Switches for QOS (beginner/ help!)

HaveYouSeenTom

HaveYouSeenTom

HaveYouSeenTom

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Hi there

I'm hoping someone can give me some basic guidance with a home network query for a beginner!

What am I trying to achieve?
Prioritise bandwith on my Office PC, presumably using QOS. Primarily for gaming but also to video calls/ Zoom.

What does my network look like?
I have tried to sketch this as per the picture below:

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Fibre optic is not available in my area so I have a Vodafone Gigacube (Huawei Gigacube B528s-23a) providing 4g home broadband.

Option 1
It looks like I can put my router in "Bridge" mode meaning could I buy a third party router with QOS features and use that? As my Office PC is connected via Ethernet/ the switches I am not sure QOS on the router would work.

Option 2 (currently pursuing)
Swap the Attic switch for a Managed/ Smart switch with QOS. Tell it to prioritise the Office Switch.
Swap the Office Switch for a Managed/ Smart switch with QOS. Tell it to prioritise the Office PC.

Would that work? Presumably I don't need to swap the Lounge Switch or Cupboard Switch?

The reason the switches are daisy chained is because I can't run any more cables from the attic to the rooms and are reliance on the existing cabling.

I've purchased a couple of these but no idea yet how to set them up, assuming Option 2 is viable: ***competitor link removed***

Any guidance greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Tom
 
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Ok, so you're saying my internet is the bottleneck so no point trying to control at the switch level. I've probably misunderstood QoS in that case. I just want to avoid those moments when one device on the network takes all the bandwidth for even a few seconds causing issues on my PC.
 
Understood! Switches have just arrived so will give it a go shortly. Would you say it is just the office switch which I need to replace (given that one has the priority device on it?). No need to swap out the upstream attic switch? Sorry for stupid questions, learning a lot!
 
I get rubber banding in games (or say using my work's remote VDI) as soon as my wife starts streaming Netflix for example. If I kill it everything returns to normal. Same with things like my PC downloading an update: massive ping, rubber-banding, kill it and back to normal. So I'm fairly satisfied that 4G isn't the issue which very rarely drops out and seems stable. Testing for bufferbloat here http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest gives me an F grade and this is the same as before prioritising with the managed switches. At least it gives me something else to try!
 
Thanks all. Turned off the wireless access point on the attic router itself leaving just the WAP on the cupboard switch. Limited egress bandwith on the office switch through to lounge of 10MbPs. My total bandwidth averages 25MbPs but can jump to 100Mbps at 3am. So it works. It feels like a blunt tool and not the most efficient management method, but it does work and that's a win for me! There is no local PC--PC sharing that is impacted at least.

Will still try and have a go with SQM tomorrow with the new router too.
 
Thanks all. My issue is now solved. The SQM feature of the EdgeRouter has eliminated BufferBloat. DSL Reports test gives me A+ instead of F. No need to bandwith limit and no need to prioritise devices.
 
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