Redflame Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Hello, I ran an R3 from late 2025 to May 2026 on a 900/120 Openreach UK PPPoE line and got excellent results (A+ bufferbloat, only +0-2 ms added latency). Before that I was on a C grade with constant lag. A disabled family member who had two small strokes moved downstairs into a hospital bed for safety. Previous renovations that included knocking down walls and adding ceiling beams etc, caused WiFi coverage became poor on the far side of the house. The R3 was the only router that could reach part of the room with a weak but workable signal. We tried a TP-Link WiFi extender, but it didn’t work well with their streaming setup. So we move towards eero mesh. Because I didn’t have safe desk space to run the full ISP router → R3 → Eero chain, I replaced both the ISP router and the R3 with a full Eero mesh (Eero gateway + Eero 6 nodes). This solved the coverage problem, but has re-introduced noticeable bufferbloat and latency spikes during gaming, even with eero’s SQM enabled. My family member is getting their own extension with dedicated FTTP line soon, so this setup is temporary. I’m planning to go back to the R3 for its much better latency performance. Since I no longer have an ISP router, I need a replacement PPPoE router to sit in front of the R3 without bottlenecking it. Any recommendations or advice? (previous router was fritzbox). Thanks
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