grep life by Jeremy Glover

DD-WRT’s Quality of Service Works Really Well

The advent of YouTube, Hulu, Netflix’s watch instantly feature, torrents, and offsite/online backup has made good bandwidth crucial to an enjoyable experience. The first time my wife got me killed by hogging the bandwidth while I was playing World of Warcraft I immediately cranked up the DD-WRT control panel and setup Quality of Service (QoS). I instantly noticed a huge improvement in my ping times and overall game responsiveness. But I never tested just how well DD-WRT’s QoS feature worked.

Tonight I used Speakeasy’s speed test and the DD-WRT’s bandwidth monitor to determine if the QoS was obeying my settings. I think the results speak for themselves.

Up: 300 kbps
Down: 5000 kbps

Down: 4809 kbps
Up: 292 kbps

Down: 4819 kbps
Up: 294 kbps

In this graph you can see both tests. The two pieces of each test are the download and upload portions which ended up being about 4815 down and 293 up. Not bad at all!

I really couldn’t ask for more from my $50 router. Thanks again, DD-WRT!

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