Functionality suggestion for Netduma

[carmine19]

Hello Team Netduma, I would like some information about the development of your software, or rather, I would like to suggest a feature for those who, like me, find themselves in a situation where the line is problematic.

 

I am in an area in Italy, albeit a city, where it is not possible to activate FWA or FTTH, but only FTTC, which in my case is active with an 8b connection, therefore connected directly to the exchange, over a distance of 1.2 km, resulting in a very poor 25/4 download and upload speed.

 

I am now trying a friend's 5G router with an unlimited download SIM from Alpism, one of the few Italian operators offering this type of line, and I must say that, even with almost terrible line parameters, with the router set only to receive and aggregate fast bands, I never go below 200mb down and 10 up, with a really low ping.

 

I've been testing it for 4-5 days, stressing it properly, and the line never drops, so I can play even better.

 

Now, what's the problem? I'd like to connect the router to the Netduma in cascade, but the QOS works with parameters that are fixed and do not adapt to the line. Since these types of lines are becoming increasingly common, I'd like to propose a feature, namely:

 

-an adaptive QOS that always receives the actual status of the line, so that it is always aware of the actual download and upload speeds.

 

Why? Because 5G line values are never stable and fluctuate, which would negate the use of QOS.

[Netduma Fraser]

This is essentially what we're working on currently, one of the big features we've referred to - ACC (Adaptive Congestion Control), there is some very limited information about it here: https://netduma.com/blog/how-to-fix-bufferbloat

[carmine19]

Hi @Netduma Fraser, this is great news, since I will be moving from a very poor FTTC network to a 5G one, I'm very happy to know it. If you need a tester user, I can share and test the firmware if it is released in beta. In the form where you report your line, I had put my FTTC, but for a while longer I will have both, both FTTC and 5G, so if you need a tester when you release the beta firmware, I'm happy to provide feedback.