Random packet loss with OpenWrt

EEE, do you mean Energy-Efficient Ethernet?

Unless you are referring to your device only, EEE is supported in OpenWrt; but:

  • it probably won't make your latency go down (there is a slight delay when re-powering the port)
  • it has to be supported by the device connected to the port

And pause return...do you mean hardware flow control???

Yea, I doubt many supported devices even had that built in, hardware NAT, yes - pause return, no.