From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wj0-x236.google.com (mail-wj0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c01::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A8313B2A4 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:45:57 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-wj0-x236.google.com with SMTP id tq7so242597427wjb.0 for ; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:45:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=d9e0tZBSzaZSBuSzRbZSdqHJiZ77JiqJbBzBeeq5xqs=; b=qJZTFFmrrYI/1aOiCtHveqScVQo6sXorceqeLZpMKldT+GhFwxztsRGUomJeaUdWyf ALC9d16fg7m5hsQV+NpuORota2Lygo5Suj0CcZc2zMx7lGVqGF+DDT7/iSee1Z2uHqJb g/yjmxafy52LiWflmYNJx+4fdiAxmJ8hLKandrNZrkHxexlA93wxk3THwCcJN+GkYrJt c20ENLHH7fEUYNKRV0AWwvPaWjm5pQcjhNMU+j7w0z0hL0UalTw2ojsbbn2bwpJcKhuz jSdEmf5MnvVGU+2GrHwcZYvgin7lImCphdQ6cARUv8HMQ/bfz2vZHvdd5qQyI6L6Y0Pq V9YA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=d9e0tZBSzaZSBuSzRbZSdqHJiZ77JiqJbBzBeeq5xqs=; b=oLADjxEt6X7rRpBX1ZdnLQ5oXyzm7QKHS3wpj44qwJmUFlnHsnf3H5IjNkUyChPOmY jh7gVlx+k5tKQStnPnN85nMRQHKoiKnyETWmczQf7xk2CLe8iO3t0Kz/v2Pc60UcOz6z WDU5eOCW9J+4o7DM9SmgmbviykjqCgjHgM/BdWvTTy5Z2QhRAlf8vySqce5RUMf4sz6I UA7G+OCqVX6WXu0KqrFzeok1z++Lx5/lulfXXWem6r6IZzhmw8TJpWByOB4hA11v8KMP mQEtoerZ4qGJxo45zxqszwwytBQTGNWdHTCtyOx3ews97KnXUkJjJ2Erc6UkajFC/Jup yPQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKlf6OIENg3a8dO06gPthhDJQ6ZFSwtJyOY74BuoAhOEiCTISy6I1PllbdFDeA94GsGHi9e2Bnm9Kv52w== X-Received: by 10.194.191.201 with SMTP id ha9mr58604652wjc.205.1483566355788; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:45:55 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.148.214 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Jan 2017 13:45:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Aaron Wood Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 13:45:55 -0800 Message-ID: To: Dave Taht Cc: "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b86cae0a3383d05454bb590 Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] gaming routers... X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:45:57 -0000 --047d7b86cae0a3383d05454bb590 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "but it has revealed that the WRT32X is designed to automatically detect computers using the Killer-line of network adapters , indicating it's probably a gaming-focused PC from a company like Alienware, MSI, or Razer that requires priority access to the home's internet. It does the same thing for an Xbox as well, if console gaming is more your thing." Or it's looking at the mac ids of the devices, and queuing them separately, with higher priority, but throttled to a percentage of overall bandwidth. Much like the Cisco recommendations for voip traffic using EF. -Aaron On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > My guess is, of course, that this is some snoopy set of optimizations, > but who knows, > perhaps they were paying attention to fq_codel... > > http://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/01/linksyss-new-router-puts- > video-games-first/ > > -- > Dave T=C3=A4ht > Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! > http://blog.cerowrt.org > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel > --047d7b86cae0a3383d05454bb590 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
"but it has revealed that the WRT32X is design= ed to automatically detect computers using the=C2=A0Killer-line of network adapters, in= dicating it's probably a gaming-focused PC from a company like Alienwar= e, MSI, or Razer that requires priority access to the home's internet. = It does the same thing for an Xbox as well, if console gaming is more your = thing."

Or it's loo= king at the mac ids of the devices, and queuing them separately, with highe= r priority, but throttled to a percentage of overall bandwidth.=C2=A0 Much = like the Cisco recommendations for voip traffic using EF.
=
-Aaron

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 1:37 PM,= Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
My guess is, of course, that this is some snoopy set of opt= imizations,
but who knows,
perhaps they were paying attention to fq_codel...

http://www.kotaku.com.au= /2017/01/linksyss-new-router-puts-video-games-first/

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Dave T=C3=A4ht
Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software!
ht= tp://blog.cerowrt.org
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