Quality Of Service (Qos) Setup - NETGEAR N900 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 router can provide QoS prioritization over the wireless link and on the Internet
connection. To configure QoS, use the QoS Setup screen.
Enable WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications
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The 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.
1. Select Advanced > Setup > QoS Setup:
2. Disable WMM QoS in the QoS Setup screen by clearing the Enable WMM check box.
WMM QoS is enabled by default.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
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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