QOS on a TP-Link router

[Donald]

For now I am stuck with low speed (4 down/1 up) DSL. My college grad kids (looking for work) play a lot of video games where other players are involved. I need to work all day using Citrix to my work PC in NYC.

I am thinking I need to assign the PS4 a perm. IP address based upon its MAC address and then limit the PS4 to 1 or 2 Mbs.

What about the minimum bandwidth (you assign a min and max)? Is there a reason to not assign 1Kb as the minimum?

For myself using Citrix, should I assign a 2Mb minimum and 4 Mb max?

I am thinking the router carves out and reserves the minimum for each IP address.

 

[JC1]

Are there options to upgrade to a faster speed or are you in an area where it's not an option?

I had the same issue until I switched to 25/10 service with my ISP.

If you try to limit your kids online gaming, I'm sure they won't be happy. What are you doing on Citrix, just checking emails and logged into their network, or are you doing programming and database type stuff?


Here's some info from TP Link on how to do what you are asking about.

http://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-557.html

 

[tmorris1]

QOS can be set to just prioritize the Citrix traffic over the other traffic. I don't think you need to choke anyone back. Either can use the full bandwidth if it is available at that time.

 

[TheOnlySarge]

I have TP Link 841ND V9 routers networked for access points in my office. I have both of them running DD-WRT. World of difference in functionality, options and reliability running DD-WRT.
What model of TP-Link router are we talking about here?
You could just prioritize your PC. Say give it 70%-80% of available bandwidth....but again I need to know the model number and if your running TP Link firmware?

 

[mazdamonky]

I would go with dedicating the ps4 a minimum/maximum 512/768Kbps down and 192/256Kbps up, then let your computer have all of the rest. Online gaming doesn't take up a bunch of bandwidth, but it needs consistent bandwidth. If you allow yours to take all 4mbps, it is going to cause some major lag when yours decides to use all of that. I would suspect 1/3Mbps and 512/768Kbps should be fine for your Citrix usage.

 

[AlaskaMike]

Tmorris1 is absolutely correct--don't think of this as a bandwidth issue, it's a latency issue. If you simply limit the bandwidth of the PS4, the router is still going to prioritize the packets from your workstation and the PS4 equally.

Latency is the primary issue you're running into, not bandwidth. You want to configure QoS so that your workstation's traffic has the highest priority, which ensures the lowest latency for you.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: tmorris1
QOS can be set to just prioritize the Citrix traffic over the other traffic. I don't think you need to choke anyone back. Either can use the full bandwidth if it is available at that time.

You can do that on the upload link, because that is when your router is in control of what's going out. You cannot do that on the download link, because at that point the packets would have already arrived.

 

[Donald]

Archer C-7, running the TP-Link software.

I am limited in many things living in the country (dirt road not paved, 4 Mb DSL - not modern broadband, no water or sewer, TV is satellite or maybe some internet TV, no cable, little/no cell service.)

On the positive side, my dogs have 26 acres to roam around on, you can take a walk on my road without people speeding by, at night there is little light pollution, my Neapolitan Mastiff has a 1/2 acre pen (he is still a puppy) and his "dog house" is an 8x10 shed.

For now DSL is limited, but rural broadband (super WIFI) supposedly is not far off.

 

[TheOnlySarge]

Originally Posted By: Donald
Archer C-7, running the TP-Link software.

I am limited in many things living in the country (dirt road not paved, 4 Mb DSL - not modern broadband, no water or sewer, TV is satellite or maybe some internet TV, no cable, little/no cell service.)

On the positive side, my dogs have 26 acres to roam around on, you can take a walk on my road without people speeding by, at night there is little light pollution, my Neapolitan Mastiff has a 1/2 acre pen (he is still a puppy) and his "dog house" is an 8x10 shed.

For now DSL is limited, but rural broadband (super WIFI) supposedly is not far off.


OK. Then you have Bandwidth Allocation. IIRC the C7 allows you to allocate based on percentage of available bandwidth per MAC address. I would tell the router I have 70% (+/-) of the DSL advertised max bandwidth and use that.......So if your advertised speed is 4Mgbps
then I would enter 3 Mgps the allocate 2Mgps to your Citrix machine and the rest to the network.

 

[alarmguy]

Reading these posts here I am no way as knowledgeable as the people posting so I find this good reading, I have an Archer c7 too, very happy with it, no issues but I have no kids gaming.

I went from 3mbs to 6mbs DSL for some time, never had an issue with all our streaming and computers, we have about 12 devices in our house. I would suggest, and maybe you have already, going over your phone line carefully, make sure you have rock solid connections, free of any corrosion etc and also a nice clean quality line to the DSL modem.

Fast forward to today we do now have and have had TWC Cable internet for the last 5 months of which I only pay for the 6mbs service but I actually get 7mbs on the speed tests. No big difference.
I was happy with the DSL unitl the price went up and will play the cable company against the DSL service if they start raising the price to much.
The one big benefit with the cable is a true 1mbs upload speed which is much better for photos etc. With DSL I think anyone would be lucky to get half of that, on a good day we would so only get .45 up with the DSL and we got a pretty solid 5.5 down. TWC Cable is a solid 1 up and 7 down.

The good news for me is I can switch at the drop of a hat with no problem or hassles. I do prefer the TWC cable but I have to say there was something novel about the dedicated DSL except the upload speed. It too was rock solid, granted our house was wired correctly and the community only 10 years old so no outdated wiring in the community.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: alarmguy
The one big benefit with the cable is a true 1mbs upload speed which is much better for photos etc. With DSL I think anyone would be lucky to get half of that.

I get 2 Mbps upload on DSL fairly reliably.

 

[alarmguy]

I guess you are one of the lucky ones or pay dearly for that service. Nothing like that available in my area. You did surprise me though (and I assume you live in the USA), I didnt even know your upload was possible, I am assuming you are talking about ADSL.

In my area just a couple years ago we could only get and pay for ATT ADSL up to 3 down and 1 up. Though the up never went over .43 or so. Then sometime later we were able to pay for and get 6 down but still only 1 up and real world was again .43.

To give you and idea where my thoughts were coming from here is a link, bottom of the page, I just googled ADSL upload speeds. I know things are advancing in consumer adsl and assuming you are not talking about commercial DSL service. I cant even get 2 upload with my cable company, not at the price I am willing to pay anyway.

Click ... and scroll to the bottom of the page.
This was my thought process but I can see the speed you talk about now.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: alarmguy
I am assuming you are talking about ADSL.

I believe it's VDSL.

 

[alarmguy]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: alarmguy
I am assuming you are talking about ADSL.

I believe it's VDSL.


Ah, thank you, that explains it. I didnt even know VDSL exists, but I see it does, though not in my area which is the capital of SC. (after a quick search, just ADSL)
I just found this, makes sense to me now and why someone else in here posted fast upload speed with DSL...
VDSL link