If anyone here knows some detail about SQM on OpenWRT, you may be able to help me. Recently I installed SQM and all is well and works pretty much exactly according to the guide. What I'm curious about ...

What will help is taking the responsibility for the buffering away from your ISP's equipment and bringing it inside your home ...

I upgraded my Archer C7 (v2) to use OpenWRT, and while I've overall been much happier with management and features over the stock TP-Link firmware (I finally can have IPV6 now), throughput has issues.

OpenWrt is an open source, Linux-based operating system designed to run on hundreds of routers and other embedded devices. It can add new features to your networking gear and give you more control ...