Can't figure out D-Link QoS.. vague manual

starting off, last time i talked with a technician about QoS, she said routers can't prioritize things because it isn't a server

but today i found this D-Link DIR-65 router which supposedly has intelligent QoS to prioritize online gaming and et cetera

after 20 minutes of setting it up, i gave a call to the tech support - figured out the router and my modem wanted the same local ip, but it got fixed quite fast

i asked the technician about qos.. he wouldn't understand

in the manual itself, about QoS, there is basically nothing as of how to set it up

so i'm guessing it's self explanatory and i'm an idiot

anyway, here's a cropped screen shot of the set up page.. if anyone else uses D-Link or can help me punch in some set up information, i'd appreciate it

thank you

 

For the Local IP Range, you need to specify the start and end as the static IP of the computer. For Protocol, change it to ANY. You can change the start and end ports for both local and remote to 0 to 65535. You can leave the remote IP range as it is.

Hope this helps.

 

In a household setup, QoS is mostly used to make sure vital communications (VoIP, etc) have the necessary bandwidth required to operate. I have the DIR-655, and have multiple computers connected to a Windows Home Server. I can stream movies to all of my computers, and surf the internet, without any hiccups. The Automatic Classification takes care of the priorities, so you don't have to worry about it. Moreover, unless you untick the Automatic Classification box, the Engine Rules are ignored.

 

Unless you are shaping traffic to a specific machine, AFAIK the LAN side addresses can be anywhere within the range. For the 655, BOTH will work for TCP and UDP traffic, ICMP (not directly used by network applications - think response to error messages or perhaps diagnostic uses), or OTHER for any other unique protocol.

 

so.. if i change TCP to BOTH, then it should be working as intended?

sorry i'm having a hard time following

 

alright.. apparently i didn't read carefully the first time

i took in both advice.. but i'm left with something that doesn't quite seem like a specification


if LAN side ip could be left alone, remote range is fine, local/remote ports changed to 0-65535, then there is nothing special about this instruction giving it a priority..?

i have unticked the automatic classification

 

In order to use manual shaping efficiently, you'll need to set the port range for outgoing and incoming traffic. You need to research your game to figure out which ports are used.

Do you have more than one machine connecting at a time to a file server, the internet, sharing music, VoIP, etc? If the answer is no, then there's no need to do any modification to QoS shaping. Is there some reason why you think the automatic QoS isn't working?

 

i have two people downloading large files constantly

i found this but have no idea how to apply it, should i just make it port 1200-27039?

# Counter Strike: 1200/udp, 27000-27015/udp, 27030-27039/tcp

an example entry for a program/game would be REALLY helpful so i can set up other applications too

if by default the automatic QoS was enabled, i think it's giving the wrong things the priority.. because internet browsing became super slow while downloads reached a new high

 

bumping for my sake