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R8500: QOS is terrible on this $400 router
So prior to getting this router I was using a $20 off of eBay refurbished Linksys E6500 router running DD WRT (yes you can run it on that router if you know where to find the firmware for it.) Anyway...
The new firmware seemed to have helped. I adjusted a few things as well and it appears to be working fine.
As for the comment of 3 figure routers and 4 figure routers there has to be some improvement over the 2 figure routers and multi-3 figure routers otherwise what's the point?
I'm trying to future proof a little which is why I picked this router. Regardless though I may just take it back and stick with my $20 DDWRT router. I don't have the latest and greatest tech (2012 macbook air and multiple iPhone 6 plus' and one room over from the router and I can't even get 60mbps through any speedtests (run it through the gigabit mac that's hardwired and I get around 65mbps every time.
I don't have a fast enough nas box at my home but I'd be curious to see wireless to lan speeds. I wonder if I can even break 100mbps with this thing...
Of course between a guy driving a Chevy and Porsche, what's the difference? "A car is a car. Purpose is to go from point A to point B" Of course that is true. How can I argue. QoS is not on my priority list. Without it my network works just fine. No users have any complaints in the house. Main thing is having fun wharever one does.
I get it but it's a feature on a $400 router.
If you don't do any uploading or aren't subjected to bufferbloat then you're fine. On my fiber connection at my office it's 30/30 and I can peg out my connection and still have sub 15ms ping times and no lag. Unfortunately with cable (specifically charter and their terrible upload speed) anytime the upload stream is being used if it gets close to the threshold the connection goes to absolute crap if you don't have QOS turned on (or if it isn't working properly.) Pings go way up and websites are slow to load, netflix drops out of HD and sometimes stops to buffer... it's that bad. That's why QOS is a big deal.
I wish I could get google fiber or AT&T gigapower, or centurylink prism, or one of the local FTTH options but unfortunately I doubt we'll see it here as charter has a monopoly here and doesn't want to give any upstream bandwidth at all.