sqm-scripts
SQM scripts traffic shaper (by tohojo)
core
OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend (by opnsense)
| sqm-scripts | core | |
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| 17 | 241 | |
| 225 | 2,980 | |
| - | 2.0% | |
| 3.5 | 9.9 | |
| 3 months ago | 7 days ago | |
| Shell | PHP | |
| - | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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sqm-scripts
Posts with mentions or reviews of sqm-scripts.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-23.
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Looking for Guidance and Advice
The little ~$150 Celeron mini-PCs with 4 network ports on AliExpress can generally handle routing close to 2.5Gb linespeed - basic routing doesn't take a whole lot of horsepower. Adding in VPN, SQM, and other features like that will take more power though.
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Would SQM help with a 1 mb/s download speed?
Smart Queue Management. https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Smart_Queue_Management/
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I'd love to get rid of Xfinity but this ping makes me feel uneasy, anyway to address that?
ISPs can do things to help with stuff like buffer bloat, but most customers are looking for the best speeds which they define in Mbps and it's not always a simple task - TCP was generally made for throughput not responsiveness. Maybe hook up your own router with smart queue management - and be prepared to sacrifice a bit of throughput for it (https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Smart_Queue_Management/)
- SQM? QOS?
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Server connection issues?
For me they reduced dramatically by addressing bufferbloat. Seems that latency causes eve client to disconnect, so by having proper routing algorithms the latency spikes should disappear even under heavy use. Some routers have these algorithms by default, but you can install them on any compatible router with a custom OS.
- Protocol Priorities implemented and are evident (In Canada?)
- Bufferbloat fix for 4G LTE?
- Unregelmäßige Ping Peaks (Internet, LAN, WLAN)
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SQM vs comcast
SQM is a combination of techniques: https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Smart_Queue_Management/ which includes shaping, fair queuing, and aqm, and even to small extent, qos. SQM uses htb, drr++ like FQ, codel, and diffserv to do all it's magic.
- 6.6 is out
core
Posts with mentions or reviews of core.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-14.
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Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize
dnsmasq can be used for wildcard domain aliases in OPNsense firewall, https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/4145#issuecomment-12...
- OPNsense Wildcard Support in Firewall Host Alias (2022)
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How to bypass public IP and NAT
Firmware's like Asuswrt-Merlin or OpenWRT can support dynamic-dns, or you can do like I do and run something like OPNsense in an x86 VM with a NIC passed through, or buy an inexpensive firewall appliance (up to 500mbps/1gbps/10gbps).
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Stop ISP from getting into my Router
The easiest solution is to buy your own router, set it up, disable the router functionality on the Fritzbox 7590 and plug your router into it. It'll be cheaper and easier than a Cisco Firewall, but if you want to go the dedicated firewall route then I would recommenced OPNsense
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Near Constant PTR lookups from localhost
Much searching lead me to a possible patch Unbound.inc for how it was handling aliases for 23.7 -> https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/5925
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The world in which IPv6 was a good design
[2]: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2544
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OpenBSD Innovations
BSDs may not have a significant presence on desktops, but they're well known in the networking world for their reliability. They also were the foundation used to build OSes for specific applications. OpnSense and XigmaNAS, for example, are two excellent FreeBSD based applications aimed at firewalling/security and NAS/services.
https://opnsense.org/
https://xigmanas.com/xnaswp/
- Root user access denied when adding new users?
- OPNsense: Open-source security platform
What are some alternatives?
When comparing sqm-scripts and core you can also consider the following projects:
bbr
docker-pihole-unbound - Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
pfSense - Main repository for pfSense
openwrt - Linux distribution for embedded devices
openNDS - openNDS (open Network Demarcation Service) is a high performance, small footprint, Captive Portal. It provides a border control gateway between a public local area network and the Internet.
wtbb - Where's the Buffer Bloat?
asuswrt-merlin.ng - Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)
UTMFW - UTM Firewall on OpenBSD
unifios-utilities - A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices
pfelk - pfSense/OPNsense + Elastic Stack
miniProxy