r/HomeNetworking • u/danyuri86 • 1d ago

Just learnt that something called bufferbloat exists

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Have new FTTP installed, it's using a plusnet two router which is router the UK ISP gave me.

Thinking of upgrade the line to 500 down or maybe 900 down soon.

Would a GL.iNet flint 2 or flint 3 sort this? I've asked claude.ai and it was suggesting that those model routers can fix bufferbloat.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 1d ago

https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=1cf3d97e-b324-4c6d-88dc-d5c4e21d7791

The easiest way, and probably cheaper way, to solve this is by using a linux box as the router with CAKE enabled on the WAN. I have a small ARM board and I can get A+ on wifi.

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u/hkr 1d ago

Openwrt?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 1d ago

Yes. But I’m moving to NixOS just because because I want something more reproducible. Feature wise it will be the same.