Optimize Performance
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N300 WiFi Router

Prioritize Internet Traffic with Quality of Service

You can use Quality of Service (QoS) to assign high priority to gaming and streaming video
from the Internet.
Upstream QoS
(gaming)
Downstream QoS
(video streaming)
Internet
Figure 4. You can prioritize downstream traffic, upstream traffic, or both

Optimize Internet Gaming with Upstream QoS

Upstream Quality of Service (QoS) assigns high priority to Internet traffic from your Xbox
gaming system.
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High priority trac
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Figure 5. 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.