Quick Reference Guide

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Using QoS to Shift the Traffic Mix
The QoS priority settings determine the priority and, in turn, the quality of service for the
traffic passing through the VPN firewall. The QoS is set individually for each service.
• You can accept the default priority defined by the service itself by not changing its QoS
setting.
• You can change the priority to a higher or lower value than its default setting to give the
service higher or lower priority than it otherwise would have.
The QoS priority settings conform to the IEEE 802.1D-1998 (formerly 802.1p) standard for
class of service tag.
You will not change the WAN bandwidth used by changing any QoS priority settings. But you
will change the mix of traffic through the WAN ports by granting some services a higher
priority than others. The quality of a service is impacted by its QoS setting, however.
See “Setting Quality of Service (QoS) Priorities” on page 58 for the procedure on how to use
this feature.
Tools for Traffic Management
The VPN firewall includes several tools that can be used to monitor the traffic conditions and
control who has access to the Internet and the types of traffic they are allowed to have. See
Chapter 9,“Monitoring System Performance" for a discussion of the tools.
Changing Passwords and Administrator Settings
Note: See also “Changing Passwords and Other User Settings” on
page 123.
The default administrator and guest password for the Web Configuration Manager is
password. Netgear recommends that you change this password to a more secure password.
You can also configure a separate password for the guest account.