Configuring Quality Of Service - D-Link DWL-3600AP Administrator's Manual

Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide
Configuring Quality of Service
Quality of Service (QoS) provides you with the ability to specify parameters on multiple queues for increased
throughput and better performance of differentiated wireless traffic like Voice‐over‐IP (VoIP), other types of
audio, video, and streaming media, as well as traditional IP data over the UAP.
Configuring QoS on the UAP consists of setting parameters on existing queues for different types of wireless
traffic, and effectively specifying minimum and maximum wait times (through Contention Windows) for
transmission. The settings described here apply to data transmission behavior on the AP only, not to that of
the client stations.
AP Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) Parameters affect traffic flowing from the AP to the client
station.
Station Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) Parameters affect traffic flowing from the client station to
the AP.
The default values for the AP and station EDCA parameters are those suggested by the Wi‐Fi Alliance in the
WMM specification. In normal use these values should not need to be changed. Changing these values will
affect the QoS provided.
Note: On the DWL‐6600AP and DWL‐8600AP, the QoS settings apply to both radios, but the traffic for
each radio is queued independently.
To set up queues for QoS, click the QoS tab under the Services heading and configure settings as described in
Table 40 on page 103.
D-Link
November 2011
Configuring Quality of Service
Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide
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