Moving the home server to fq_codel
Switching the default qdisc made video calls noticeably smoother while large downloads run in the background. Bufferbloat is still the cheapest latency fix there is.
Small notes on home networking, Linux and self-hosting.
Switching the default qdisc made video calls noticeably smoother while large downloads run in the background. Bufferbloat is still the cheapest latency fix there is.
For a page like this one, Caddy with automatic certificates is hard to beat: one short config file and nothing else to maintain.
If large transfers stall but pings work, check the path MTU first. Clamping MSS saved me an evening of guessing.