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Wireless-G Broadband Router with 2 Phone Ports The Applications & Gaming Tab - QoS Quality of Service (QoS) ensures better service to high-priority types of network traffic, which may involve demanding, real-time applications, such as Internet phone calls or videoconferencing. Application-based QoS Application-based QoS manages information as it is transmitted and received. Depending on the settings of the QoS screen, this feature will assign information a high or low priority for the five preset applications and three additional applications that you specify. Enable/Disable. To use application-based QoS, select Enable. Otherwise, keep the default, Disable. High priority/Low priority. For each application, select High priority or Low priority. FTP (File Transfer Protocol). A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For example, after developing the HTML pages for a website on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the Figure 5-29: Applications & Gaming Tab - web server using FTP. QoS HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol). The communications protocol used to connect to servers on the World Wide Web. Its primary function is to establish a connection with a web server and transmit HTML pages to the client web browser. Telnet. A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on Internet and TCP/IP-based networks. It allows a user at a terminal or computer to log onto a remote device and run a program. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet. It is a TCP/IP protocol that defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. 42 Chapter 5: Configuring the Router The Applications & Gaming Tab - QoS

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Wireless-G Broadband Router with 2 Phone Ports
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Chapter 5: Configuring the Router
The Applications & Gaming Tab - QoS
The Applications & Gaming Tab - QoS
Quality of Service (QoS) ensures better service to high-priority types of network traffic, which may involve
demanding, real-time applications, such as Internet phone calls or videoconferencing.
Application-based QoS
Application-based QoS manages information as it is transmitted and received. Depending on the settings of the
QoS
screen, this feature will assign information a high or low priority for the five preset applications and three
additional applications that you specify.
Enable/Disable
. To use application-based QoS, select
Enable
. Otherwise, keep the default,
Disable
.
High priority/Low priority
. For each application, select
High priority
or
Low priority
.
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol). A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For
example, after developing the HTML pages for a website on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the
web server using FTP.
HTTP
(HyperText Transport Protocol). The communications protocol used to connect to servers on the World Wide
Web. Its primary function is to establish a connection with a web server and transmit HTML pages to the client
web browser.
Telnet
. A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on Internet and TCP/IP-based networks. It allows a user at
a terminal or computer to log onto a remote device and run a program.
SMTP
(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet. It is a TCP/IP protocol that
defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail.
Figure 5-29: Applications & Gaming Tab -
QoS