We’re excited to announce a new firmware release for Route10 that adds the following:
Add support for WAN rate-limiting, using CAKE (under advanced WAN settings). Note that this disables hardware acceleration for WAN-destined packets, but can provide much better latency depending on the uplink.
This update is being rolled out now. You can manually initiate the upgrade if you’d like, or it will automatically update overnight (if auto-updates are enabled). The complete, up-to-date changelog is available here:
As always, if you have questions or encounter any issues, feel free to reply here or start a new topic. Please include details about the issue so we can assist you effectively.
Trying out the new feature, and latency is greatly improved during speedtest and the speed hovers around 90% of nominal speed for my 600/600 link
While enabling it I found that the Save button remained lit even after Save had pushed the configuration (on Cloud control on Chrome Mobile on Android).
This doesn’t appear to be functioning. When enabling download/upload limits on the WAN port via Settings > Network > WANs it doesn’t appear to improve anything.
Bufferbloat tests before and after configuration changes result in the same rating and performance metrics. When I utilize my failover router that also supports cake it works as intended.
I assume all firmwares are upgraded, and up to date, so that sounds strange. Do you see any proof of the CPU load increasing at all during tests? CPU load for Route10 is usually around 1-2% but during Bufferbloat tests for fine tuning it increased to around 45-55% for my 605/605 Upload/Download limit on a symmetrical 600/600 subscription with actual cap on appr. 625/625.
I fiddled with it for a while and settled on a sweet spot on limits on appr. 96-97% (600-605) of nominal (actual) Upload/Download of 625/625.
I tried it out over WiFi from my Android phone through AP6 Pro (though wired tests are better suited). I noticed that bufferbloat tests in areas with worse coverage did not change (F). It was bad before and bad after enabling limits. But in better coverage areas, the grade improved from A/B to A+ (especially Download got better, and were Upload was already very good).
Something I did initially and found kinda confusing, was enter in the limits under Download Limit and Upload Limit under the WAN port. Which isn’t where the CAKE limiter settings are. They’re under the pencil icon and then the advanced section of the next page.
Just wanted to post that in case someone else did what I did!
This feature works very well. However, if you use a lot of VPN, at least on the client side, using a VPN app, it would impede on your speed. I suspect if your ISP uses some sort of QOS that is not compatible with CAKE, it may not work very well.
