Configuring Killer Firewall

a. Locate the game or application and set Download and Upload settings:

•Unlimited — use for most games

Other programs should be set to lower bandwidths than your game, depending on the total bandwidth available. Try different settings for each program while you game, and make sure to monitor your lag.

Note: Do not assign more bandwidth to a program than you have available. This will impede the performance of your online gaming experience.

5.Select the Settings tab and modify the connection settings for the games and applications you want to modify.

a. Click the Test button to launch your default web browser and start a bandwidth speed test.

b. After the test completes, write down the Download and Upload values, as shown in this example.

c. Enter the Download and Upload values in the Download/Upload kb/s fields next to My Internet Connection Speed.

Important: Be sure to enter the actual tested values for your broadband connection. Setting these values too high causes Killer Bandwidth Control to assign too much bandwidth to programs, which can impede your online gaming experience.

6. Click OK.

Killer Firewall protects your online gaming computer from intruders and unauthorized Internet access by programs on your computer.

When enabled, Killer Firewall runs entirely on the Killer Xeno’s Network Processing Unit (NPU), allowing you to disable any software firewalls that run in the Windows operating system on your computer. This keeps your computer protected with less performance impact than traditional, software-based firewalls running on your computer.

Killer Firewall protects your computer by notifying you each time traffic wants to come into your computer. It does this by identifying programs that open ports to your Internet connection that are listening for data. Any time a program on your computer wants to open a port to the Internet, and you have not asked it to do so, Killer Firewall notifies you and asks your permission to open the port.

Note: You may not want to enable Killer Firewall if your computer is already protected by a firewall in your home router or gateway.