Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Updated LEDE build with airtime patches

[Noah Causin <n0manletter@gmail.com>]

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Maybe your ISP gives you a burst of bandwidth and then takes it away 
shortly after.  Comcast was known for doing this with their Powerboost.

Try these settings:

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On 12/4/2016 5:11 AM, Jon Pike wrote:
> Here's some straight eth to router test runs.
>
> Wierdly, I'm getting worse performance on ethernet, than 15 minutes 
> ago over the wifi link. This computer is older and slower though, and 
> with a HD rather than a SSD.
>
> UL speed is slower overall, in the first two of the three tests,  with 
> many more high latency events on the bloat graph occuring on both the 
> DL and the UL.  Last one was cleaner and faster, though with a few 
> large excursions.
>
> C7 gbit eth - gbit PC eth
>
> Somewhat slower Win 10 PC than the USB adapter platform.
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6881431 slow UL speeds, many high 
> latency events, bloat score B
> http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6881473 "         "
> http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6881491 better than the first two, 
> both in UL speed and low latency
>
> Hope this is helpful...
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 1:39 AM, Jon Pike <jonpike54@gmail.com 
> <mailto:jonpike54@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Did a new set on the same PC located on the other side of the
>     house.  Will also add the requested ethernet attached PC runs
>     later.  Just discovered that you can click on the bufferbloat
>     graph items on the DSLReports Speedtest results, and they actually
>     expand into a detailed picture vs time graph.  Never knew about that!
>
>     I disabled my virus scanner (Kaspersky) for the first time.  Don't
>     know if the smoother and faster results are more due to that, vs
>     maybe it's pretty quiet on the home network front right now...
>
>     One thing I've been wondering about, is the speed setting in the
>     SQM,  i.e. the 55mbit/5mbit in my case.  Is it supposed to cap the
>     data rates below the setting?  If so, why am I still getting my
>     upload speed surge of 10 or more mbit, even with it set to 5?
>
>
>     New set of tests on the C7, Toke's 11-24 build.
>     Same cake and piece of cake SQM as before, Noah's suggestion of
>     removing the extra SQM settings has been done.
>     SQM cap speeds: 55/5mbit
>     Other new change, virus scanner disabled.
>
>     Very smooth, near perfect speeds, only a very few high latency
>     spikes. No neighboring PC running videos, or gaming, like there
>     was in earlier tests. Maybe the upstairs roommate also wasn't as
>     busy as well?
>
>     2.4Ghz AC adapter - Netgear A6200 AC1200
>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880534
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880534>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880607
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880607>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880642
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880642>
>
>     5Ghz AC adapter - Netgear A6200 AC1200
>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880694
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880694>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880747
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880747>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880827
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880827>
>
>     2.4Ghz N adapter - Netgear WNA3100 N300
>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880915
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880915>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880950
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880950>
>     http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880968
>     <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6880968>
>
>
>
>         ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>         From: Noah Causin <n0manletter@gmail.com
>         <mailto:n0manletter@gmail.com>>
>         To: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net
>         <mailto:make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net>
>         Cc:
>         Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:41:11 -0500
>         Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Updated LEDE build with airtime
>         patches
>
>         Are you using the dual-dsthost and dual-srchost options?  If
>         so, try removing those settings from SQM and uncheck all the
>         checkboxes you selected to reach them.
>
>         Then try a test on Ethernet with SQM on.
>
>         Noah
>
>
>         On 12/2/2016 1:14 PM, Jon Pike wrote:
>>         Hello all...
>>
>>         Well, with medical issues, and having a busy week,  I didn't
>>         get back right away. Here's the DSLReports Speedtest runs I took.
>>
>>         My results here are pretty variable,  so I don't know how
>>         trustworthy they are or how worth while to you guys,  vs
>>         FLENT runs.
>>         The lower block is using Toke's 11-18 C7 FW build,  the upper
>>         block is with the 11-24 build.
>>
>>         Upshot,  on my Archer C7, both ran for days with no apparent
>>         issues,  on my home network.  Interesting note,  I ran both
>>         the C7 v2 and the C7 v3,  both ran fine.  So, if you end up
>>         with a v3,  it shouldn't be an issue.  Further side note, 
>>         the different configuration of the v3 model, with both 2.4Ghz
>>         and 5Ghz on the external "rabbit ears" antennas, seems to
>>         have a bit stronger signal on 2.4Ghz on the other end of my
>>         house,  than the v2 model that has 3 separate, small 2.4Ghz
>>         antennas inside the box. Caveat,  my testing of that wasn't
>>         very thourough..
>>
>>         My overall home network setup is:  Cox cable - SB6146 modem -
>>         Archer C7 router - various clients.   I did testing on a PC
>>         plugged directely in a eth port of the C7,  to PC's using
>>         Netgear Netgear WNA3100  N300, and A6200 AC1200 USB adapters.
>>
>>         Below are the links to DSLReports,  on the tests.  Most have
>>         cake, and piece of cake, and Noah's suggested settings, with
>>         speed caps of 55 and 5 mbit.  My cable is supposed to be
>>         60/6,  I see 65 often, with wild speed variation on the UL,
>>         settling to 5-6mbits.
>>
>>         I have the Speedtest settings set for hi res bufferbloat,
>>         test time extended to 20sec, which is about as long as you
>>         can go without pushing the start of the test off the end of
>>         that graph.
>>
>>         Let me know if this is in any way useful,  or what I can do
>>         to make it more worth looking at. It seems so variable and
>>         random, that I wonder about the worth, as well as you don't
>>         get a good look at what the latencey is over time,  vs FLENT.
>>
>>         -------------------------------------------
>>         eth0 to router   -  no SQM
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6656688
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6656688> Starts near 60,
>>         plateau 64-65 (hits 66) then drops to 52-54 at the 10sec
>>         mark. UL hits 18, before falling down to a 4.5-5.5 average 
>>         Bloat C
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6657058
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6657058> very similar, 
>>         but bloat an A this time
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6657916
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6657916> "        Bloat
>>         a C this time
>>
>>
>>         now C7 V2, with Toke 11-24 FW SQM 55/5
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6659367
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6659367> 51.2 1.65, bloat B
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6659493
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6659493> 52.4 3.01 
>>         bloat A  peak of 300-400ms  on all including idle?
>>
>>         --------------------------------
>>         Earlier tests with Toke's 11-18 FW,  SQM 55/5 mbits
>>
>>         2.4Ghz N adapter  Netgear WNA3100  N300 adapter
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440808
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440808>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440846
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440846>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440864
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440864>
>>
>>
>>         2.4Ghz AC adapter  Netgear A6200 AC1200 adapter
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440940
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440940>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440963
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440963>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440987
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6440987>
>>
>>         5Ghz AC adapter  Netgear A6200 AC1200 adapter
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441015
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441015>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441038
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441038>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441056
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441056>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441132
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441132> (first A grade
>>         of the batch)
>>
>>         eth1 to C7
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441483
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441483>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441570
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441570>
>>
>>         http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441586
>>         <http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/6441586>
>>
>>
>>         ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>         From: Jon Pike <jonpike54@gmail.com <mailto:jonpike54@gmail.com>>
>>         To: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk <mailto:toke@toke.dk>>
>>         Cc: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net
>>         <mailto:make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net>
>>         Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 21:58:46 -0800
>>         Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Updated LEDE build with airtime
>>         patches
>>
>>         Wish I wasn't out of town still...  I could have got some
>>         time with the new one.  Had been running the 11-18 build
>>         version of yours, on a C7 v2 in my mixed home network
>>         enviroment.  N devices, AC devices,  a semi rogue N range
>>         extender, all running WPA2-AES.
>>
>>         I did see some occasional large amounts of bloat,  most of
>>         the time good behavior.  Occasional odd, regular thru put
>>         drops to 1/4 speed.   I mentioned this in earlier posts, 
>>         have done some more detailed testing since, that's at home
>>         and unavailable  till I'm home again.  You could see a few
>>         DSLReports logs in my posts.
>>
>>         Hope that helps...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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