Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility

The following table shows some example priority settings based on application type.

Table 9 Priority Settings

PRIORITY LEVEL

APPLICATION

Highest

Voice Application

 

 

High

Video and Audio Applications

 

 

Mid

Data Applications

 

 

Low

Data Applications

 

 

Figure 25 QoS Settings

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 10 QoS Settings

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Port Priority

You can configure up to eight rules defining priority for traffic

 

transmitted from the selected Powerline device.

 

 

Rule Name

Type a rule name. The name may consist of up to 31 letters,

 

numerals and any printable character found on a typical English

 

language keyboard. Spaces are not allowed.

 

 

Port #

Select the type of traffic to which this rule applies. You may

 

select one of the following:

 

FTP

 

HTTP

 

E-Mail

 

Telnet

 

User-Defined

 

If you select User-Definedthen enter the port number that

 

defines that traffic type, such as 1823 for MSN traffic. See the

 

commom services appendix for port numbers of other traffic

 

types.

 

After you select the traffic type, select the priority level

 

(Highest, High, Mid, Low) assigned to this traffic.

 

Click Add to save the rule to the list in this screen.

 

If you want to delete an existing rule, select it in the text box

 

and then click Delete.

 

 

Rule Name

This field displays the name of a previously created priority rule.

 

 

 

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