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Quality of Service (QoS) Setup

QoS is an advanced feature that can be used to prioritize some types of traffic ahead of

others. The N300 Wireless Router can provide QoS prioritization over the wireless link and

on the Internet connection. To configure QoS, use the QoS Setup screen.

Select

Advanced > Setup > QoS Setup

to display the following screen:

Enable WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications

The N300 Wireless Router supports Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service (WMM QoS) to

prioritize wireless voice and video traffic over the wireless link. WMM QoS provides

prioritization of wireless data packets from different applications based on four access

categories: voice, video, best effort, and background. For an application to receive the

benefits of WMM QoS, both it and the client running that application have to have WMM

enabled. Legacy applications that do not support WMM, and applications that do not require

QoS, are assigned to the best effort category, which receives a lower priority than voice and

video.

WMM QoS is enabled by default, and the

Enable WMM

check box is selected. NETGEAR

recommends that you leave this setting as it is for full N rate support. You can disable it in the

QoS Setup screen by clearing this check box and clicking

Apply

.

Set Up QoS for Internet Access

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

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

policy to the QoS Policy table in the QoS Setup screen. For convenience, the QoS Policy

table lists many common applications and online games that can benefit from QoS handling.

QoS for Applications and Online Gaming



To create a QoS policy for applications and online games:

1.

In the QoS Setup screen, select the

Turn Internet Access QoS On

check box.

2.

Click the

Setup QoS Rule

button to see the existing priority rules. On this screen you can

edit or delete a rule by selecting its radio button and clicking either the

Edit

or

Delete

button.

You can also delete all of the rules by simply clicking the

Delete All

button.

3.

To add a priority rule, scroll down to the bottom of the QoS Setup screen and click

Add

Priority Rule

to display the following screen:

4.

In the QoS Policy for field, type the name of the application or game.

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5.

In the Priority Category list, select either

Applications

or

Online Gaming

. In either case, a

list of applications or games displays in the list.

6.

You can select an existing item from the list, or you can scroll and select

Add a New

Application

or

Add a New Game,

as applicable.

If you add a new entry, the Priority Rules screen expands as shown:

a.

In the QoS Policy for field, enter a descriptive name for the new application or game.

b.

In the Connection Type field, select either

TCP,

UDP,

or both (

TCP/UDP

), and

specify the port number or range of port numbers used by the application or game.

7.

From the Priority list, select the priority that this traffic should receive relative to other

applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. The options are Low, Normal, High, and

Highest.

8.

Click

Apply

to save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.

QoS for a Router LAN Port



To create a QoS policy for a device connected to one of the router’s LAN ports:

1.

Select

Advanced > Setup > QoS Setup

to display the QoS Setup screen. Select the

Turn Internet Access QoS On

check box.

2.

Click the

Setup QoS Rule

button.

3.

Click the

Add Priority Rule

button.

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4.

From the Priority Category list, select

Ethernet LAN Port

, as shown in the following figure:

5.

From the LAN port list, select the LAN port that will have a QoS policy.

6.

From the Priority list, select the priority that this port’s traffic should receive relative to other

applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. The options are Low, Normal, High, and

Highest.

7.

Click

Apply

to save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.

8.

In the QoS Setup screen, click

Apply

.

QoS for a MAC Address



To create a QoS policy for traffic from a specific MAC address:

1.

Select

Advanced > Setup > Qo S Setup

, and click the

Setup QoS Rule

button. The

QoS Setup screen displays.

2.

Click

Add Priority Rule

.

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3.

From the Priority Category list, select

MAC Address

to display the following screen:

4.

If the device to be prioritized appears in the MAC Device List, select its radio button. The

information from the MAC Device List populates the policy name, MAC Address, and Device

Name fields. If the device does not appear in the MAC Device List, click

Refresh

. If it still

does not appear, you have to complete these fields manually.

5.

From the Priority list, select the priority that this device’s traffic should receive relative to

other applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. The options are Low, Normal,

High, and Highest.

6.

Click

Add

to add a new QoS policy to the MAC Device list. Then click

Apply

to save this

rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.

7.

In the QoS Setup screen, select the

Turn Internet Access QoS On

check box.

8.

Click

Apply

.

Editing or Deleting an Existing QoS Policy



To edit or delete a QoS policy:

1.

Select

Advanced > QoS Setup

to display the QoS Setup screen.

2.

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.

3.

Click

Apply

in the QoS Setup screen to save your changes.