Home Wireless-G Gateway
The QoS Tab
QoS
Quality of Service (QoS) ensures better service to
Enabled/Disabled. To use QoS, select Enable. Otherwise, keep the default, Disable.
Application-based QoS
High priority/Medium priority/Low priority. For each application, select High priority (traffic on this queue shares 60% of the total bandwidth), Medium priority (traffic on this queue shares 18% of the total bandwidth), or Low priority (traffic on this queue shares 1% of the total bandwidth).
FTP (File Transfer Protocol). A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For example, after developing the HTML pages for a website on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the web server using FTP.
HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol). The communications protocol used to connect to servers on the World Wide Web. Its primary function is to establish a connection with a web server and transmit HTML pages to the client web browser.
Telnet. A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on Internet and
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). The standard
POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3). A standard mail server commonly used on the Internet. It provides a message store that holds incoming
Specific Port#. You can add three additional applications by entering their respective port numbers in the Specific Port# fields.
Chapter 5: Configuring the Home Wireless-G Gateway
Figure 5-31: QoS
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The Applications and Gaming Tab