The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup > Upstream QoS

.

The QoS Setup page displays.

5.

Click the

Setup QoS rule

button.

The QoS Priority Rule list page displays.

6.

Scroll down and click the

Delete All

button.

All rules are removed from the QoS Priority Rule list.

Optimize Video Streaming With Downstream QoS

Downstream Quality of Service (QoS) assigns a high priority to Internet video streaming from websites

like YouTube and Netflix.

Figure 9. Downstream QoS assigns a high priority to video streaming from the Internet

We recommend that you enable downstream QoS only if you watch streaming Internet video. When

downstream QoS assigns a high priority to streaming video, it also assigns a lower priority to the rest of

your Internet traffic. That means that other tasks such as downloading content from the Internet take

longer.

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To enable downstream 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 > Downstream QoS

.

5.

Select the

Enable Downstream QoS (Improved Video Streaming)

check box.

6.

(Optional) Select the

Streaming Database Auto Update

check box.

The

router

automatically checks for updates for the streaming database and downloads and installs

them.

You can also manually update the streaming database by clicking the

Manual Update

button and following the instructions onscreen.

Note

7.

Click the

Apply

button.

The page adjusts and displays the default QoS downstream priority rules for video streaming services

to which the

router

now assigns a high priority.

Add Downstream QoS Priority Rules

The streaming database contains downstream QoS priority rules for common video streaming services.

You cannot change or delete these default services. However, you can add custom downstream QoS

priority rules for video streaming traffic based on the following components:

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•

A specific keyword

•

A specific device by MAC address

To specify prioritization of streaming traffic, create a policy for a keyword or MAC address and add the

policy to the

router

's QoS rule table.

Add a Downstream QoS Policy Rule by Keyword

After you enable downstream QoS (see

Optimize Video Streaming With Downstream QoS

on page 61),

you can add a custom downstream QoS priority rule for video streaming traffic based on a specific keyword.

To add a downstream QoS priority rule by keyword:

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 > Downstream QoS

.

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5.

In the Add Rules section, leave the

by Keyword

radio button selected.

6.

In the

Rule Name

field, type the name of the rule.

7.

In the

Keyword

field, type a keyword.

8.

Click the

Add

button.

The rule is added to the QoS Rule table. If video streaming traffic from the server on the Internet

matches the keyword, the

router

assigns a high priority to the traffic.

Add a Downstream QoS Policy Rule by MAC Address

After you enable downstream QoS (see

Optimize Video Streaming With Downstream QoS

on page 61),

you can add a custom downstream QoS priority rule for video streaming traffic based on a MAC address.

To add a downstream QoS priority rule by MAC address:

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.

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The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup > Downstream QoS

.

The Downstream QoS page displays.

5.

In the Add Rules section, select the

By Device

radio button.

6.

If the device is in the MAC Device List, select its radio button.

The information from the MAC Device List populates the

Rule Name

,

MAC Address

, and

Device

Name

fields. If the device is not in the MAC Device List, complete these fields manually.

7.

Click the

Add

button.

The rule is added to the QoS Rule table. The

router

assigns a high priority to video streaming traffic

from the server on the Internet to the device for which you specified the MAC address.

Change a Downstream QoS Policy Rule

You can change a custom downstream QoS policy rule.

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