Qos - Cradlepoint IBR350 User Manual

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QOS

When QoS (Quality of Service, also known as "Traffic Shaping") is enabled, the router will control the flow of
Internet traffic according to the user-defined rules. In other words, Traffic Shaping improves performance by
allowing the user to prioritize applications.
Enable QoS: Click on this box to open options for controlling Internet traffic. You can assign maximum Upload
Speed and Download Speed values and define your own Traffic Shaping rules.
WAN Profile Speeds
Upload Speed and Download Speed: Setting the
Upload Speed and Download Speed is required to
control traffic flow accurately. Adjust the sliding bar
to restrict the maximum upload and/or download
speed for the Internet source(s) you are using.
For example, you might restrict the upload speed
to prioritize available bandwidth for download or
to reduce overall bandwidth use in order to lower
costs. It is recommended that you experiment with
different values for your particular Internet connection for best results.
NOTE: Upload speed is the speed at which data can be transferred to your ISP. Download speed is the speed at
which data can be transferred to you from your ISP. You can test your connection speeds with a service such
as speedtest.net.
Queues
Queues and rules work in conjunction
to prioritize bandwidth for the most
critical operations. Multiple rules can
be associated with one queue. Use
rules to associate your more critical
operations with queues that have
higher bandwidth settings. For example,
you might have two queues, one for "critical"
and one for "secondary" with critical having
most of the bandwidth percentage. Use rules
to associate your most important bandwidth
needs (POS system, VoIP, etc.) with the critical
queue. Restrict the bandwidth available for less
important functions with the secondary queue.
Assign percentages of both upload and download
bandwidth to each queue. If you assign 80%
download bandwidth to the first queue, the next
queue will be forced to be 20% or less.
Click Add to create a new Traffic Shaping/QoS
queue.
Queue Name: Choose a name that is meaningful to
you.
DSCP (DiffServ) Tag: Differentiated Services Code
Point (DSCP) is the successor to TOS (Type of
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