Operation Manual

030-300554 Rev. A 152 June 2008
Verizon FiOS Router
(
Model 9100EM
)
User Guide
15.7 Quality of Service
The QoS feature allows you to configure Quality of Service parameters in your Router. Network-based applications
and traffic are growing at a high rate, producing an ever-increasing demand for bandwidth and network capacity.
Bandwidth and capacity cannot be expanded infinitely, requiring that bandwidth-demanding services be delivered over
existing infrastructure, without incurring additional expensive investments. The next logical means of ensuring optimal
use of existing resources are Quality of Service (
QoS) mechanisms for congestion management and avoidance. Quality
of Service refers to the capability of a network device to provide better service to selected network traffic. This is
achieved by shaping the traffic and processing higher priority traffic before lower priority traffic.
15.7.1 General
If you click the Quality of Service link in the Advanced screen, the following screen appears. This screen allows
you to configure general QoS settings. Enter the appropriate settings, and then click Apply.
NOTE: Choosing a new QoS profile will cause all previous QoS settings to be lost.
Before selecting the QoS profile that mostly suits your needs, select your bandwidth from this combo-box. If you do
not see an appropriate entry, select 'User Defined', and enter your Tx and Rx bandwidths manually.
• Enter your Tx bandwidth in Kbits per second.
• Enter your Rx bandwidth in Kbits per second.
Select the profile that mostly suits your bandwidth usage. Each profile entry displays a quote describing what the
profile is best used for, and the QoS priority levels granted to each bandwidth consumer in this profile.
• Default - No QoS preferences
• P2P User - Peer-to-peer and file sharing applications will receive priority
• Triple Play User - VoIP and video streaming will receive priority
• Home Worker - VPN and browsing will receive priority
• Gamer - Game-related traffic will receive priority
• Priority By Host - This entry provides the option to configure which computer in your LAN will receive the
highest priority and which the lowest. If you have additional computers, they will receive medium priority.
High Priority Host: Enter the host name or IP address of the computer to which you would like to grant the
highest bandwidth priority.
Low Priority Host: Enter the host name or IP address of the computer to which you would like to grant the
lowest bandwidth priority.