improving homelab upload performance- VPS proxy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by lemming741@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've got 1000/50 service from a mid-size ISP. It's pretty consistent- any time I run a speed test from home, it will hit those numbers. I have an opnsense plugin checking twice a day.

Performance from my self-hosted services to the internet, however, is very inconsistent. Sometimes I get the full 50, sometimes it will only hit 5 Mbit/s.

Is it possible a VPS proxy could provide less congested routes? Is there a better way to troubleshoot the bottleneck? When i notice a slowdown, usually watching a clip on frigate, I'll use a public speedtest to check my field connection. If it's over 50 down, I'll check librespeed on my server. If frigate or plex is fast, librespeed will be too. If I've noticed a problem, librespeed has always agreed.

My host machine is a 5700g w/ 64 gigs of ram, X520 nic to an S33 modem, so I don't think it's a hardware bottleneck.

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[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

Some ISPs are known to cheat and give speed-test websites preferential treatment so that the speed looks fine when testing.

Also you are likely on a cable-modem, right? These are a shared medium, so those 1000/50 numbers need to be taken with a huge grain of salt as it highly depends on how much other people in nearby apartments/houses are using it.

Try if at all possible to switch to a home fiber connection, as those offer much more consistent connections and usually also higher upload speeds.

[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Cable, yes. WOW is planning high-split soon, and also fiber in my city but it isn't complete yet. The alternative is Comcast but there are ridiculous data caps and you have to use their gateway for the higher tiers. They also pulled the "failed to return equipment" scam on me back in 2007. That stayed in collections for 7 years, fuck 'em.

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