Quality Of Service; Using Wmm Qos For Wireless Multimedia Applications; Configuring Qos For Internet Access - NETGEAR WIRELESS-G ROUTER WGR614V10 Reference Manual

Wireless-G Router WGR614v10 Reference Manual

Quality of Service

Quality of Service (QoS) is an advanced feature that can be used to prioritize some types of traffic
ahead of others. The Wireless-G Router can provide QoS prioritization on the Internet connection.
To configure QoS, use the QoS Setup screen.
From the main menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, select QoS Setup. The QoS Setup
screen displays:
Figure 5-6

Using WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications

The Wireless-G 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 must be 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, shown in Figure 5-6
on page 5-15, by clearing the Enable WMM check box and clicking Apply.

Configuring QoS for Internet Access

You can give prioritized Internet access to the following types of traffic:
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