Linksys E3000 - Manual (Page 39)

36 High Performance Wireless-N Router
Linksys E3000 Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration
Applications and Gaming > QoS
Quality of Service (QoS) is a method that assigns priority
to specific types of network traffic, which often are
demanding, real-time applications, such as gaming,
videoconferencing, video streaming, and Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony . QoS helps to ensure
optimal performance for these types of uses .
Applications and Gaming > QoS
QoS
Wireless
WMM Support Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) is a wireless
Quality of Service feature that improves quality for audio,
video, and voice applications by prioritizing wireless
traffic . To use this feature, the wireless client devices in
your network must support Wireless WMM . If you would
like to disable this feature, select Disabled . Otherwise,
keep the default, Enabled .
No Acknowledgement If you want to disable the
Router’s Acknowledgement feature, so the Router will not
re-send data if an error occurs, select Enabled . Otherwise,
keep the default, Disabled .
Internet Access Priority
In this section, you can set the bandwidth priority for a
variety of applications and devices . There are four levels
of priority; High, Medium, Normal, or Low . When you set
priority, do not set all applications to High, because this will
defeat the purpose of allocating the available bandwidth .
If you want to select below normal bandwidth, select Low .
Depending on the application, a few attempts may be
needed to set the appropriate bandwidth priority .
Enabled/Disabled To use the QoS policies you set, select
Enabled . Otherwise, select Disabled .
Category
Select one of the following categories: Applications,
Online Games, MAC Address, or Voice Device . Proceed
to the instructions for your selection .
Summary
This lists the QoS entries you have created for your
applications and devices . Refer to , page 37 for more
information .
Applications
Applications Select the appropriate application . If you
select Add a New Application, follow the instructions in
the Add a New Application section .
Priority Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium
(Recommended), Normal, or Low .
Click Apply to save your changes . Your new entry will
appear in the Summary list .
Add a New Application
Add a New Application
Enter a Name Enter a name for this application .
Port Range Enter the port range that the application will
be using . For example, if you want to allocate bandwidth
for FTP, you can enter 21-21 . If you need services for an
application that uses from 1000 to 1250, you enter 1000-
1250 as your settings . You can have up to three ranges
to define for this bandwidth allocation . Port numbers
can range from 1 to 65535 . Check your application’s
documentation for details on the service ports used .
Select the protocol TCP or UDP, or select Both .
Priority Select the appropriate priority: High, Medium
(Recommended), Normal, or Low .
Click Apply to save your changes . Your new entry will
appear in the Summary list .