Linksys WRT54G2 - Manual (Page 23)

Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
19 Wireless-G Broadband Router
Applications and Gaming > QoS
Quality of Service (QoS) ensures better service to
high-priority types of network traffic, which may
involve demanding, real-time applications, such as
videoconferencing.
There are three types of QoS available: Device Priority,
Ethernet Port Priority, and Application Priority.
QoS
Enable/Disable To enable QoS, select Enable. Otherwise,
select Disable. QoS is disabled by default.
Upstream Bandwidth Select Auto or Manual from
the drop-down menu. Manual allows you to specify the
maximum outgoing bandwidth that applications can
utilize.
Applications and Gaming > QoS
Device Priority
Enter the name of your network device in the Device name
field, enter its MAC Address, and then select its priority
from the drop-down menu.
Ethernet Port Priority
Ethernet Port Priority QoS allows you to prioritize
performance for the Router’s four ports, LAN Ports 1-4. For
each port, select the priority and flow control setting.
Priority Select High or Low in the Priority column. The
Router’s four ports have been assigned low priority by
default.
Flow Control If you want the Router to control the
transmission of data between network devices, select
Enabled. To disable this feature, select Disabled. Ethernet
Port Priority QoS does not require support from your ISP
because the prioritized ports (LAN ports 1-4) are in your
network. This feature is enabled by default.
Application Priority
Application Priority QoS manages information as it is
transmitted and received. Depending on the settings of
the QoS screen, this feature will assign information a high
or low priority for the applications that you specify.
Optimize Gaming Applications Select this to
automatically allow common game application ports
to have a higher priority. These games include, but are
not limited to: Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Age of Empires,
EverQuest, Quake2/Quake3, and Diablo II. The default
setting is unselected.
Application Name Enter the name you wish to give the
application in the Application Name field.
Priority Select High or Low to assign priority to the
application. The default selection is Low.
Specific Port # Enter the port number for the
application.
Wireless QoS
WMM Support Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), formerly
known as Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME), is
a Wi-Fi Alliance certified feature, based on the IEEE
802.11e standard. This feature provides QoS to wireless
networks. It is especially suitable for voice, music and
video applications; for example, Voice over IP (VoIP), video
streaming, and interactive gaming. If you have other
devices on your wireless network that support WMM,
select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled.
No Acknowledgement This feature prevents the Router
from re-sending data if an error occurs. To use this feature,
select Enabled. Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled.
Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes to clear your changes.
Administration > Management
The Administration > Management screen allows the
network’s administrator to manage specific Router
functions for access and security.