Prioritization: Right of Way for Internet Access
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application from a different category or a non-prioritized
application requires the entire bandwidth, all back-
ground applications must wait until bandwidth capacity
becomes available again.
•
If no other network applications are active, then the
background applications receive the entire bandwidth.
Prioritization Method in the FRITZ!Box
The following algorithm is used in the FRITZ!Box to send data
packets according to their prioritization:
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Change in the order in which packets are sent to the In-
ternet (upstream direction)
The order of the packets the FRITZ!Box receives from the
Internet (downstream direction) cannot be changed.
•
Discard low-priority packets in order to ensure the trans-
mission of higher-priority packets. This algorithm is
used whenever more packets are supposed to be sent to
the Internet than the upstream transmission rate of the
Internet connection allows.
•
As long as no packets are being sent from higher-priority
applications, the full transmission rate of the Internet
connection is available for low-priority packets.
Setting Up Prioritization in the FRITZ!Box
In order to use prioritization, the expert mode must be en-
abled in the user interface of the FRITZ!Box.
1.
Make sure that the expert mode is enabled in the “Sys-
tem / Expert Mode” menu.
2.
Prioritization is set up in the “Internet / Filters / Prioriti-
zation” menu.
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