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8.2 QoS
Policy
By setting the
QoS
policy, you can assign a higher/lower priority (based on your
configuration) to received packets to pass through this device. You can define some
policies which classify received packets based on source/destination IP, MAC, port and
protocol type. This feature is useful when the WAN link is very busy or congested or when
using special applications that need real time services such as Internet phone, video
conference...etc.
Figure: QoS Policy
Settings – QoS Policy
Policy Priority
•
Policy Name
– The name of a policy which is used to classify
the received packets based on the following types for your
memory.
•
Source/Destination Address, Port
– Specify a packet
based on source/destination address or port. There are two
types of address: IP address and MAC address. By default,
the IP address is 0.0.0.0 for all IP Addresses but the MAC
address is 00-00-00-00-00-00 which cannot be used to
classify.
Port and Protocol Type defines all packets for special
applications.
•
Protocol Type
– The field defines traffic packet type, i.e. IP,
TCP and UDP.
•
Priority Queue
– This device supports four queues. When a
packet meets a policy rule requirement, it will be put into the
