Hybrid Qos - Acer Predator Connect W6x User Manual

4. Hybrid QoS

Hybrid QoS combines application priority and device priority. The Killer-Enabled PC can
set applications priority and send packets with DSCP values to the Predator Connect W6x
router, then the router will classify packets and set priority for all different applications
based on the below definition.
For non-Killer-Enabled devices, Predator Connect W6x can identify game consoles,
streaming devices, computers, and smartphones and IoT devices in the network and
allocate them to priority group according to the default settings, or the user can manually
set priority for devices connected to the route.
*Note: Device identification requires network security engine option enable.
Application based QoS* priority.
*Note: Application Priority will use the DSCP value in the IP header for packet
classification. Laptop/desktop with Killer embedded traffic priorities in four grades by
TM
application. I.e. Extreme (Games), High (Streaming), Normal (Browsing), Low (Download).
Device priority:
Note 1: Killer-Enabled PC is set to default extreme priority whether connected by wired
Ethernet or by wireless.
Note 2: You may drag and drop connected clients into the desired priority level. The
change is effective immediately.
For the upload and download bandwidth configuration, please contact your ISP to get
the exact value of upload and download bandwidth. Once the bandwidth is configured,
QoS will reserve the bandwidth according to the weighting percentage of each priority
queue.
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