Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Applications and Gaming > QoS

Quality of Service (QoS) ensures better service to high-priority types of network traffic, which may involve demanding, real-time applications, such as videoconferencing.

Applications and Gaming > QoS

QoS (Quality of Service)

Wireless

Wireless QoS  If you have other devices on your network that support Wireless QoS, select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled.

No Acknowledgement  If you want to disable the Router’s Acknowledgement feature, so the Router will not re-send data if an error occurs, then select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled.

Internet Access Priority

In this section, you can set the bandwidth priority for a variety of applications and devices. There are four levels priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low. When you set priority, do not set all applications to High, because this will defeat the purpose of allocating the available bandwidth. If you want to select below normal bandwidth, select Low. Depending on the application, a few attempts may be needed to set the appropriate bandwidth priority.

Enabled/Disabled  To use the QoS policies you have set, keep the default, Enabled. Otherwise, select Disabled.

Category

There are four categories available. Select one of the following: Applications, Online Games, MAC Address, EthernetPort, or VoiceDevice. Proceed to the instructions for your selection.

Applications

Applications  Select the appropriate application. If you select Add a New Application, follow the Add a New Application instructions.

Priority  Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium, Normal, or Low.

Click Add to save your changes. Your new entry will appear in the Summary list.

Add a New Application

QoS > Add a New Application

Enter a Name  Enter any name to indicate the name of the entry.

Port Range  Enter the port range that the application will be using. For example, if you want to allocate bandwidth for FTP, you can enter 21-21. If you need services for an application that uses from 1000 to 1250, you enter 1000- 1250 as your settings. You can have up to three ranges to define for this bandwidth allocation. Port numbers can range from 1 to 65535. Check your application’s documentation for details on the service ports used.

Select the protocol TCP or UDP, or select Both.

Priority  Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium (Recommend), Normal, or Low.

Click Add to save your changes. Your new entry will appear in the Summary list.

Online Games

QoS > Online Games

Games  Select the appropriate game.

Priority  Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium (Recommend), Normal, or Low.

Click Add to save your changes. Your new entry will appear in the Summary list.

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