Excellent information. So an AQM-algorithm will sort things on the OS
level of the router and should make things considerably better. However,
from reading around on the matter, it seems drivers for the network
device and the hardware itself also contain buffers. Since, Dave (and
respect for that) is developing CeroWRT, is there anything that can be
done about that? Do we have any idea on how severe the buffering in
drivers and hardware is?<br>
<br>A little test I just performed using Windows XP now, indeed shows that Netalyzr is showing me a worst case scenario:<br><br>-
a continuous ping (1 ping per second) between 2 routers under my
control has an RTT of 20ms (give or take). The remote router I'm pinging
sits pretty much idle and has nothing better to do than answering the
ping. <br>
- uploading a large file to Google drive (thereby saturating my uplink
bandwidth) adds +-10ms of additional latency. Sure it varies a bit
between 20 and 30ms and goes to 35ms or even 40ms regularly. Moreover,
every now and then I get a spike to 70-80ms but that spike never lasts
more than 3 pings. <br>
<br>All in all considerably lower bloat than the 550ms Netalyzr is
indicating. In order to mimic the worst case scenario, I'd have to
transfer using UDP then?