Many times it happens that, in a network structure the devices have the same hierarchical rank, but we need that some of them have priorities with respect to others in terms of Internet browsing .
According to this situation, we have the option of enabling a tool from our own router called Quality of Service , which consists in increasing the quality of service for each of the connected clients or equipment to this WiFi network.
In this article we will show you what this quality of service means and what its most important advantages are when we implement this option. In addition, we will talk about the steps that we will have to perform in order to configure QoS. Do not miss any details of this post.
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What is the «Quality of Service» or QoS of my router What are the advantages of using it?
The Quality of Service or Quality of Service is the system by which the network can segment the information, VoIP and video , to be able to transmit it correctly thereby reducing latency.
We can configure in two ways, one through an application and the other by the MAC address .
When we do it through an app, what we are programming is to give priority to certain software over others that may be installed on the same computer or device.
For the configuration through the MAC address , what we do is manage the priority with regard to this kind of links and not taking into account the programs as in the previous case.
That is, we will give priority to the device that has that MAC address that we have indicated by being able to add it , also, the first criterion that we mentioned above. Therefore, we can configure not only showing a MAC priority filter, but also that certain programs can be prioritized within that device.
In this way we can reduce latency considerably obtain other advantages that we will mention below:
Decrease latency
By being able to segment the data transfer and direct it for certain paths, we are considerably decreasing the rebound time of time delays because we focus each of these data packets in the right way.
Segmentation control
Through this configuration we can give an order of priorities to the different computers that connect to the network and we will achieve a much better quality to prioritize the relevant software.
Streaming quality
Thanks to the reduction of latency we can watch multimedia content through streaming with much better stability , thus generating a better user experience.
Decrease the mess in delivery
Since there is a possibility that data packets may take different paths or routes to reach the receiver, they can often be lost or late.
With the segmentation of the frequency, what we do is that those data streams, that are of voice over Internet and video, can arrive with a much better quality due to their synchronization s and the order in which they are delivered.
We can enable them in the OS
In this way on our computer we will have specifically controlled which programs we can give priority to.
Can QoS really improve the quality of my WiFi network?
Quality of service was created to improve the quality of the wireless network, but many times and it is not effective because it brings with it some problems that did not exist when it was not enabled.
Among the problems we can mention are:
- Overheats the router, thus generating a more forced job of it.
- It uses more RAM and CPU of the routing device therefore generates overhead in these processes and returns to the wireless network a little more idle.
Steps to configure and activate the Quality of Service on your router
As we mentioned above, we can configure QoS for a computer or directly for a network of them. In addition, we can filter according to the MAC address, as well as prioritize the different applications.
We will see below how to configure according to these criteria. The steps we need to do are the following:
Enter the router
To access the interface of our device we will follow this guide:
- We enter with our browser write 192.168.1.1 in the address bar.
- We write the username and password we have.
Select the Network option
Once we have entered the router configuration, we will follow each of these steps:
- We go to the option electedNetwork•.
- We select eachPuertos†.
- We go to the permittedQoS†.
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We chose to enable for the entire network
When we need to enable for the entire network we will have to do this:
- We activate the “Start QoS” option.
- We choose the networks for which we will configure being able to opt for “WAN or WLAN” .
Set the priority of the data
We choose the protocol for which we can prioritize data packets with small size within the TCP option.
We can activate:
- ACK
- SYN
- FIN
- RTS
We choose the programs that will have priorities
At this moment we have the possibility of opting for those Software that will have different priority with respect to the others.
To do this, we will follow these guidelines:
- We go to “Service priority” .
- We select the option “Add” and look for the site we want to add, giving it the priority to each one and choosing between the variables within a range of “Maximum” to necessarilyStandardEND.