BarnshaW
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I know you lot are a lot more savvy on these things then me, to cut a long story short I have a member in the household who likes to hog the bandwidth, watch movies online, stream, torrents etc. This is making it annoying for other people in the household.
Basically there are 3 pc's , the main PC downstairs (connected to router) then two upstairs, all connected wirelessly to the router, the router is a Dlink DSL-2740R and i have been reading about QOS and making people priorities? how does this work?
i have looked in the owners manual for the router and it says it can be done and the details which need to be entered are:
Traffic Class Name:
Wireless Transmit Priority: (drop down options on router)
Source IP Address: (dropdown options on router)
Source Subnet Mask:
UDP/TCP Source Port:
Destination IP Address
Destination Subnet Mark:
Is the above all stuff i can find on my router or laptop, and also am i entering the above details for the device i want to make priority, basically i want to make my PS3 priority for playing games over someone else streaming and watching videos online etc.
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willay
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Is the PS3 connected via cable or wireless?
According to the manual:
ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/dsl_routers_modems/dsl-2740r/dsl-2740r_manual_v1.00.pdf
You need to pick either wireless qos or lan qos, so if the PS3 is wired then go to LAN QOS:
Traffic Class Name - this is just a name, so if we set one up for your ps3 call it ps3
Wireless Transmit Priority - Select whichever one sounds better, it will be called 'gold' or 'platinum' or 'best effort'
Source IP address: IP address of your PS3, you can find it in your System Settings on the PS3
Source Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
UDP/TCP Source port: No idea what ports it uses, try 0 (this should mean all)
Desintation IP address: 0.0.0.0 (means everywhere- not sure if it will work thou)
Destination subnet mask: 0.0.0.0 (ditto)
Worth a shot.
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BarnshaW
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cheers willay your a man.
its connected wirelessly so will select wireless QOS and I will try the above and come back.
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Dom
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If it's wireless then either stick the IP on the 'preferred' list (usually under the wireless options) or give the PS3 a static IP.
Also handy list of PS3 ports - http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/PSN-General-Discussion/PS3-Ports-need-to-be-open/td-p/27357477?start=15&tstart=0
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BarnshaW
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Cheers Dom, failing that a hammer to said persons laptop will suffice.
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willay
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You ask them
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BarnshaW
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hi willay/dom, help me please, my router slightly differs from the above and i get the below screen in my router, what do i need to enter in here? do i just put my PS3 ip into the "source IP range" boxes?
also what is ICMP TCP AND UDP in the drop down bit? shall i just select "ANY"
please see below, thats screen shot of the router settings and owners manual
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willay
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source ip range is your PS3 ip (put it in both boxes)
select 'ANY' - that means any data from the PS3 will be prioritised
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BarnshaW
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cheers willay, and silly questions but priority put as "1" presumably 1 is highest priority
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pow
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Yes
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BarnshaW
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cheers, quick question why does it not work though, say i just went on MW3 and on my laptop i started opening youtube videos and immediately it lagged the PS3, surely now i got PS3 to priority it shouldnt do that? or am i being completely stupid?
[Edited on 04-07-2012 by BarnshaW]
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Dom
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You probably need to QoS the other devices with lower priorities and stating the obvious, make sure you reboot the router if you haven't.
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BarnshaW
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ok, i will try that, thanks for your help
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