i been running opnsense in "basic/noob" mode for a year now (the only settings i changed is new login/password , disabling root and the FQ_CoDel pipes)
i did not encounter any issues or problems , all updates were smooth
overall i am very happy with opnsense and would recommend to anyone even though it may look a bit intimidating at first but it is a noob friendly after all (at least in its basic form) ...
now the question
is the FQ_CoDel still the best for the "ping oriented gaming" in opnsense ?
are there any "plugins" specifically ping/gaming oriented ?
any chance for a "cake" ? (as i heard is the best qos for now)
thanks
There is no "ping oriented gaming" or packages or plugins.
The ping is just a vague metric that should showcase whats the possible latency between the client and server. However this measurement is not accurate, thaťs why its vague.
You can have great gaming experience but bad ping, or have great ping but bad gaming experience.
The real performance is coming from user experience.
CAKE is not available, there is no implementation in FBSD for this. Also CAKE is not QOS, CAKE is an SQM scheduler which is a suite of QoS. QoS is an implementation concept.
FQ_CoDel is the best AQM scheduler we have.
If you dont have lags, latency or jitter in games or what ever application, there is really no reason to go lookup if there is something better than you already have.
Regards,
S.
Quote from: Seimus on April 30, 2026, 10:01:40 PMThe ping is just a vague metric that should showcase whats the possible latency between the client and server. However this measurement is not accurate, thaťs why its vague.
You can have great gaming experience but bad ping, or have great ping but bad gaming experience.
The real performance is coming from user experience.
IMHO the most important thing is how the game is programmed and the whole "Use P2P for everything trend" needs to go away A.S.A.P. !!!
Over the last 15 years or so a lot of FPS games have shown that the TICK RATE is one of the most important things :
- Low Tick Rate = Bad hitreg.
- High Tick Rate = Much better hitreg!
Quote from: reefer123 on April 30, 2026, 07:49:52 PMi been running opnsense in "basic/noob" mode for a year now
NEWB to NEWB. That's good to know.