Administration > Management - Linksys EtherFast BEFSR81 User Manual

Chapter 2
Applications and Gaming > QoS
QoS
Enable/Disable To limit outgoing bandwidth for the QoS
policies in use, select Enable. Otherwise, keep the default,
Disable.
Upstream Bandwidth
Select the bandwidth to be used
from the drop-down menu. This setting allows you to limit
the outgoing bandwidth for the QoS policies in use, so you
can control how much bandwidth a particular application
is allowed to use.
There are three types of QoS available: Device Priority,
Ethernet Port Priority, and Application Priority.
Device Priority
Device Name
Enter the name of your network device.
Priority Select the appropriate priority level.
MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the device.
Ethernet Port Priority
Ethernet Port Priority QoS allows you to prioritize
performance for four of the Router's ports, LAN Ports
1-4. It does not require support from your ISP because
the prioritized ports are LAN ports going out to your
network.
Priority For each of these ports, select High or Low.
Flow Control
If you want the Router to control the
transmission of data between network devices, keep the
default, Enable. To disable this feature, select Disable. The
Router's other four ports will be automatically assigned
low priority.
EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch
Advanced Configuration
Incoming Rate Limit
This feature limits the incoming
bandwidth. To use this feature, select 8M, 4M, 2M, 1M,
512K, 256K, or 128K (M stands for Mbps, while K stands
for kbps). If you do not want to use this feature, keep the
default, Disable.
Application Priority
Application Priority QoS manages information as it is
transmitted and received. Depending on the settings of
the QoS screen, this feature will assign information a high
or low priority for the five preset applications and three
additional applications that you specify.
The preset applications are among the most widely used
Internet applications. They include the following:
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For
example, after developing the HTML pages for a website
on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the web
server using FTP.
HTTP (HyperText Transport
communications protocol used to connect to servers on
the World Wide Web. Its primary function is to establish a
connection with a web server and transmit HTML pages to
the client web browser.
Telnet
A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on
Internet and TCP/IP-based networks. It allows a user at a
terminal or computer to log onto a remote device and run
a program.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
e-mail protocol on the Internet. It is a TCP/IP protocol that
defines the message format and the message transfer
agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)
commonly used on the Internet. It provides a message
store that holds incoming e-mail until users log on and
download it. POP3 is a simple system with little selectivity.
All pending messages and attachments are downloaded at
the same time. POP3 uses the SMTP messaging protocol.
Application Name
Enter the name of an application you
specify.
Priority For each application, select High or Low.
Specific Port# Enter the port number of each application
you specify.
Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes to cancel your changes.
Administration > Management
The Management screen allows the network's administrator
to manage specific Router functions for access and
security.
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