Feature request - SQM built into Deco firmware, not just QOS
Good day, I have a simple feature request for the Deco line of products. Currently we have QOS that we can turn on, but there is no built in SQM. This is opensource and should be easy enough to add (depending on CPU support that is) to the Deco units. This would be extremely helpful to having a quality experience with Deco equipment and it is perfect for the Deco line as there is nothing to configure or manage. This will be seamless to the end users, and result in a better running network and happier customers as bufferbloat would be fixed. The network will then be more reliable and not "drop" or stutter as much, especially when the higher end systems are stated to be good for 150+ devices. SQM would be extremely helpful to those size networks!
There are a few other brands out there doing this, most notably Eero, but I would greatly prefer the feature be added into TP-Link firmware. This could be a real differentiating feature for the Deco line of mesh equipment vs all the others out there.
Just a suggestion, and maybe this is already being looked at. I sure hope so, if not I would request someone in the firmware development/engineering team look into adding this.
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This was never going to happen. The CPUs in these Deco units could never do SQM at any meaningful speed.
Suggest people move to other software and hardware supporting OpenWRT.
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@Thrill Agreed, my TP-Link router has been consigned to being an extra WAP and I'm now using a Raspberry Pi 4B with an extra gigabit USB3 adapter to act as my primary router. That means I can use the "Cake" SQM, the best one available. Consumers should separate the router and wifi functions into individual boxes.
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@Thrill I don't know enough to evaluate that assebut lack of responsive is sufficiently disqualifying for me.
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@SpiderLAN On Starlink the bufferbloat issue is serious. TP-Link please will you add SQM. I use a PX50 and this has enough power to utilise SQM.
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I now use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my router. You can choose from a number of different operating systems that work well for routing. I'm using the standard Raspberry Pi OS, but you can also use OpenWRT and DDWRT. You'll need a second Ethernet port. I use the Bicool one based on the RTL8153 chipset. Mind you, I'd happily buy an off-the-shelf solution like TP-Link if it gave me the same options to flash such powerful firmware. It would be great for my less tech-savvy relatives.
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