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Qos in Telecomunications means Quality-of-Service.

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WMM/WME(802.11e) not working properly in 802.11n?

I'm performing some tests regarding 802.11e (WMM/WME) performance and when doing up-link it isn't working properly. Im using an Lynksys 1200ac with OpenWrt/LEDE as AP, and two PCs lets say PC1 and ...
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I'm using QoS on my router (gargoyle), but still experiencing lag

I've installed gargolye on my TP-Link TL-WR841N/ND v9 router. This is my current configuration for quality of service (192.168.1.245 is the static IP for my computer). The problem is, I still ...
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What could cause tc to stop classifying packets?

My home office has very limited internet bandwidth, so I have to use QoS pretty heavily to classify traffic. I use FireHol and FireQOS to do this, which basically generate the "iptables" and "tc" ...
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Why low Uplink throughput when using EDCF / 802.11 WMM/WME?

I'm performing some tests regarding 802.11e (WMM/WME) performance, and I'm getting some unwanted results. Im using an Lynksys 1200ac with OpenWrt/LEDE installed as AP, and two PCs lets say PC1 and ...
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Can I prioritise one UDP stream over another in linux?

I made a small program in python that produces two UDP streams through Gstreamer framework. One is the main stream, labeled A, that MUST go through on port 3333. The other one is a secondary stream, ...
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In three-dumb router setup, which needs to do QOS to prevent bufferbloat?

I'm setting up the "three dumb routers" in my house. My question is which router should I enable QOS (e.g. codel) on, in order to prevent bufferbloat? Should it be enabled on the edge router, or on ...
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How to limit certain MAC address or IP range using QoS - ZTE 931 VII

I tried setting up some basic rules for my home router's QoS, but I haven't been successful so far. What I want to do is to give certain MAC addresses a "privilege", and limit all the other ...
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Improve WiFi real-time performance in the presence of foreign WLANs

I want to use IEEE802.11 WiFi in infrastruture mode to communicate in both directions between an access point and several stations. The amount of traffic between the stations and the access point is ...
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What is the most efficient way for QoS/Bandwith Management?

I have a Zyxel VMG3312-B10A v2 modem router and I want to isolate my computer from the other peers. Which is the most efficient way in the perspective of power consuming (more power spent means more ...
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Why does enabling WMM on a WiFi router cause increase in latency?

With only a single device connected to a WiFi router, enabling WMM (WiFi Multimedia) increases the latency by 80-90%. Overall throughput increases significantly, however. Why does enabling WMM ...
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How to configure QoS/SQM with SRA (seamless rate adaptation) on OpenWrt

Recently my ISP changed my DSL-line from fixed rate to SRA. This allows the modem to adapt the speed of the internet to the quality of the line instead of completely breaking down (my ISP is not ...
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Does DD-WRT QoS actually work?

There have been various reports of DD-WRT QoS not working (here, here and elsewhere). The DD-WRT QoS Documentation mentions some checks would indicate whether the proper priorities are being applied ...
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Networking - i want to prioritise traffic on a sky router without QoS

I have the timeless issue of being the 'gamer' in a shared house on a highly contentious Sky internet connection and i want to do something about it! (can't come home from a hard day at work and ...
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Options for bandwidth management on a shared internet connection

The premise: Rural location, not many options for high-bandwidth internet connections. The fastest by far is Satellite internet, but it's expensive (both equipment and monthly cost, and has latency ...
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Configuring QoS for Lync on an iptables capable switch on a home network

My "Skype for Business" (i.e. Lync) voice conferencing tends to deteriorate when I upload a file or download a page during a conference and I can't always avoid those activites. My Windows 10 machine ...
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How to prevent extra latency caused by a download

I use tcping, which pings a TCP port, in order to check the connection of my computer to a certain port. The average response time of a specific address and port is 50ms in normal connection. Now I ...
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How do I stop certain programs getting network priority without using QoS?

This seems like a super basic question, but I've done a whole bunch of searching and haven't found anything even close to an answer. I've noticed that whenever I have a youtube video buffering, the ...
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Crashplan DSCP QoS setting on MacOS does not work?

I'm using Crashplan on a Mac OS 10.11.6 El Capitan. Under network settings, if I change the DSCP decimal value to '10' and restart the service, I see no change in the outgoing traffic. It seems ...
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How do I give HTTP connections higher priority in TP-LINK TD-8901G modem?

I have a TP-Link TD-W8901G modem. My web browsing/surfing speed decreases when I'm transferring files between other computers which are connected to this modem, and when a torrent client is ...
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How to QoS on LAN with simultaneous streaming video and transferring files?

My modem/router is NetComm Wireless NF12. PC 1 is a HTPC running Windows 8.1 and is connected to the modem/router via CAT6 ethernnet. PC 2 is running Windows 7 and is connected to the modem/router via ...
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how to prevent children from playing online games by increasingly tightening up the bandwidth

Do you know a solution that after sensing game-playing (e.g. traffic on the given port) gradually deteriorates internet connection up to the point of total blockage, and to effectively prevent people ...
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Linux routing with cable modem, two dynamic IPs, and QOS?

I have a cable modem that provides 2 public IPs over dhcp. I currently use 2 routers to obtain two IPs and 2 gateways onto the Internet. This is because the ISP throttles an IP if it detects any ...
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How to setup QoS in DSL 2750u?

Problem My download is 4mb and upload 512kb. When someone is doing upload via my router, it fills all the pipe which I understand from my question's answer here. This causes my ping very high, unable ...
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How to limit wifi bandwidth from router (make ethernet priority) on cisco router?

There is 3 PCs on the network in our house (1. WiFi, 2. WiFi, 3. Ethernet) Whenever the first one is using the WiFi and I am using the internet I lag so much whenever I play a game or just browsing ...
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How can I design a Custom gateway for wifi

I once logged-in to my router (192.168.1.1) and noticed that alot of my neighbors are connected to it, probably more than 16 different IPs/MAC adresses are stored in my DHCP logs. After I have setup ...
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How can I throttle incoming packets for a specific program in Windows 10?

I want to throttle incoming connections for GTAV.exe. My router doesn't support QoS so I'm looking for a way to limit the incoming packets through software. I have tried creating a QoS policy through ...
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pfsense 2.0 traffic priority - set full priority for single host

I have a network with several computers all on the same network and since I have very limited bandwidth I would like to prioritize traffic almost like a CPU scheduler prioritize processes. Example: ...
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Google Chat QoS settings

Has anyone figured out what the correct ports are for QoS settings for Google Chat voice converstations? I need to boost the priority of these packets on my home network, but I can't find any docs on ...
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QoS & SMB protocol: slow directory listing while uploading

I have mounted an online cloud storage service via SMB as virtual drive on my Windows 10. I am on a 100/10 internet connection and the performance of the SMB drive is in general quite good. However, ...
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Preventing NetFlix from saturating my internet connection

I am watching videos streamed from NetFlix using Chrome and Windows 7 over a Wi-Fi connection to a Belkin N150 (F6D4230-4) router. NetFlix appears to completely flood my internet connection, and other ...

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