Hi, my name is chris and this is BattlenonsenseI guess every gamer at least once encountered the following problem.You are playing a game you really like, everything is fine, and you are doing great.But then, out of the blue your ping is going crazy, your shots are no longer registeringand you get a lot of rubber banding. should this happen while you are playing ranked,then your skill rating will probably suffer as a result which makes this even more infuriating.So, what could cause this issue:The game server could experience a performance problem, which you can’t do anything about.It could also be your internet connection that is failing – where you will have tocontact your ISP to get it fixedOr your WiFi connection degraded as a result of interference, bad weather or other userseating up too much bandwidth.WiFi is really a very bad choice for playing online, especially when you play ranked.But the most common cause of this issue – is that your router is suffering from bufferbloat – which basically means that the games data packets queue up inside the router oreven get dropped by the router when someone or something else is eating up all your availablebandwidth and the router is unable to prioritize the data packets of real time applicationssuch as online games.So, to find out if your router is affected by buffer bloat, you just have to use a networkcable to connect your PC directly to the router, and then run a speed test on dslreports.com– a link is in the description down below.Please do not you use Wi-Fi for this test as you might not get conclusive results then,since your Wi-Fi might provide less bandwidth than what you get from your Internet serviceprovider.Now during the test, you can see how maxing out your connection affects your ping.If the buffer bloat rating shows anything but an A or A+, then you will experience pingspikes, packet loss and rubber banding when someone or something else maxes out your upor downstream connection while you are gaming.I had this issue every time my wife got home, it was almost like she could make our internetconnection fail so that I would stop playing.But what really happened was that her phone began to sync pictures with one drive as soonas her phone connected to our Wi-Fi, and I then suffered from massive ping spikes asour ISP router did not prioritize the data of the game that I was playing.So, what can you do to fix that issue.There are many very expensive so-called gaming routers out there which claim to fix lag,or have awesome Quality of Service rules to ensure a great online experience.You can actually find a video on my channel where I tested the Netduma r1 and a Nighthawkfrom netgear.However many of these gaming routers only affect the downstream traffic and ignore theupstream, others need and up to date external databases to detect the network traffic ofapplications, and then there are routers which only do bandwidth management on a per devicebasis, where you can then say that i.e. your PC gets more bandwidth than your wife’sphone but this does not help you a bit when uplay, steam or origin download a big patchwhile you are playing Overwatch on the same PC.So, I guess that you don’t like these solutions more than I do, luckily there is an alternativecalled SQM or Smart Queue Management.Simply put, SQM will ensure that the router prioritizes data from real time applicationssuch as online games so that their data does not get delayed or dropped.And the best thing about it is that you literally just have to turn it on – no further complexconfiguration required – unless you really want to do some very special configurationsand rules.Now before you buy a new router which supports SQM, you might want to check if you can installa custom firmware like OpenWRT which also features SQM.The reason why I am not going to dive into this subject in todays video, is that dependingon your router the process of installing a custom firmware can be both very risky andvery complex.The SQM performance also depends on the processing power of your router, so its quite likelythat your current one will not be able to utilize your full up and downstream bandwidthwhen SQM is enabled.So, what I want to do in today’s video, is guide you through the basic setup processof an Edge Router X from Ubiquity, which has a Smart Queue traffic shaping performanceof at least 100Mbits per second.Which means that if you have an internet connection with up to 100Mbits per second then the processingpower of this router will not become a bottleneck.But if you have a 200Mbits connection, then you will probably end up with about 120Mbitsper second with Smart Queue enabled as the CPU of the Edge Router X will then becomea bottleneck.There is a very nice performance table inside the EdgeOS manual which shows you what youcan expect with Smart Queue enabled.However please always expect the lowest value to be the maximum bandwidth that you willget with Smart Queue enabled, as the performance depends on the size of the packets that aresent and received as well as what else the router has to do – like port forwardingand fire wall rules.The reason why I choose Ubiquiti’s Edge Router X over their UniFi Security Gatewayis that the USG is basically an EdgeRouter Lite, and that has a traffic shaping performanceof just 60 megabits per second due to its weaker CPU.So, while the WebGUI of the EdgeRouter X is not as nice as the one of the UniFi controller,I recommend the Edge Router X over the USG as it much costs much less while providingmore bandwidth when Smart Queue is enabled.Now unlike most other routers, neither the EdgeRouter nor the USG come with WiFi.But that’s not really an issue as you can just add one or multiple UniFi access points.So for less than what most of these so call gaming routers cost you get a router thatis really great for playing games online and WiFi that will trump what most other routershave built right into them.In the description down below, you can find links to these devises on amazonand later in the video I will tell you how you get a chance to win these two as I amgoing to give away the Edge Router X and the Unifi Access Point that I use for this setupguide.I also want to make clear that this video was not sponsored by ubiquity, nor do I getpaid for promoting their products.I’ve been using and installing their products for more than a year now and since I and mycustomers are very happy with their performance and the low prize, I simply want to make moregamers aware of their products as they really help to enhance your experience when you areplaying online.So how do we get that setup up and running.First of all, if you are doing this for the first time then you should reach out to yourinternet service provider and tell them that you want to use your own router.I know that there are still countries and providers where this might not even be possible,so if you are not sure if you can just use your own router then please talk to your ISPbefore you buy one.Okay so before we even power up the EdgeRouter X we must go to the ubnt.com website, anddownload the latest firmware.Next power up your Edge Router X and then connect your PC to eth0Open the network settings on your PC and set the IP address to 192.168.1.2Then use a web browser and go to 192.168.1.1Use ubnt for the username and passwordAccept the licence agreement and click on loginNow go to system, Upgrade System Image and click on upload a fileThen select the firmware image that you downloaded from the ubnt website and click open.After the image has been uploaded to the EdgeRouter you have to reboot it and then wait untilit applied the update.Then login again using ubnt for both the username and the password – and if the firmware updatewent through then you should see the correct version up here in the top left.Now it’s time to configure the router.Click on the Wizards tab and then select basic setup.Then choose the port to which you will connect your ISP modem to.Then you need to set the internet connection type.This is where you probably have to talk to your internet service provider to find outwhat you need to use here.Some of you might just need DHCP, others will have to use a Static IP address or use PPPoEwith a user and password.I asked my ISP what I need to do to run my own router, so I know that I have to selectStaticIP and then enter 172.16.254.50 for the address of eth0, 172.16.254.1 as gatewayand for DNS I can choose whatever I want.For a basic setup you don’t need to touch any of the other settings, except for theUser setup where you should at least use a secure password for the default ubnt user.After you clicked Apply Changes the router will reboot and then use the new configuration.While it’s doing that you then connect your PC to eth1 and your ISP modem to eth0 as thatis the internet port that we used in the setup wizard.Then you go to the properties of your ethernet adapter where you change the IP address aswell as the DNS settings back to DHCP so that you get a new IP address from the Edge Router X.After that you login again with the user and password that you set inside the wizardNow to find out your maximum up and downstream bandwidth you should do at least one speedtest on dslreports.com or another speed test that works better for your location.Then remember the result of the speed test, go to the QoS tab, enter a policy name, selectthe WAN interface, enter the upload and download bandwidth, and click apply.In case that you had to use PPPoE for your internet connection type, you need to choosePPPoE as WAN interface here.With smart queue enabled you should do another speed test on dslreports, where yourbuffer bloat rating should now show an A or A+ which means that you will no longer get massiveping spikes when your wife’s phone starts to upload pictures to the cloud.Another marriage saved by Smart Queue Management.So that is basically everything that you need to do to get the Edge Router X up and running.Games usually do not require that you forward specific ports to your PC or console, in factyou can even make matters worse by setting up port forwarding rules, like when you havemore than one PC that you play games on, or when a port is also used by another deviceor service.You should only use port forwarding when you experience issues in a gamewhere a moderate NAT status is not necessarily an issue.What can also help to troubleshoot connectivity issues, or a strict NAT status is to enableUPnP or universal plug and play.UPnP allows i.e. Skype to have the router forward specific ports to the device where skype is running on.It essentially allows any UPnP device to punch a hole into your firewall, which is obviouslya security risk where you really have to trust all devices and applications in your network.So, if you want to enable UPnP then you can do that here inside the wizard where you justhave to select your internal or LAN interface, in my case that’s switch0 as that will theapply to eth 1 2 3 and 4, and eth0 for the external interface as that’swhat I selected for the internet connection type.Again, if you had to choose PPPoE then you need to select that as your external interface.So that will enable UPnP on any Edge Router.But if you want to use the newer upnp2 then you will have to get your hands dirty by eitherusing the CLI or SSH into the Edge Router.I will put a link in the description down below which explains how to enable upnp2.Now what if you don’t trust UPnP or if you have to forward ports to specific devicesin your network.In that case you should first go to services and select view details from theactions drop down menu down menu of the DHCP service.Here you can then change the DHCP range where I like to limit it to about 100 addressesand I also like to use the google DNS servers.Now for port forewarning to work the destination PC or console must always use the same IP address.To ensure that you could either manually set a static IP address which is outside the DHCP range,Or you could use the Map Static IP feature inside the DHCP service, which will then rememberthat device based on their MAC address and always assign the same IP address to it.Now to create a port forwarding rule you must go to the Firewall tabSelect your WAN interface, where again, if you use PPPoE you have to select PPPoE not eth0Then select your LAN interfaceEnter the original or incoming port, select the protocol, the LAN IP address that youwant to forward this data to, the internal port that you want to forward it to,as well as a description.You can also add additional rules in case that you need more.And don’t forget to click apply once you are done.Once you finished setting up your Edge Router, you should go to system and then downloada backup file of the configuration.You should also do that again after you upgraded the firmware or when you did further changesto the configuration as you can restore a router very quickly when you have anup to date backup of the configuration.So now we need to take care of the access point.First of all you connect the LAN port of the PoE injector to one of the ethernet portsof the Edge Router, and then you connect the access point to the PoE port on the PoE injector.Ubiquiti’s Unifi devices do not have a WebGUI.Instead you use the Unifi Network management controller to manage all unifi devices in your network.But unlike other centralized management systems, a Unify USG, switch or access point will still workeven when the unif controller is not running – unless you use special featureslike the captive portal for guest logins of course.So, if you deploy multiple Unifi devices in your parents’ house, or a customer’s house,then I recommend to go for the Unifi Cloud key which is not only running the Unifi controllersoftware, but also allows easy remote access, which means that you can do config changesor firmware upgrades remotely without having to setup a VPN connection or do insecure port forwarding.However, in our case a cloud key is overkill.So what I will do instead is go to the ubnt website and download the Unifi controllersoftware for windows.Once the controller is running you click on launch a browser to manage the networkThen you select your country and click nextNow you get a list of all Unifi devices in your network, where you can then select theaccess point and click nextThen enter a SSID or name for your Wi-Fi and choose a secure key or password which is requiredto access the wireless network.Now to access the controller you need to create an admin user.Then click next, make sure that the configuration is correct and finish.Now you get the login box for the UBNT cloud access, which you would need when you wantto remotely access a site on which you run the Unifi cloud key.But since we have a local installation of the controller which is not running all thetime you have to select skip and then login with the admin user that you just created.Now click on wireless LAN And upgrade the firmware of the access pointAfter the upgrade finished click on the access point and go to tools where you start an RF scan.The access point will now scan for other wireless LAN networks and then choose the best channelsfor both the 2.4 and 5Ghz bands.Once it finished the scan you are done.There is no further configuration required for a basic WiFi setup.However, if you want to, then you could change the name of the access point, you could manuallychange the settings of the 2.4 and 5ghz radios, you could setup a separate WiFi network forthe 5Ghz band, you could create a guest network where users have bandwidth limitsand can’t access other devices on your LAN, or you could do a lot more.However if you just want to have WiFi, then you don’t need to do anything else.Except a backup of the configuration.So that’s it, now you have good Wi-Fi and a router which prioritizes the data of online games.However even though the Unifi access point is a very good device, you should stillnot use Wi-Fi for online gaming, especially when you play ranked.Even with this setup you can still run into issues when you use Wi-Fi as it can be affectedby interference and the distance between you and the access point, as well as the wallsor ceilings between you and the access point have a big impact on the quality of the Wireless connection.You can find links to the Edge Router X as well as the Unifi Access point in the description down below,where I also explain what you have to do for a chance to win these 2 devicesthat I used for this setup guide.Now if you enjoyed this video, then it would be great if you could support me on patreon.Without the awesome support that I get from my patrons my channel could simply not exist anymore.So, if you like my work then you can find a link to my patreon in the description downbelow, where you can also do a one time donation.If you want to stay up to date on what I am currently working on then you can follow meon twitter or 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