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.`