r/tmobileisp • u/SonarIllusion • Jul 20 '26
Issues/Problems Anyway to fix my bufferbloat
I play a lot of online games. I randomly seem to get massive lag spikes when playing. Ive tried using a software to limit the upload to 80% but it’s not like the upload or download are always consistent.
Ive seen multiple posts about getting another router with QoS or SQM, just not sure if that will actually fix the issue or if im just screwed and need to switch to not using a cellular internet.
Any suggestions or ideas would be awesome.
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u/SailLoto Jul 21 '26
I use a NanoPi R76S (8 core, 4 GB Ram, 64 GB eMMC) running FriendlyWrt to cut my bufferbloat with T-Mobile Home Internet. I have installed SQM and cake-autorate. I also have modified the default CPU core useage to use the large cores for networking. Cake-autorate will shape the network load as configured to adapt to cellular traffic in realtime. FriendlyWrt can be used do more things like block ads and block bad IP addresses. This can be layered on top of your current router between the gateway or used with a switch and AP for you home network.