NETGEAR manual HDX101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter User Guide

HDX101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter User Guide

In general, multimedia applications use UDP (User Datagram Protocol) for data transfer. For such applications, the on-time arrival of the data is more important than the data itself. If a packet cannot be transferred in time, it will be dropped. For applications where the integrity of the data takes precedence over the data timing, such as database applications, TCP (Tranmission Control Protocol) is used for data transfer. The easiest way to give priority to multimedia traffic, is to assign high priority to UDP transfers. To give priority to database applications, assign high priority to TCP transfers.

To set the priority of data transfers by the type of protocol:

1.Start the HDX101 Configuration Utility from the PC and wait for the utility to detect the Powerline HD Ethernet adapters connected to the computer.

2.For each device where “No” is displayed in the Configured column, click the device name to select it, and then click the Configure button.

3.When the Configured column indicates “Yes” for all detected devices, select the QoS (Quality of Service) tab.

4.In the “Advanced QoS Options” section. To give priority to multimedia transfers, select UDP priority and UDP high priority in the Rule list boxes.

Figure 2-17

Otherwise, to give priority to database or document transfers, select TCP priority and TCP high priority in the Rule list boxes.

Installing the Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter 2-17

v1.1, November 2006