54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614v8 User Manual

Editing or Deleting an Existing QoS Policy

To edit or delete an existing QoS policy:

1.From the main menu, under Advanced, click QoS Setup. The QoS Setup screen displays, as shown in Figure 5-6 on page 5-15.

2.From the QoS Setup screen, click Setup QoS Rule to view the QoS Priority Rule list.

3.On the QoS Priority Rule List, select the radio button next to the QoS policy to be edited or deleted, and do one of the following:

Click Delete to remove the QoS policy.

Click Edit to edit the QoS policy. Follow the instructions in the preceding sections to change the policy settings.

4.Click Apply throughout these screens to save your changes.

Changing the MTU Size

The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is the largest data packet a network device transmits. When one network device communicates across the Internet with another, the data packets travel through many devices along the way. If any device in the data path has a lower MTU setting than the other devices, the data packets must be split or “fragmented” to accommodate the one with the smallest MTU.

The best MTU setting for NETGEAR equipment is often just the default value, and changing the value might fix one problem but cause another. Leave MTU unchanged unless one of these situations occurs:

You have problems connecting to your ISP, or other Internet service, and either the technical support of the ISP or of NETGEAR recommends changing the MTU size. These might require an MTU change:

A secure Web site that will not open, or displays only part of a Web page

Yahoo e-mail

MSN

America Online’s DSL service

You use VPN and have severe performance problems.

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Fine-Tuning Your Network

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NETGEAR WGR614 v8 manual Changing the MTU Size, Editing or Deleting an Existing QoS Policy