Spec me a QoS modem/router

Phage · 6 Feb 2020 at 14:56

Hi All,

Currently using the BT HH6 which is fine when there's one person on the network, but as soon as someone switches the smart TV on, or streaming video over WiFi my latency goes haywire. As high as >200ms. (hardwired)

Can someone please point me in the direction of a Modem/router that does QoS ?

Thanks

Phage · 6 Feb 2020 at 15:14

Oops
Currently BT FTTC, at 63mb/s
Nothing else available in the area as our exchange is not unbundled and we are way outside a cabled area. No G.Fast either.

Budget ? Up to £300 if that's what it takes. But obvs cheaper is better, and I would prefer it not looking like a an epileptic gamer-frog.

Phage · 7 Feb 2020 at 08:48

Thanks - I'll try to answer as best I can

Whilst a VPN is "a good thing" tm - I don't really need one. I work from home and use the corporate laptop which has it's own solution
Multi device ? Perhaps, but I have two concerns.
- Latency from additional hops
- Complexity. Would a total noob be able to manage the setup ?

Currently I have the following network - all Gigabit where wired
Main PC cabled to Hub
Synology NAS cabled to Hub
Laser printer cabled to Hub
Devolo powerline cabled to hub with an AP upstairs
Smart TV on powerline adapter, but keeps falling off the network, so usually on WiFi
Work laptop, Wife's laptop and various smartphones - all WiFi

Phage · 7 Feb 2020 at 09:40

Ugly as hell but....TP-Link Archer C5400X ?

Phage · 7 Feb 2020 at 13:09

WJA96 said:
The Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine (UDM) would seem to tick most of your boxes but you would need to source a VDSL modem as well. You can get BT branded ECS and Huawei ones from eBay for about £15 or the Draytek Vigor 130 is what I usually specify although it’s very expensive these days at about £80. I’m sure cheaper modems are available.

Thanks
Does the extra step introduce latency ?
Is this simple for me to manage ?

Phage · 7 Feb 2020 at 13:26

Shawreyboy said:
Draytek Vigor 2862 would be more than plenty and have cash spare for a decent dedicated AP.

Shawrey

Thanks - Are these hard to manage ?

Phage · 8 Feb 2020 at 08:54

z10m said:
Latency spikes on BT connection when streaming videos is a known fault with their service. I have had the same problem and cancelled within cooling off period because of that.
Using exactly the same equipment with sky and zen none of this was happening.

That's interesting - some sort of traffic shaping then ?

Phage · 8 Feb 2020 at 09:12

z10m said:
Could be as this was going on for a long time now.
There is a lot of people complaining about it on their forums.

yep it's BT. See here.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...-multiplayer-lag-spikes-during-streaming.html
As I'm on an unbundled exchange - I'm not going to fix this with a new router or with an alternative ISP.
Grrrrrr

Phage · 8 Feb 2020 at 09:15

Sorry, missed that.
This means I'm screwed basically....

Phage · 8 Feb 2020 at 10:29

Who did you go with ? Zen ?

Phage · 8 Feb 2020 at 11:37

Ah yes - how I dream of living in a cabled area..... Thanks for the help though. saves me cash !