Can IPQ8072A handle QOS / SQM CAKE 900mb up/down?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi @all!

I'm looking to install OpenWRT on Dynalink dl-wrx36.

I have from my ISP 1gb down/up.

Will this Dynalink handle a QOS / SQM with CAKE 900mb up/down?

Tnaks in advance!

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Very likely it can't, not without serious improvements on the networking drivers (there is a lot of untapped potential there) or using NSS (which is not available in vanilla OpenWrt and never will be).

Disclaimer: I'm extrapolating this answer from my tests with ipq8071a (that is clocked considerably lower), which tops out around 600 MBit/s (plain routing, without sqm - so that would be an additional drop). Based on that, I would venture what ipq8072a might be able to cope with 1 GBit/s (or close to that) with plain routing, but certainly not using sqm.

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thank you for your clarification :grinning:

I'm reading several topics here at Openwrt forum and Openwrt reddit and there is no "simple" answer about a proper quality/price of a router to handle a sqm with gigabit...

A friend of mine has a mikrotik rb5009 and with CAKE he get the speeds around 950mb symetrical... but this router cost around 300$ and don't have wifi :face_with_peeking_eye:

I was looking for something cheaper (this Dynalink cost 60$) with wifi that could handle it

Any advice for something lower than 100$?

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N100 based mini PC, but it'll not have any usable wifi.

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thanks!

And rpi 4b?

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Compared to alderlake-n n100/ n97, the RPi 4/ 5 is no longer interesting. The alderlake-n option gives you (up to) four 2.5GBASE-T ethernet ports, a case, PSU and NVMe SSD for pretty much the same price and is considerably faster (idle power consumption should be around 5-6 watts, so not worse either).

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When having an ISP that manages load efficiently there is often no need to enable SQM.
Do you have a DOCSIS or a Fibre connection?
Can you test bufferfloat with SQM disabled and a wired connection to https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat ?

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i am a N100 user. I love it. I'd never go back.
That said, the tdp of the cpu is 6W, but the system as a whole is not consuming that. My system is around 15.

(that said, again, it makes all the sense of the world)

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I done that!

I have fiber connection (FTTH)

on a plain router provided from my ISP I have 995/950 with C

with a Zyxel wsm20 (with openwrt 23.0.5.5) with SQM disable I have the 820/790 with B

with a Zyxel wsm20 (with openwrt 23.0.5.5) with SQM enable I have the 320/190 with A+

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can you inform what hardware or links to buy it?

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Google "N100 mini pc" ?

Here's an example https://eu.chuwi.com/products/larkbox-x-2023

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