Having connected the Homehub to attempt to check the latency, all I see is the red graph of death. It seem the device isn't usable with BQM? I can ping the IP address from the command line....

In reply to a post by nieldm:

Having connected the Homehub to attempt to check the latency, all I see is the red graph of death. It seem the device isn't usable with BQM? I can ping the IP address from the command line....

Did you read the post above yours?

Are you pinging the external IP and where from?

Edited by smouty (Sun 14-Nov-21 09:55:08)

In reply to a post by nieldm:

Having connected the Homehub to attempt to check the latency, all I see is the red graph of death. It seem the device isn't usable with BQM? I can ping the IP address from the command line....

Did you read the post above yours?

In reply to a post by nieldm:

Having connected the Homehub to attempt to check the latency, all I see is the red graph of death. It seem the device isn't usable with BQM? I can ping the IP address from the command line....

Oops, apologies not having one, completely forget that the BT S'Hubs don't do ICMP response on the WAN side...

I had not seen the post above mine, I only noticed them when I read yours asking if I had... my apologies.

Using DSLReports speedtest things don't look too bad (with a Route Policcy ensuring all traffic goes via BT) - http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/70040780

The BQM is still ugly though and I don't have another router I can test with, sadly. As someone noted higher up, contacting BT when I am not using a HH and haven't eliminated the Draytek isn't going to be a nourishing experience so it feels like a bit of a catch 22.

Having got my teeth into this it now feels like I need to get to the bottom of things....does anyone have any other suggestions?

You could always go routerless: plug your PC or laptop directly into the ONT and configure it as a PPPoE client. Ensure that incoming pings are enabled in your software firewall.

+1. For testing purposes.

Edit - just don’t know how performant Windows based firewall would be - suppose could always load Ubuntu etc from bootable USB stick and do it that way.

Edited by Pheasant (Tue 16-Nov-21 15:56:35)

In reply to a post by nieldm:

Using DSLReports speedtest things don't look too bad (with a Route Policcy ensuring all traffic goes via BT) - http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/70040780

Having got my teeth into this it now feels like I need to get to the bottom of things....does anyone have any other suggestions?

Why is the speed so low? I thought you were on a 500mbit line.

Do you have a spare PC you can stick a dual nic in and run OPNSense/pfsense?

Well spotted. I am indeed on a 500Mb/s line and I get that when I connect via ethernet, that test was done on wifi. It's an old house with thick walls but that said, I took the trouble to run ethernet to various points and use Ubiquiti access points, so it's not usually that slow.

You are overestimating my knowledge of these matters, but I will research what OPNSense/pfsense is as I do have a spare laptop (or a Pi?) I could deploy.

The other suggestion, that I use this laptop to bypass the Draytek, can also be done but it will have to be when I am not in danger of a SWMBO explosion....

In reply to a post by smouty:

In reply to a post by nieldm:

Using DSLReports speedtest things don't look too bad (with a Route Policcy ensuring all traffic goes via BT) - http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/70040780

Having got my teeth into this it now feels like I need to get to the bottom of things....does anyone have any other suggestions?

Why is the speed so low? I thought you were on a 500mbit line.

Do you have a spare PC you can stick a dual nic in and run OPNSense/pfsense?

Are you able to cary out a more local test with that site? Its telling me its using servers in Switzerland - the London Linode servers are offline apparently.

Speed testing to .ch isn't going to be ideal, although testing via Wifi will of course be the biggest potential blocker...