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qos-detailed [2023/02/15 20:53] – Additional information techie007qos-detailed [2023/06/05 04:02] – [Filters] -add screenshot: "QoS details-filters-2022.6" @ 739x182, add missing Filters menu items hogwild
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 ====== QoS Details ====== ====== QoS Details ======
-When the QoS (Quality of Service) feature is enabled and working, this page shows a list of all the active TCP and UDP connections managed by your router, along with their source and destination IP addresses and ports, the QoS class currently applied to each connection along with the rule that triggered those class applications, as well as the amount of data transmitted and received by each connection.  If this list is empty, perhaps QoS is disabled, CTF is enabled, or there is no traffic being routed through your router (this can happen if your router is being used as an access point, e.g. LAN-to-LAN, rather than LAN-to-WAN). 
  
-Under **Filters**, you get a list of options that can show or exclude certain IP addresses from visibility on the list (to make it less confusing), hide gateway traffic (usually local, unclassified traffic to your router's webserver), hide broadcast or multicast traffic (generally local also), ask it to automatically resolve IP addresses to their DNS names, and show shortcuts to resolve or hide individual IP addresses.+===== View Details =====
  
-The refresh/stop button retrieves current information and updates the page accordingly, or stops the automatic refreshing of the page if enabled.  You can use the dropdown just of the left of that button to select an automatic refresh rate if desired.+When QoS is functioning, and FreshTomato is routing packets, this menu displays a table containing: 
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 +  * A list of all active TCP and UDP connections managed by the router 
 +  * Each connection's source and destination IP address and ports 
 +  * The QoS class currently applied to each connection 
 +  * The rule that triggered those class applications 
 +  * The amount of data transmitted and received by each connection 
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 +If the list is empty, QoS may be disabled, CTF may be enabled, or there may not be any traffic being routed through your router. This can happen if your router is being used as an access point (AP) or switch, (for LAN-to-LAN, instead of LAN-to-WAN connections). 
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 +===== Filters ===== 
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 +The Filters section contains a list of options to show or hide certain IP addresses on the list (to reduce confusion). 
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 +Here, you can choose to: 
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 +  * Hide gateway traffic (usually local, unclassified traffic to your router's web server) 
 +  * Hide broadcast or multicast traffic (generally local also)  
 +  * Automatically resolve IP addresses to their DNS names 
 +  * Show shortcuts to resolve or hide individual IP addresses 
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 +**Show only these IPs:** Here, you can specify the IP addresses if network hosts you wish to displayed. 
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 +**Exclude these IPs:**  Here, you specify the IP addresses of network hosts you don't want displayed. 
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 +**Exclude Gateway traffic:** 
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 +**Exclude IPv4 broadcast:** 
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 +**Exclude IPv4 multicast:** 
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 +**Auto resolve addresses:** 
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 +**Show shortcuts:** 
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 +Clicking **Refresh** will make FreshTomato retrieve current information and update the page accordingly
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 +Clicking **Stop** will stop automatic refresh of the page (if it was enabled). 
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 +You can choose an option in the **Refresh Every** menu to select how often the display will automatically refresh
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 +===== QoS Details Notes ===== 
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 +The information on this menu is useful for verifying that QoS is working correctly on your network. 
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 +For example, you could: 
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 +  - Place a VoIP call from a phone on your network 
 +  - Find connections originating from your phone's local IP address (under **Source IP**) 
 +  - Watch the data transfer amounts climb to verify the VoIP connection 
 +  - Verify that connection is properly classified in QoS as "VOIP/Game"
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 +If that connection displays as "P2P/Bulk", you might try to use the protocol and port information to create a working rule to catch that traffic and classify it as VoIP.  Alternatively, if those are too random, you could search the Internet for information to help you create an L7 filter for it (in Access Restrictions).
  
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-===== Notes ===== 
-The information on this page is useful to verify that QoS is working correctly on your network, for your use-case scenarios.  For example, you could place a VOIP call from a phone on your network, find connections originating from your phone's local IP address (under **Source IP**), watch the data transfer amounts climbing to verify the audio/video connection, and then verify that that connection is properly classified as VOIP/Game.  If it's showing up as P2P/Bulk, you might be able to use the protocol and source/destination port information to create a working rule to catch that traffic and classify it as VOIP.  Or, if those are too random, you could search the Internet for information that could help you craft an L7 filter for it. 
qos-detailed.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/21 02:34 by hogwild