# "Bufferbloat" on Wifi

**URL:** <https://forum.openwrt.org/t/bufferbloat-on-wifi/242519>\
**Category:** Installing and Using OpenWrt\
**Created:** [November 1, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/bufferbloat-on-wifi/242519 "2025-11-01T19:43:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/bufferbloat-on-wifi/242519/4 "2025-11-02T02:18:54Z")

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> MediaTek MT7981BA device

Since OpenWRT handles your WiFi too and it’s a MT79 device you have fq\_codel built into the WiFi which might already be working with the default values for AQL. More info here [How OpenWrt Vanquishes Bufferbloat](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/how-openwrt-vanquishes-bufferbloat/189381)

To get your desired results you can further tweak the AQL values as mentioned here [GL.iNet GL-MT6000 - AQL and WiFi Latency](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/gl-inet-gl-mt6000-aql-and-wifi-latency/196384)

Other than that dropping speeds you put into sqm even further by 20-25% might help WiFi bufferbloat too.

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