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Re: Router Configuring Advice
Anyway so I got Merlin working, the MTU stuff still went nowhere, Cake seems promising butnot working great for me yet, it seems to only work for fixed bandwidths which TMHI definitely isn'twhere I live so if I wanna game the Adaptive QoSis still better though not desirable, that said I think I see where to go from here so I'm gonna go to those forums to try to get help now. Thanks everybody seeya.6Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Router Configuring Advice
Thank you for the clarification on AP mode and DHCP, unfortunately I couldn't configure QoS while it's on AP mode and speeds didn't change either wayso I don't think I'm going to use it, hopefully T-Mobile gives us the settings we need to makethe gatewayprimarily a modem when we have a router plugged in but it just hasn't happened yet. Changing DNS didn't change much of anything, adjusting MTU packets on only my PC justmade thespeed slower unfortunately, the advice to change MTU were all from lastyear so maybe the Arcadyan fixed that issue. I'll still try to do it withinthe router with Merlin anyway to see if it changes. I'll prob try Merlin tonight or tomorrow.6Visto0likes0ComentariosRouter Configuring Advice
Hi, this is a followup post to this one where I was looking for a router for my Arcadyan gateway, I picked up the Asus GT-AC2900 (aka RT-AC86U) and set it up yesterday, it is currently working and at similar speeds, sonow I'm looking for ways to configure it, hopefully this can help others looking for a router/router advice too, here are some notes I had from my setup/configuring I already tried: -I do have the wifi in the Arcadyan turned off thanks to Nater Tater's easy script and tutorial for how to do so. This keeps the gateway less busy/hot. In case you're wondering the TMHI app and web interface still work through your router's network, so does the script, so you can look at data metrics and reboot from there still. -disabling DHCP on it's own like Ihad seen in some threads had made the wifi signal stop working (not unavailable it just had no internet), speeds didn't really change either so that was a no-go, if anyone knows more about that please let me know since I likely did it wrong or misunderstoodI'm not home networking savvy. -This forum specifically recommends AP mode for a router at the cost of losing features.I think I lost more than just features, when I turned on the AP mode I could no longer access the website to configure my router, I thankfully had set up the phone app before doing that and i could configure through there, the wifi signal also still worked, I tried to set it back to router mode through the app and then nothing could connect to it not even wired (this could've been because I had disabled DHCP before going into AP mode but I doubt it because I believe AP mode is already supposed to disable DHCP isn't it? +wired was still working when I had DHCP disabled originally), I ended up just having to factory reset it and set up the network again. -Iread that having the router use its own DNS instead of T-Mobile's could help you access more sites/help speed but I personally havent run into any sites I can't visit and a DNS benchmark I ran said TMobile's own would be the fastest so would it even be worth it for me? -I heard warnings about double NAT causing issues but Ihaven't noticed any issues at least so far. Either way is that something easily disabled/recommended? The reason I needed a router in the first place was to lower my ping as TMHI has a terrible Bufferbloat problem. There are routers specifically designed to eliminate bufferbloat but they were a little overpriced for their specs and I wanted to be safeso I read on this forum and others that Asus routers are known to be friendly with TMHI so I went with that, the Adaptive QoS feature built into the router to reduce ping while doing certain tasks does seem to work though not crazy well, got an average of 26ms playing Guilty Gear. I may have to test it more. What I know I haven't tried is the Asuswrt-Merlin custom firmware for the router, this comes with 2 features that could help being adjusting the MTU packet size and enabling Cake SQM. I wanted to check back here before trying Merlin in case I missed anything I could still try on the normal firmware. -I read from lots of places that adjusting our MTU packet size in the routerto what our gateway is actually delivering could help greatly with speed and ping, what size is different for everybodymost places say 1420 or 1450 but through my test using Ping & Net I got 1480, it doesn't seem like I can adjust the packet size in the normal firmware but I couldthrough Merlin. -Cake (only available on the new HND Asus Routers like mine) is an SQM feature, SQM is a program made to specifically deal with bufferbloat and make ping better across every device, this would be more preferable thanthe Adaptive QoS for me since it isn't task-dependent. If you've never had bufferbloat before it's likely because many cable/fiber ISPs provide routers that already have some sort of SQM, but TMHI doesn't. So that's everything I can think of, sorry for the wall, if anyone has any advice/pointers for what I should try before trying Merlin let me know, thanks for reading.Re: New customer, looking for router recommendations
Cali Cat wrote: eraserheadhair wrote: AP "Access Point" mode just relays the wifi connections to your TMO gateway router to resolve DHCP thus keeping to a single DHCP layer. I would make sure AP mode supports full QOS since that is your main reason to go with your own router. Buy your router from Amazon and see if it helps while trying both AP and DHCP modes. If it makes no difference, you have a legitimate reason to return for a full refund since QOS is suppose to reduce latency. alright, the guides I've looked up for hooking up a router dont mention anything about AP mode besides don't enable it but those were for the trash can model,I'll do what you said with Amazon and try one out, I heard SQM would be better than QoS for bad bufferbloat but I think I'll try an Asus before the IQRouter. Is there any specific ones I should look at? I was thinking about this one cause it's cheaper but I'm not sure Also I ended up learninghow to turn off the wifi it was easier than I had thought, seems to indeed make a difference in speed and heat lol.2Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: New customer, looking for router recommendations
Cali Cat wrote: Asus is pretty solid and you can use your own router with the Arcadyan. Easiest way is AP mode, but not sure if QOS works in AP mode. Otherwise use DHCP and the added bonus of DHCP is you can also change DNS service to help with latency. However, DHCP on your router creates another DHCP layer on top of the Arcadyan. Some console gaming users say that creates other problems. You can Youtube search on how to disable wifi on the Arcadyan. Thank you, Disabling the wifi withthe scripting I'm looking at seems beyond my skillset so I might just leave the gateway's network under a different name/password so nobody's using it anymore, unless disabling it doesmake a substantial difference then I could try. What makes AP mode the easier option? I did hear about the double DHCP layers causing speed problems but AP mode looks like it would create it's own problems, to clarify I'd be doing all of my gaming through ethernet on bothmy Windows PC and Nintendo Switch,the rest of the house would just be on the wifi.2Visto0likes0ComentariosNew customer, looking for router recommendations
TL;DR questions at the bottom Hi, we just signed up for the T-Mobile home internetand got the Gatewaya week and a half ago as it's our only real option at our new place,after some fixes wegetpretty livable speeds (60 at worst 160 at best). My family has no problems with it now because they only stream but unfortunately I'm a gamer haha, and this Gateway has a huge Bufferbloat problem making it pretty bad to play video games online, if you don't know what I mean Bufferbloat is when Ping/Latency increase heavily while doing other tasks that require bandwidth, taking the Waveform Bufferbloat test I consistently scoredC to F, the ping sometimes reaching 1000 which is terrible. Looking stuff up it seems like an external router can and should help with this, not just ping but maybe make the speed more consistent too, but I don't really know what works, to take care of bufferbloat specifically Waveform makes some recommendations like the IQRouterV3 which is in my price range but I want to be somewhat safe before buying anything so I came here to ask for more recommendations. I saw the AsusAC2900 and other Asus routers recommended in here as something that works but I believe these were before the Arcadyan Gateway existed which is what Ihave, so I guess my questions are: -I need a router with Wi-fi 6, dual band, andgood SQM or QoS to heavily reduce ping (price range is under $200,) what might work? -Is plugging in a router even realistic/would help with the Arcadyan Gateway? The FAQ on their website says it's possible but doesn't specify anything, I heard the wi-fi on the Arkadyan can't beturned off which has me worried becauseI don't know what that entails for this. Thanksfor reading!2.7KViews0likes6Comentarios