BE88U on 3006.102.4 - Enable QoS?

[Daveo]

Hi.

I have a BE88U router running 3006.102.4. Can I enable QoS, and if so, which one?

As Spotify occasionally slows playback (sounds like a record going too slow) when playing a game or downloading updates.

 

[dave14305]

Adaptive QoS doesn’t appear to work on BE routers right now, or doesn’t work the way it used to if Asus is changing it under the hood.

What are your ISP speeds? I’d only trust CAKE, but you would sacrifice hardware acceleration in order to use it, which is why your subscribed speed matters.

 

[ApexRon]

In my testing for my environment/requirements, I have found CAKE QoS to be the best as dave14305 stated. However, I concluded that there was no benefit in enabling any QoS in my environment.

Also, as dave14305 stated, it depends on ISP speed. But I would add that there is more dependencies on your ISP than just speed and the list can be long and varied.

Assume you enable QoS and were able to resolve Spotify issue. Something else may have suffered as a result; gaming runs slower perhaps. I look at QoS as a possible means to slowdown local bandwidth hog apps to make bandwidth more available to other apps.`

 

[Daveo]

Sorry for delayed reply. Got two family members in two different hospitals at the moment.

My up and down speeds are 900Mbps.

My ISP is Toob (I'm in the UK).

World of Warcraft reports latency is 9ms (home) & 10ms (world).

 

[dave14305]

My up and down speeds are 900Mbps.

CAKE won’t perform well without sacrificing bandwidth. Your best option is no QoS.

 

[ApexRon]

Sorry for delayed reply. Got two family members in two different hospitals at the moment.

My up and down speeds are 900Mbps.

My ISP is Toob (I'm in the UK).

World of Warcraft reports latency is 9ms (home) & 10ms (world).

I personally, would implement CAKE QoS on a trial basis to see the impact on everything in your network. Based on your up/down speeds and Spotify issue, I believe CAKE will resolve. Considering data demands of gaming compared to music, I don’t believe gaming will be impacted.

 

[Daveo]

OK. Do I select the CAKE option in the GUI or install the CAKE addon ?

Also, what's the recommended settings for CAKE ?

 

[ApexRon]

Dave14305 replied; “CAKE won’t perform well without sacrificing bandwidth. Your best option is no QoS.” And he is right.

I cannot speak to your specific router but on mine you just turn it on in the GUI, add a couple settings that are specific to your WAN connection, and you’re done. I wouldn’t do more than that, like installing CAKE addon.