The rule set described below in this post is the winner. The new default rule set has been added to the Gargoyle repo and will appear as the default in releases after v1.10.0. Thanks to everyone who contributed on this thread. New users of Gargoyle QoS would be wise to just use the default rules and enable ACC until they understand more about how QoS works. Just doing these two things is likely to get you 90% of what QoS can do for you.
Folks interested in the inner workings of ACC might be interested in the new hotness related to this feature which is also now in the repo. Look for my separate post on the subject in the forum.
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I have a confession to make. I made the current default QoS rule set years ago and I am not proud of them. They have just propagated forward since on their own inertia. Did not really know what would work best back then but since then I have seen several threads in this forum with good ideas for a better default QoS setup. It's clear that many have had experiences and ideas I have not had so Gargoyle should take advantage.
So I invite a contest of the faithful to design a new (elegant) default rule set. Yours truly to be the final judge. Based on what I read I will update this post with the current top contender. To move into (or modify) the top position your suggestion must be generally applicable to Gargoyle users. That is home users who don't know or want to know how it works. Your prize to be the pride of knowing you contributed to the project that will benefit everyone.
Current proposed default:
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Download Direction:
Enabled with one rule for packets less than 128 bytes to the 'Fast' class.
Default to the "Default' class
Fast Class 50%, Min 0, No Max, No Min RTT
Default Class 50%, Min 0, No Max, No Min RTT
ACC enabled with default settings.
Upload Direction:
Enabled with one rule for packets less than 128 bytes to the 'Fast' class.
Default to the "Default' class
Fast Class 90%, Min 0, No Max
Default Class 10%, Min 0, No Max
I look forward to seeing more comments.