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Old 27-07-2020, 10:05   #4
oscarandjo
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Re: Ping skyrockets + Packet Loss when Uploading

The rule of thumb I'd read is you should cap uploads to 80% of your upload speed, so I just suggested he do a speedtest (which was 12Mbps), then 80% is 9.6Mbps, which was reduced to 8Mbps for some leeway. I will suggest he reduces this even more.

I understand maxing out your download/upload will affect pings, but it surely shouldn't cause packet loss?

This is my home connection (VM 200Mbps), I run PC backups which take a few days to complete. There is no upload bandwidth limit imposed, meaning it saturates my upload bandwidth.
My BQM chart shows rises in ping, but not to the same extreme, and there is no packet loss (my backup finished at 2pm here):


Compare this to my friend's BQM chart, even with a bandwidth limit imposed there are much higher average pings and even some packet loss.


Are the number of "Post RS Errors" on Downstream Channels 1-4 (but not 5-8) normal on my friend's router?
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