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Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Router
Prioritize Internet Traffic with Quality of Service
You can use Quality of Service (QoS) to assign a high priority to gaming and streaming video
from the Internet.
Upstream QoS
(gaming)
Downstream QoS
(video streaming)
Internet
Figure 6. You can prioritize downstream traffic, upstream traffic, or both
Optimize Internet Gaming with Upstream QoS
Upstream Quality of Service (QoS) assigns a high priority to Internet traffic from your Xbox
gaming system.
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High priority trac
Internet
Figure 7. Upstream QoS assigns high priority to gaming traffic from your Xbox
NETGEAR recommends that only gamers enable the Upstream QoS feature. If you do not
game and you turn on this feature, some applications might not perform as well as usual.