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Apu2 can route gigabit just fine (on Linux with non-PPPoE). No idea about OpenWRT specifically but assume it works.

bdavbdav 3y ago
Ahh that may be consensus bias on my behalf - in the UK we're largely on PPPoE sadly.
meinheld111 3y ago
Thing is that most users want some form of qos/aqm to guard against load induced delay, which the apu and similar low power devices cannot handle above a few hundred mbps
- flir 3y ago
  That's interesting, because you've identified the reason I asked the question - on my TP-Link router wired connections just flood out wireless connections, and make them unusable as long as I'm doing anything heavy (like downloading ISOs). The solution's not going to be found in the firmware, is it?
  - e4m2 3y ago
    Yes, in general, having a better router would probably help (although you haven't mentioned the exact model you have, maybe it's already fine and the problem is elsewhere). Enabling SQM [1] would probably mitigate the issue further, at the cost of requiring more processing power. [1] https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/traffic-shaping/sqm https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/traffic-shaping/...
    - flir 3y ago
      I didn't want to bog HN down in doing my tech support for me, but since you ask it's a TP-Link AC1200 (https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-c1200/ https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/wifi-router/arche...). I'm not doing anything meaty with it most of the time.
- ac29 3y ago
  I found this to be completely unnecessary when I moved to a 100Mbit symmetrical connection. Not sure if its the higher speed or having a better upload channel, but I completely got rid of all QoS/traffic shaping on my router and never felt the need to turn it back on.
  - meinheld111 3y ago
    The need for aqm is dependent on the status quo. Most providers nowadays use red/pie in the last mile and buffers-inducted delay rarely exceeds 100ms; much less so when it became clear that flow-queueing would be required and possible. Also multiple queues with codel on them have found their way into some wifi stack’s to deblot this access layer
pak9rabid 3y ago
This is what I run, with a slimmed down version of Debian. Thing is a fucking champ.

Ahh that may be consensus bias on my behalf - in the UK we're largely on PPPoE sadly.

Thing is that most users want some form of qos/aqm to guard against load induced delay, which the apu and similar low power devices cannot handle above a few hundred mbps

flir 3y ago
That's interesting, because you've identified the reason I asked the question - on my TP-Link router wired connections just flood out wireless connections, and make them unusable as long as I'm doing anything heavy (like downloading ISOs). The solution's not going to be found in the firmware, is it?
- e4m2 3y ago
  Yes, in general, having a better router would probably help (although you haven't mentioned the exact model you have, maybe it's already fine and the problem is elsewhere). Enabling SQM [1] would probably mitigate the issue further, at the cost of requiring more processing power. [1] https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/traffic-shaping/sqm https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/traffic-shaping/...
  - flir 3y ago
    I didn't want to bog HN down in doing my tech support for me, but since you ask it's a TP-Link AC1200 (https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-c1200/ https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/wifi-router/arche...). I'm not doing anything meaty with it most of the time.
ac29 3y ago
I found this to be completely unnecessary when I moved to a 100Mbit symmetrical connection. Not sure if its the higher speed or having a better upload channel, but I completely got rid of all QoS/traffic shaping on my router and never felt the need to turn it back on.
- meinheld111 3y ago
  The need for aqm is dependent on the status quo. Most providers nowadays use red/pie in the last mile and buffers-inducted delay rarely exceeds 100ms; much less so when it became clear that flow-queueing would be required and possible. Also multiple queues with codel on them have found their way into some wifi stack’s to deblot this access layer

pak9rabid 3y ago

This is what I run, with a slimmed down version of Debian. Thing is a fucking champ.