Anything Similar to StreamBoost?

[everix]

First of all, for those of you that don't know, StreamBoost is basically advanced QoS (for lack of a better definition). You can read more about it here.

Anyways, on to the question. Do any other routers have anything comparable to StreamBoost and if so, which one do you think performs the best. The router I get will be going into an apartment with three people all heavily using the internet, either for gaming, Netflix, torrenting, etc.

 

[everix]

Bump because I'd like to figure this out while newegg has a $25 off code for this router.

 

[everix]

Sorry to bump again, but this is the last day of Newegg's promo code. Any input before I buy the DGL-5500?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-127-525&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=&Page=1#scrollFullInfo

 

[richb-hanover]

First of all, for those of you that don't know, StreamBoost is basically advanced QoS (for lack of a better definition). You can read more about it here.

Anyways, on to the question. Do any other routers have anything comparable to StreamBoost and if so, which one do you think performs the best. The router I get will be going into an apartment with three people all heavily using the internet, either for gaming, Netflix, torrenting, etc.

A simple answer is yes, check out the CeroWrt firmware at http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt . It appears that Qualcomm has incorporated a lot of the good research that has been happening in the CeroWrt project over the last two years. Good on them.

But if you don't want to spend $169 for a router, check out the WNDR3800 (~$95 on Amazon) and burn your own firmware to get the same results.

 

[richb-hanover]

Update: A lot has happened in the six (!) years since I wrote this message.

• CeroWrt has been completely merged into the OpenWrt main line. See https://openwrt.org
• The SQM of OpenWrt now sports newer algorithms (cake, instead of fq_codel) that have higher throughput.
• OpenWrt has dramatically evolved, with newest kernel, improved web GUI, etc.

First of all, for those of you that don't know, StreamBoost is basically advanced QoS (for lack of a better definition). You can read more about it here.

Anyways, on to the question. Do any other routers have anything comparable to StreamBoost and if so, which one do you think performs the best. The router I get will be going into an apartment with three people all heavily using the internet, either for gaming, Netflix, torrenting, etc.

A simple answer is yes, check out the CeroWrt firmware at http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt . It appears that Qualcomm has incorporated a lot of the good research that has been happening in the CeroWrt project over the last two years. Good on them.

But if you don't want to spend $169 for a router, check out the WNDR3800 (~$95 on Amazon) and burn your own firmware to get the same results.