me using bandwith on the PS4 say late at night when everyone is asleep would disabling the QOS benefit me or not? Obviously if there was congestion from other users then the QOS would do it's job but as it is not needed im thinking i can leave off. Reason i ask is because when i turn the QOS off i get better speeds when i do speed tests compared to when it is turned on.

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Netduma_Jack
NetDuma Partner
Oct 19, 2018
Hi there - I would recommend 70% / 70% for those speeds, and set to 'High Priority Traffic Detected' Mode so it only kicks in when you're playing games.

For Bandwidth Allocation, the PS4 shouldn't need anything more than 30%, but you can give it 100% if you like. So long as Share Excess is enabled, it will automatically reallocate bandwidth to any device that needs it when it's not required by the original device.

See this guide for more info: http://support.netduma.com/support/solutions/articles/16000077073-dumaos-optimal-settings-guide-qos-step-3-
- P44EFC
  Apprentice
  Oct 19, 2018
  Jack,
  
  thanks for the quick reply, so the bandwith allocation if i set to 100% and share excess like the bufferbloat settings only kicks in when playing games is that right?
  
  Also i have business BT braodband and have the option to get a static ip from them, would you reccomend i use that and setup on my XR500 in the settings?
  
  my line has the potential to get 74 download so thinking i may get slight better speeds on static possibly.
  
  if you could give me your opinion on having a statis ip that would be great.
  - Netduma-Fraser
    NetDuma Partner
    Oct 19, 2018
    Well sort of, whatever allocation you set would be allocated from the 100% of your bandwidth. When you then game it will allocate the set percentage based on the new total bandwidth you've set on Anti-Bufferbloat.
    
    Not sure if you'd get better speeds that way but a lot of people avoid static IPs if possible from ISPs due to the fact if someone has your IP then you could not change it if they decide to DDoS you for example. If dynamic then a reboot would resolve it.
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 06, 2018
I'll comment and you can see if anything helps until Fraser comes back.

You don't need to put the PS in the DMZ, as it's not recommended for gaming.

The best configuration would be to just enable uPnP, disable any Port Forwarding configurations. Set a IP address reservation for the PS game console.

If your the only one gaming while online and if nobody else is needing bandwidth, you can set both sliders to 99%. If others are streaming or using internet bandwith, then try the sliders at the recommended 70% so your not starving others who need some bandwidth. I game late evening to late night so I keep my silders at 99%.

What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?

P44EFC wrote:

Hi there,

Can anyone help me with what the best qos and bufferbloat settings I have 48 down 19 up, mainly for the PS4 and a few other devices like phones and tv but nothing major.

Can see that 70% is reccomended on both but with my downloads being quite low is this not limiting the amount to play with?

also on the pie chart where i can dedicate the percentage of download and upload what should i set the PS4 at?

finding that having it said to never for bufferbloat is giving me smoother gameplay but this defeats the object of the feature.
- P44EFC
  Apprentice
  Nov 07, 2018
  Thanks for jumping in on this,
  
  I have BT infinity 2 broadband so i picked up an openreach modem off ebay to go with the XR500, heard that is a good one and was very cheap, if you think another would be better let me know.
  
  I will take the ps4 out of DMZ then as to be fair it hasn't been great since i did that.
  
  One thing i have changed after seeking advice is contact my ISP and got them to take the interleaving off my line, was informed that for gaming it was better to have the latency as fast path and as of yesterday since the switch over it has been more responsive.
  
  A little early to presume it has completely improved but early signs are good.
  
  could you look into my question in message 13 i have a scren shot and was asking if that was all correct, obviously i will untick the dmz part tonight but what about the other options especially the BT IGMP proxying should i use that being with BT?
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 07, 2018
    Does this modem have a built in router or is it just a modem? There a model# on this modem?
    
    I don't know if #13 or have any exeprience with that. I presume it's a ON or OFF feature and I would start by Disabling this feature and test gaming and any other items you may be using thru the router. I believe this may deal with specific BT communications when you may not need. So try it with out first. If you notice something not working correctly with your services, then try it enabled. It should effect any game though.

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