Does the Asus AC-RT5300 support ECN Capability ?

[raion969]

Hey guys

Does the Asus AC-RT5300 support ECN Capability ? and if yes how can i enable it ?

Should i enable it for gaming and also are there any other settings tweaks that i can adjust for low latency and best connection without paket loss ?

 

[raion969]

If yes how can i enable it?

 

[ColinTaylor]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rtn66u-ecn-capability.41627/#post-352298

 

[raion969]

So it supports it by default?

 

[ColinTaylor]

So it supports it by default?

The Linux kernel has support for it. Check the current setting for your particular router.

 

[peepsnet]

It seems you type:

cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

and see if you get a 0, 1, or 2

From there it seems you would have to change a value of 0 or 2 to a 1 for incoming and outgoing
I'm not sure how to do that

This post seems to have an example: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rtn66u-ecn-capability.41627/#post-352298

# Enable ECN for incoming and outgoing connections (default is 2, incoming only)
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

I don't know if that change is permanent across reboots or it would need to go into a config file.

If it needs to be put in a config maybe someone can tell us which one would be best!!

 

[ColinTaylor]

It seems...

Er, yeah. They're the links I posted in #3 and #5.

 

[peepsnet]

Er, yeah. They're the links I posted in #3 and #5.

Er, yeah...

I was laying it out... And there is still the question about retention across reboots and if no retention then can it go in a script??? And if so which script??

 

[john9527]

Er, yeah...

I was laying it out... And there is still the question about retention across reboots and if no retention then can it go in a script??? And if so which script??

Needs to go in a script to survive across reboots.... init-start is a good choice.
IIRC both ends of the connection have to support it and when I experimented with it long ago, I didn't see any benenfits so just left it as the default.

 

[peepsnet]

Needs to go in a script to survive across reboots.... init-start is a good choice.
IIRC both ends of the connection have to support it and when I experimented with it long ago, I didn't see any benenfits so just left it as the default.

And that is a coherent answer!!

 

[raion969]

ok thanks, i just let it enabled now what do you think i can also do for getting the best out of my router /connection ?

 

[joe scian]

leave it alone? Other than installing all the usual scripts via amtm

 

[raion969]

I recently got back to reinstall network adapter in windows. I heard later that ecn capability with fq_codel helps with network latency so does the network adapter also support the ecn fuction?
I have an intel network adapter.