Krush

He's put his location in the ocean that's all

C'est un pion dans l'océan !
Cela te permet de savoir quel serveur/pays/géolocalisation ton jeu "via ton périphérique de jeu se connecte" mais sans  lui imposer des contraintes ! 
Tu gardes la possibilité de contrôler visuellement le serveur de jeux mais sans le forcer vers une destination/ un ping mini/max!
Cela peut être très utile pour définir la zone/le serveur cible pour ton jeu... en fonction de l'emplacement "géolocalisation" de ta ligne physique FAI ! 

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Glad to hear you found a solution for it, thanks for letting us know, which version was it?

My connections are all wired ethernet. My R3 is connected to my Arris NBN modem connection box (I'm in Australia). Hope that makes sense

As above, it is normal, your connection quality is not going to improve with a VPN, in 90% of cases it will be worse.

I suspect it's more like it's not reporting it and then it's reporting all the traffic at once. 

thanks al give it a go

Do you really see a difference by locking the speeds so low?
For me, it's counterproductive because with SmartBoost, your in-game latency won't increase despite this test!

What is the model of the modem/router the R3 is connected to and how have you set that to ensure all traffic flows to the R3? E.g R3 in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode
Are ALL devices connected to the R3?
What are the speeds you pay for/receive? 
Have you entered those speeds into the router?
How have you setup Congestion Control?
How have you setup SmartBOOST?
What games are you playing?
What platform are you playing on?
How have you setup the Geo-Filter?

Make a new topic with the answers to these questions and we can go from there

Hi @Netduma Fraser & @Krush,
thanks a lot for the quick feedback!
Good to hear that this is a known topic and that improvements are being worked on regarding PPPoE performance on the R3. I’m definitely looking forward to future firmware updates in this regard.
I’ll test this setup and monitor both speed and latency.
If there are any beta updates or settings that could improve PPPoE handling on the R3 directly, I’d be happy to try them and provide feedback!
Thanks again – I appreciate the support!

We are aware speeds are slightly slower using PPPoE and we'll improve that if we can. Otherwise you can put the R3 in the exposed host on the Fritz instead and have the fritz handle PPPoE as mentioned above and then you should get better speeds through the R3.

Hello Fraser,
I hope you are doing well.
A little update. I found out that we have a fibre hybrid connection Coax/HFC and no FTTH.
So know we know where all of this instability is coming from. This connections are even used by more then one user. Leading often to internet outages for a longer period of time as well. lol.
End of the story, after a lot of back and forward we were able to cancel our contract and will be able to change our provider, who can provide real FTTH. 
 
Let’s see what is happening then with the ping 😍
have a great day and stay cool, it’s hot out there 😅

Correct, you wouldn't be able to solve that. Generally in the case of ISP congestion there isn't much you can do except perhaps switch to a provider that isn't as subscribed to in your area.

Salut !
ça ressemble à de la congestion en heure de pointe côté FAI.
Comme tous le monde se connecte à cette heure là, il possible que ton FAI congestionne au niveau du nœud de mutualisation et cré ce pic de ping !
 
Tu peux le voir en fesant un ping vers google ou autre, avant et pendant ces heures !

@Netduma Fraser Perfect that worked thank you very much 

https://surfshark.com/fr/download/windows
 
tu télécharges l’application Windows, tu l’installes et tu suits les étapes 😉

Good suggestion, I'll add it to the list!

Disable BI from Settings > Troubleshooting and see if it works better then please

To clarify:
My TCL TV is the 65-inch C755 model, which supports dual-band Wi-Fi, including 5GHz. It's positioned in the same room as the R3 with a strong signal and no physical obstructions.
I’ve tested the connection using the built-in network diagnostics, and also tried the Speedtest by Ookla Android app (installed via APK). However, the Speedtest app only shows connection quality and signal strength, not actual speed values.
Why I believe the issue is with the R3:
When I connect the TV directly to my main router (Huawei HG8245W5) — bypassing the R3 entirely — all streaming apps work correctly, and the connection behaves normally.
This confirms the issue is not with the TV or its Wi-Fi hardware, but something related to the R3's handling of the connection.
As mentioned earlier, I’ve already tried:
Prioritizing the TV in SmartBOOST
Assigning a static IP + DMZ
Testing DNS changes
Disabling Adblocker
Restarting both the TV and the router
At this point, I’m confident the issue lies in the R3's configuration or firmware. I’m happy to provide logs or perform further tests if needed.
Thanks again for your support.
Best regards.

Just for your information, TCL TVs are limited to channels 36 to 48 on the 5 GHz band at 80 MHz.

---Without splitting the bands, I simply adjust the 5 GHz band manually.---

Il y a plus de joueurs aux US avec des niveaux intermédiaires, voir mauvais... (Je trouve souvent des joueurs entre 5 et 10 ans LoL) Loin de comprendre le scripte de WZ... Je dirais que tu trouves plus facilement des games car la recherche est moins basée sur le SBMM/ping mais seulement sur le ping ou pas...
Je ne dis pas que c'est plus facile... mais plus cool malgré le ping élevé !

Correct Moofd, in this case, I just have to use NoLag in paralell.
By the way, this is funy to see where I connect with 😉
In NoLag, there is alos Geo Fence also, bug not Techno for Ping Stabilization.... Stabilization is why I bought it.
Working with both is interesting...
But, in Expert mode, In Duma, without any VPN, this is very difficult to find a game where I want to : US, + North Europ...
I've another thread incident open for it.