Att Bgw320-500 passthrough

[Soose]

Hello just curious I have att 1000mbps internet plan speeds. When setting in ip passthrough for netduma r3 should I plug Netduma r3 into att bgw320-500 router blue or yellow port? I know Netduma only has the one wan port. I heard there’s a difference in performance.

[Netduma Fraser]

You should connect the R3 WAN/blue port to one of the ATT LAN ports for it all to work correctly

[Soose]

So the blue or yellow port on att router?

[PharmDawgg]

It doesn’t really matter. 
I have the same setup. Because you only have the 1gbps plan connect to the yellow. The blue port is only pushing 1gbps speeds if it is even active at all. 
So know that if you decide to upgrade 5 gbps plan I would connect to the blue port but know that the r3 only has 1gbps ports. You would be limited. 
Also the R3 theoretically get 1gbps. I believe the ports maxes out at “950mbps” if that. I believe the hardware limits these R3 speed capabilities 
Hope this makes sense. 

[Soose]

@PharmDawggdo you mind sending a list of what to toggle on or off for best router performance for like warzone gaming? I heard things like telemetry off helps ease router cpu load. Just feels like every time I run a buffer bloat test even dropping it at 70% connection still not good. Maybe what troubleshoot advanced settings you have on or off? Thanks as I’m trying to figure out why I’m constantly dying when I know I have the upper hand. For example shoot first then die if that makes sense knowing I should’ve won gunfight. Also curious when putting att router in passthrough mode what should I set passthrough dhcp lease time to?

[Netduma Fraser]

I don't know what the blue/yellow ports correspond to on the ATT router so I can't answer that. 

You don't need to change those advanced settings options. You can leave the lease time at the default for now.

• Are ALL devices connected to the R3?
• Have you entered your speeds into the router?
• How have you setup Congestion Control?
• How have you setup SmartBOOST?
• What game are you playing?
• What platform are you playing on and how is it connected, via ethernet or WiFi?
• How have you setup the Geo-Filter?

[PharmDawgg]

Please follow @Netduma Frasersuggestions above. I can only speak on the BGW 320-500 ports.  

On the AT&T BGW320-500 gateway, the yellow and blue Ethernet ports are both for connecting your wired devices, but they support different maximum speeds:

Yellow ports (3 ports) – Standard Gigabit Ethernet

Maximum speed: 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps)

Also works with 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps devices.

Blue port (1 port) – Multi-Gig Ethernet

Maximum speed: 5 Gbps

Compatible with 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, and 5 Gbps devices.

If your internet plan is 1 Gbps or less, there’s usually no performance difference between plugging into a yellow or blue port unless your device has a multi-gig Ethernet adapter.

I have my Netduma pugged into the blue port of the BGW 320-500 and all my other devices plugged into the Netduma R3 ports.