Quality Of Service (Qos) Setup - NETGEAR WNDR4500 User Manual

Quality of Service (QoS) Setup

QoS is an advanced feature that can be used to prioritize some types of traffic ahead of
others. The N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit 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 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit 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. You can disable it in the QoS Setup screen by clearing the
Enable WMM 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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