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.

Figure 7.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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Figure 8. Upstream QoS assigns high priority to gaming traffic from your Xbox

We recommend 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.

To enable upstream QoS:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the

router

user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup > Upstream QoS

.

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5.

Select the

Enable Upstream QoS (Optimized for Gaming)

check box.

6.

Specify the maximum uplink bandwidth for your Internet connection:

•

If you know what your uplink bandwidth is, type it in the

Uplink bandwidth Maximum

field and

select

Kbps

or

Mbps

from the menu.

•

If you are not sure, click the

Speedtest

button.

Speedtest verifies the upstream speed of your Internet connection.The

Uplink bandwidth Maximum

field displays the result of the test.

7.

Click the

Apply

button.

The

router

assigns a high priority to Internet traffic from your gaming devices to the Internet.

Add Upstream QoS Priority Rules

You can give prioritized Internet access to the following types of traffic:

•

Specific applications

•

Specific online games

•

Individual Ethernet LAN ports of the

router

•

A specific device by MAC address

To specify prioritization of traffic, create a policy for the type of traffic and add the policy to the

router

's

QoS Priority Rule list. For convenience, the

router

's QoS Priority Rule list includes many common

applications and online games that can benefit from QoS handling.

Set Up QoS for Applications and Online Gaming

You can create an upstream QoS policy rule for an application or online game.

To create an upstream QoS policy rule for an application or online game:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the

router

user name and password.

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The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup > Upstream QoS

.

5.

Click the

Setup QoS rule

button.

6.

To add a rule, scroll down to the bottom of the QoS Priority Rule list page and click the

Add Priority

Rule

button.

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7.

In the

QoS Policy for

field, type the name of the application or game.

8.

From the

Priority Category

menu, select either

Applications

or

Online Gaming

.

A list of applications or games displays.

9.

Scroll and select

Add a New Application

or

Add a New Game

, as applicable.

10.

If prompted, from the

Connection Type

menu, select either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

TCP/UDP

(both).

11.

Specify the port number or range of port numbers that the application or game uses.

12.

From the

Priority

menu, select the priority for upstream traffic for this application or game relative to

other traffic.

The options are

Low

,

Normal

,

High

, and

Highest

.

13.

Click the

Apply

button.

The rule is saved in the QoS Priority Rule list.

Set Up QoS for a

Router

LAN Port

You can create an upstream QoS policy rule for a device that is connected to a LAN port of the

router

.

To create an upstream QoS policy rule for a device connected to one of the

router

’s LAN ports:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the

router

user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup > Upstream QoS

.

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