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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?
You only truly have a bufferbloat problem if you notice it impacting something that you are doing. Is everything is working OK for you, don't worry about it.
Bufferbloat if buffering at 'choke points' (a fat pipe to a small pipe). For example, you are on a VoIP call, and then someone starts a huge Internet download. All of a sudden, buffering occurs within your Internet provider (unless there is software in place to correct this), VoIP packets get seriously delayed, and the VoIP call gets very choppy:
Same thing on the upload path. Your LAN is the 'big pipe' and (since you said bufferbloat was detected) somewhere between you and the internet is a 'smaller' pipe. If you control that spot (like a switch that is not fast enough), upgrade your problem equipment (faster, so no longer the choke point). But if that choke point is past you (your provider), there is not a lot to do (ask them to fix the problem).