<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm running OpenWrt on the Unifi AC Mesh access point; (it has an ath10k chip). It sits on a pole above my ridgeline and provides service to my</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">house and yard.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I dunno what the state in the Ubiquity provided firmware is.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">OpenWrt has the nice new wifi code in it, which indeed really fixes bufferbloat.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As I also have an ath9k in my laptop and run Linux, I now even do (previously insane) things like have my scheduled backups go over WiFi while</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">teleconferencing, and I'm a happy camper.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Getting OpenWrt installed on it the first time is a bit of a chore; I have some notes around someplace on what I learned when I did the install.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> - Jim</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:46 PM David P. Reed <<a href="mailto:dpreed@deepplum.com">dpreed@deepplum.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">I have been chatting with a startup in the Multi-User Dwelling networking operations space, and they seem to really be attracted to Ubiquiti Unifi systems. I can't blame them for wanting a comprehensive and evolving system.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">But on the questions related to bufferbloat and making wifi both low latency and fast, I really don't know much about these products. (I have a Unifi 10 Gb/sec switch as my home/lab fiber backbone, but that's not really relevant to answering this question).</p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">So, since you, Dave, and others have been talking about real-world fq_codel etc. and faster wifi scheduling, does anyone know what the status at Ubiquiti is?</p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">I know some here run OpenWRT/LEDE on Unifi APs, but that's not my question, really.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">Any knowledge out there?</p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">(I'd like to recommend that they run some actual load tests - flent RRUL, etc. - but I think they might need some help).</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt">Personally I have no stake whatever in their use, but I'd love to get someone to start solving the bloat and queueing/scheduling problems.</p>
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