cake-autorate: adding support for Asus Merlin

[jksmurf]

Yes, very much so. People have reported exactly this problem before. If you've installed Optware (usually by installing Download Master in stock firmware) make sure you remove it completely from the USB drive before installing Entware.

Excellent; that was exactly what I was angling at, thank you.

 

[HammerJoe]

I got cake-autorate installed and running, but the output is not giving what speeds its calculating, only messages about reflectors.
It seems to be working... will test for a few days.

 

[HammerJoe]

autorate has been running this morning and I have already something that is not ideal.
I was in a Google Meet call and three times the computer basically froze with only the audio working. (By froze I mean, no network/internet access)

This is not good. Without autorate I would never get the freeze like this, slow downs yes, but for very short time.

Its my understanding that autorate forces a reset of cake which drops all the packets and causes the freezing.
These are the custom settings I have so far:
min_dl_shaper_rate_kbps=25000 # minimum bandwidth for download (Kbit/s)
base_dl_shaper_rate_kbps=120000 # steady state bandwidth for download (Kbit/s)
max_dl_shaper_rate_kbps=150000 # maximum bandwidth for download (Kbit/s)

min_ul_shaper_rate_kbps=5000 # minimum bandwidth for upload (Kbit/s)
base_ul_shaper_rate_kbps=15000 # steady state bandwidth for upload (KBit/s)
max_ul_shaper_rate_kbps=20000 # maximum bandwidth for upload (Kbit/s)

connection_active_thr_kbps=2000 # threshold in Kbit/s below which dl/ul is considered idle

reflector_ping_interval_s=2.0
reflector_response_deadline_s=4.0
output_cake_changes=1
bufferbloat_refractory_period_ms=2000

Anything I can change so that it makes things roll more smoothly?

PS: I realize now that the SSH session had ended and with it autorate was stopped... I am trying again with /jffs/scripts/cake-autorate/launcher.sh &
to keep running after ssh ends.
I will see if the freeze happens again

 

[Kingp1n]

autorate has been running this morning and I have already something that is not ideal.
I was in a Google Meet call and three times the computer basically froze with only the audio working. (By froze I mean, no network/internet access)

This is not good. Without autorate I would never get the freeze like this, slow downs yes, but for very short time.

Its my understanding that autorate forces a reset of cake which drops all the packets and causes the freezing.
These are the custom settings I have so far:
min_dl_shaper_rate_kbps=25000 # minimum bandwidth for download (Kbit/s)
base_dl_shaper_rate_kbps=120000 # steady state bandwidth for download (Kbit/s)
max_dl_shaper_rate_kbps=150000 # maximum bandwidth for download (Kbit/s)

min_ul_shaper_rate_kbps=5000 # minimum bandwidth for upload (Kbit/s)
base_ul_shaper_rate_kbps=15000 # steady state bandwidth for upload (KBit/s)
max_ul_shaper_rate_kbps=20000 # maximum bandwidth for upload (Kbit/s)

connection_active_thr_kbps=2000 # threshold in Kbit/s below which dl/ul is considered idle

reflector_ping_interval_s=2.0
reflector_response_deadline_s=4.0
output_cake_changes=1
bufferbloat_refractory_period_ms=2000

Anything I can change so that it makes things roll more smoothly?

I'm not sure if this script is still being updated or maintained but maybe you can submit a request thru GitHub:

GitHub - lynxthecat/cake-autorate: Eliminate the excess latency and jitter terrorizing your 4G, 5G, LTE, Starlink or other variable rate connection!

Eliminate the excess latency and jitter terrorizing your 4G, 5G, LTE, Starlink or other variable rate connection! - lynxthecat/cake-autorate

github.com

 

[HammerJoe]

SSH disconnect is killing the script, how do I keep it running without being connected via SSH?

I cant properly test this, if I have to keep the ssh session active all the time.

 

[Twiglets]

SSH disconnect is killing the script, how do I keep it running without being connected via SSH?

I cant properly test this, if I have to keep the ssh session active all the time.

Use the command:

nohup </fullpath/scriptname.sh> &

or cd to the script directory

nohup <./scriptname.sh> &

which allows the script to continue running in the background even after you close the terminal.

Look up nohup command for more info.

(nohup is the 'No hang up' command !!!)