Keep busy-hour service responsive across APs and backhauls
Control shared capacity at the constrained branch, keep subscribers fair, and give support a path from a busy tower to the affected circuit.
Illustrative download limits, not sizing recommendations. Active circuits compete within each configured parent limit, even when their individual plan rates add up to more.
- 01Backhaul: 500 Mbps
An explicit limit on this part of the configured path.
- 02Tower: 300 Mbps
An explicit limit on this part of the configured path.
- 03Access point: 200 Mbps
An explicit limit on this part of the configured path.
- 04Competing circuits: 100 Mbps each
CAKE manages competing flows within each circuit.
Control the shared bottleneck
Nest subscriber circuits beneath AP, site, and backhaul limits so a constrained branch has an explicit shaping envelope.
- Set capacity at each shared parent
- Inspect configured and effective limits
- Keep the rest of the hierarchy in view
Keep subscribers fair under load
Per-circuit queue management separates competing flows while the parent hierarchy enforces shared capacity.
- CAKE fairness inside each circuit
- Subscriber min/max rates from your source of truth
- Queue and throughput evidence during busy hour
Follow a complaint to its branch
Start with the affected site, compare its children, and open the subscriber circuit before deciding where to intervene.
- Compare RTT and retransmits with utilization
- Inspect the circuit and its upstream path
- Use Insight history to check when the pattern began
Local operator console
Check the parent, then follow its circuits
Compare configured and effective limits with live quality signals. Follow the affected branch into circuit investigation, then use Insight history when the problem has already passed.
Walkthrough
See the wireless ISP workflow in practice
These views show topology, map, and tree context that help WISPs locate congestion and support issues faster.
Plan your pilot
Put the workflow to work
Validate LibreQoS on your network
Start with a limited pilot, compare the same load conditions, and confirm the affected branch and circuit behavior before expanding.