Linksys WRT54GL Applications and Gaming Tab DMZ, Applications and Gaming Tab QoS, Device Priority

Wireless-G Broadband Router

The Applications and Gaming Tab - DMZ

The DMZ feature allows one network user to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. The Port Range Forward feature is more secure because it only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ hosting opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet.

Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function.

To expose one PC, select Enable. Then, enter the computer's IP address in the DMZ Host IP Address field.

Change these settings as described here and click the Save Settings button to apply your changes or Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

The Applications and Gaming Tab - 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.

There are three types of QoS available, Device Priority, Application Priority, and Ethernet Port Priority.

Enable/Disable. To limit outgoing bandwidth for the QoS policies in use, select Enable. Otherwise, select Disable.

Upstream Bandwidth. Select the bandwidth to be used from the drop-down menu. This setting allows you to limit the outgoing bandwidth for the QoS policies in use, so you can control how much bandwidth a particular application is allowed to use.

Device Priority

Enter the name of your network device in the Device name field, enter its MAC Address, then select its priority from the drop-down menu.

Ethernet Port Priority

Ethernet Port Priority QoS allows you to prioritize performance for four of the Router’s ports, LAN Ports 1-4. For each of these ports, select High or Low for Priority. For Flow Control, if you want the Router to control the transmission of data between network devices, select Enable. To disable this feature, select Disable. The Router’s other four ports will be automatically assigned low priority. Incoming Rate Limit limits the incoming

Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband Router

Figure 6-35: Applications and Gaming Tab - DMZ

Figure 6-36: Applications and Gaming Tab - QOS

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The Applications and Gaming Tab - DMZ