Using Wmm For Wireless Multimedia Applications; Quality Of Service - NETGEAR WNR1000v3 - Wireless- N Router User Manual

• Microwave ovens (no closer than 10 feet)
• Choose your settings.
– Use a scanning utility to determine what other wireless networks are operating nearby, and
choose an unused channel.
– Turn off SSID broadcast, and change the default SSID. Other nearby devices might
automatically try to connect to your network several times a second, which can cause
significant performance reduction.
• Use WMM to improve the performance of voice and video traffic over the wireless link.

Using WMM for Wireless Multimedia Applications

The WNR1000v3 router supports Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) to prioritize wireless voice and
video traffic over the wireless link. WMM provides prioritization of wireless data packets from
different applications based on four access categories: voice, video, best effort, and background.
For an application to receive the benefits of WMM, both it and the client running that application
must be WMM enabled. Legacy applications that do not support WMM, and applications that do
not require, are assigned to the best effort category, which receives a lower priority than voice and
video. WMM QoS is enabled by default.

Quality of Service

Quality of Service (QoS) is an advanced feature that can be used to prioritize some types of traffic
ahead of others. The WNR1000v3 router can provide QoS prioritization on the Internet
connection. To configure QoS, use the QoS Setup screen.
Fine-Tuning Your Network
Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v3 User Manual
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