Best settings for PS4 - DMZ?, Fasttrack, Queue?

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Hello,

My chain to PS4 looks like this:

ISP radio link> MikroTik router main> MikroTik AP> MikroTik HAP> Powerline Ethernet adapter> Powerline ethernet adapter> PS4

Main MikroTik router as DHCP server rest as Clients.

What I have done so far:

  1. Tried DMZ or just simple NAT rule , dsnat>dst. address: public ip> tcp> dst. ports: 1-65535 and action dst-nat to PS4 IP
    NOT working no traffic and PS4 still shows NAT type 2 not NAT1
  2. Tried Queue to main router ethernet 1, and got lucky to cut down all up and down limits for all clients - checked with speedtest.net really got 5Mbps down and 1 Mbps up.
  3. Tried separate queue to ps4 IP address but no luck

Should I stay with Queue to limit all and then make FastTrack to PS4 IP?

Please help/share :cry: :cry: :cry: with best way how to give most traffic to PS4 and let other users to buffer a bit for Netflix or YouTube etc.
I only can use web interface or play with winbox, to dumb for anything else.

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  1. Queues
    If you are unable to Control the devices on your Network,
    then Queues are usually the only ways to manage Bandwidth / QoS.

This allows you to, for exemple

  1. prioritise the PS4-Traffic (like you normally would for exemple VOIP)
  2. reserve Bandwidth for PS4-Traffic
  3. Limit Non-PS4 Traffic, etc…

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  4. Fasttrack
    If your Main Router has high CPU-Usuage
    And because of this, you are not able to
    achive ISP-Speeds. Then you might want to
    activate Fasttrack. Be aware, that there are some limitation
    when using Queues and Fastpath together.

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  5. DMZ? / PS4-Network
    Having a dedicated Network for the PS4,
    can help with Performace, but only if your Main-Network
    is already a burdened with High Traffic / Broadcast, etc..

VLAN`s are usually used to segregate a Network…

If your are not confortable with Mikrotik and VLAN
I wouldn`t recommend it

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Thanks, didn’t expect anyone to reply as it was no activity for several days here.

What I did and it looks like it is helping is Queue settings.

I found good instruction about how to make main Queue and then create Queues for all IP range using terminal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnDQZjhDd90&ab_channel=techieLAB

Then by making static IP for PS4 and for other users I can control each IP upload/download limit.

Anyway I love Mikrotik when it works :wink: