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JDGamer
Jan 20, 2026Aspirant
I'm not savvy enough to know what "bufferbloat" is
I'm not savvy enough to know what "bufferbloat" is, but I have been having a HORRIBLE time gaming with this router. I have Frontier Fiber FiOS at 2 gigabit speed, and have to literally reboot the rou...
JDGamer
Jan 20, 2026Aspirant
Oh I didn't realize that - all it says on the XGS-PON ONT Model FRX523 is that it's a Frontier Communications branded device. I never saw "Nokia" on it anywhere. It's in my garage. I'm not really able to easily connect my PS5 Pro to it directly along with a test display of some kind out there and then play a few rounds of ARC Raiders to see if the connection stays stable for a day or 2 after a reboot of the router.
Surely there's some other way to figure out what's causing this, right? Or should I call Frontier and tell them to swap out my PON for another? I'm reading threads about how that causes issues, too...
FURRYe38
Jan 20, 2026Guru - Experienced User
If there are others seeing issues ith your particular ONT or services, I would get with the ISP and have them check all up to there ONT.
One test would be to connect the PS to the ONT directly and see if you noticed same thing with a direct connection, if you do, then it would the on the ISP side where this issue is.
JDGamer wrote:Oh I didn't realize that - all it says on the XGS-PON ONT Model FRX523 is that it's a Frontier Communications branded device. I never saw "Nokia" on it anywhere. It's in my garage. I'm not really able to easily connect my PS5 Pro to it directly along with a test display of some kind out there and then play a few rounds of ARC Raiders to see if the connection stays stable for a day or 2 after a reboot of the router.
Surely there's some other way to figure out what's causing this, right? Or should I call Frontier and tell them to swap out my PON for another? I'm reading threads about how that causes issues, too...