Setting Quality of Service (QoS) for Netgear 6300

[Kelly G]

Rather than go totally sideways in the NAGT thread, I started this one to help P. Sweeny.

This is taken right from the Netgear 6300 User Guide

You will find these instructions under Section 4. genie Advance Home and then Quality of Server (QoS) Setup.

QoS for a Router LAN Port

To create a QoS policy for a device connected to one of the router’s LAN ports:

• Select Advanced > Setup > QoS Setup to display the QoS Setup screen. Select the Turn Internet Access QoS On check box.
  
• Click the Setup QoS Rule button.
  
• Click the Add Priority Rule button.
  
• From the Priority Category list, select Ethernet LAN Port
  
• From the LAN port list, select the LAN port.
  
• From the Priority list, select the priority for Internet access for this port’s traffic relative to other applications. The options are Low, Normal, High, and Highest.
  
• Click Apply to save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.
  
• In the QoS Setup screen, click Apply.

This will probably be easiest to do rather then setting up a rule for gaming services etc as we want to target your machine specifically. We could also do it via MAC address but again, through the LAN port is just easiest.

You will need to know what LAN port on the router your machine is plugged into and set it up according to the instructions above and make sure you set your priority to highest.

Then if you wanted to be REALLY evil you *could* set all the other ports to Low priority.

This is just the starting point and others may have better suggestions.

Cheers!

[F1Fan07]

My only caveat against this method is it won't prioritize one PC if there is a switch or hub attached to the port of interest. In that case, MAC-based priority is best. I prefer MAC over IP just in case the IP of the PC changes and one forgets to update the router. MAC is constant until you change network cards.

One gotcha with QoS is I've seen older routers buckle under the load of processing QoS when there's a lot of network traffic especially if someone is doing P2P file sharing (i.e., torrents). That could be isolated to a few crap routers I've owned but it's worth keeping in mind... if overall network performance drops then disable QoS and check if it returns to normal.

[Kelly G]

Valid points but as mentioned this is a starting point and pretty easy to setup without getting too technical. If it works, then we're styling. If not we can explore other methods.

I agree on the MAC address but in the other post he indicated that the 6300 was directly connected to their modem so I took the leap that there was nothing else between those two devices.

Regarding the traffic bog; If you set the other ports to Low priority though, that should negate the issue of torrent downloads impacting the traffic. I say *should* but that is why we start with something easy and branch out from there. ;D

Cheers!

[F1Fan07]

Feb 15, 2013 12:00:14 GMT -8 Kelly G said:

Regarding the traffic bog; If you set the other ports to Low priority though, that should negate the issue of torrent downloads impacting the traffic.

I was referring to the processing capability of the router's CPU which in some cases may not be up to the job. I had a Belkin router that was terrible... with QoS on, the router's throughput dropped by at least half even with just the high priority PC moving traffic.

But yes, let's see if the simple fix works for him first.

[Kelly G]

Ah gotcha! Belkin... Really?

[F1Fan07]

Feb 15, 2013 12:45:33 GMT -8 Kelly G said:

Ah gotcha! Belkin... Really?

STFU. It was on sale and had a cool LCD display on the front. I'm a sucker for data displays.

Eventually I had to retire the router... it would lock up under continuous usage. Belkin networking equipment, never again.

[Deleted]

OK, not having seen any of this until now, about an hour ago I looked at the manual and noticed near the address reservation (I reserved myself) was the Qos so I set myself up using the MAC address method and let the bandwidth default at 256kps so we'll see. I went to log in to tell you all this and found that I couldn't log in - assuming I missed an email stating I will need to do something nevertheless found the original log in info from the initiation email and was able to get in. Only to notice the you guys talking about Qos looks like the way to go.

thanks again fellas. hoping it works. cheers

[Kelly G]

Awesome! Let us know how it goes and we do additional troubleshooting if necessary.

Cheers!