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Bad bufferbloat with RAX120
Im getting a D rating of bufferbloat during the Upload with the RAX120. Is this solved with a gaming specific router only?
microchip8 wrote:
No it's not. I use an R7800 and get a solid A and A+ on bufferbloat. In the past I had always D. Then was forced to changed modem (due to internet subscription upgrade) and now get A/A+ on the tests. Bufferbloat can be caused by many things, not just the router used
When I had cable internet I could change the modem, now with fiber that is not an option.
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
It might also help if you told people what the modem is in front of this router. The model number could be useful. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?
1.0.0.64 there is no newer firmware and there is no modem, Im on fiber and the modem is a Optical Network Terminal.
dmystic1 wrote:
...and the modem is a Optical Network Terminal.
Good, that rules out one of the common causes of problems.
It also means that you have lost me. I should be so lucky as to have an ONT.
Do you see any symptoms of this bufferbloat? Or is it just a number you saw in the logs?
I ask because it can be easier to deal with symptoms than to get worked up over arcane measurements.
It's just from reports on dslreports.com .