NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

1TIMMY1's avatar
1TIMMY1
Follower
Apr 10, 2020

XR300 QoS settings for only 24mbps Down / 1.7mbps Up

I have just got a XR300 and I am liking it so far.  I have watched a load of video's on Youtube about setting it up but all those people have really fast connections.  I am getting 24mbps down / 1.7mbps up and that's the fastest my Fibre line supports due to where I live.  What is the best QoS settings for a slower connection?  Is it still 70% Anti-Bufferbloat and assigning 20%ish download and upload bandwidth allocation to my gaming PC (which I have identified as a 'Playstation' for the Geo filtering)?  20% of 1.7mbps isn't much!  I don't game on a console and I want to be able to game smoothly on my PC when other people start watching Netflix and streaming video's from social media apps.

 

Also, do I want to enable ipv6?  My ISP supports it but I think it's disabled by default.

 

p.s. I am on the latest firmware.

 

Thanks in advance!

1 Reply

  • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
    Netduma-Fraser
    NetDuma Partner
    Apr 14, 2020
    Glad to hear you're enjoying it! 70% is a great starting point so I would suggest you try that, see how you get on. If it's not preventing lag/buffering much then I'd recommend using this guide while download a lot and changing the Anti-Bufferbloat percentages until you find one that keeps the ping as low/stable as possible when downloading. http://support.netduma.com/en/support/solutions/articles/16000074717-how-to-test-your-internet-ping

    I'd suggest keeping Bandwidth Allocation at default for now - devices will get the bandwidth they need and give what they don't to devices that need more. We can revisit this if needed. I'd suggest keeping IPv6 disabled for now.