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 ====== 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.
-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 button retrieves current information and updates the page accordingly.  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:
+  * 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
+ \\
+{{::qos-details.png?729}}
+ \\  \\ If the table is empty:
+  * QoS could be disabled
+  * CTF could be enabled, (it interferes with QoS) or;
+  * There may be no traffic being routed through your router.  This can happen if it is being used as an \\ access point (AP) or switch, (for LAN-to-LAN, instead of LAN-to-WAN connections).
+===== Filters =====
+The Filters section contains options to show or hide certain IP addresses display in the table (to reduce confusion). It also has settings to adjust how network hosts are displayed in the list.
+ \\
+**Show only these IPs:** Here, specify the IP addresses of network hosts you want to be displayed in the table.
+**Exclude these IPs:**  Here, specify the IP addresses of network hosts you don't want to be displayed in the table.
+**Exclude Gateway traffic:**  Enabling this hides gateway traffic. This is usually local, unclassified traffic to your router's web server.
+ \\
+{{::qos_details-filters-2022.6.jpg?739}}
+ \\
+**Exclude IPv4 broadcast:  **Enabling this excludes (local) IPv4 broadcast traffic such as ARP requests.
+**Exclude IPv4 multicast:  **Enabling this excludes (local) IPv4 multicast traffic such as video streaming.
+**Auto resolve addresses:  **Enabling this automatically resolves IP addresses to their DNS names in the table.
+**Show shortcuts:  **Enabling this causes shortcuts to show in the table that let you click on which host addresses you want to show/hide.
+ \\
+Clicking **Refresh** will make FreshTomato retrieve current information and update the page accordingly.
+Clicking **Stop** will stop automatic refresh of the page (if it was enabled).
+You can choose an option in the **Refresh Every** menu to select how often the display will automatically refresh.
+===== QoS Details Notes =====
+The information on this menu is useful for verifying that QoS is working correctly on your network.
+For example, as a series or troubleshooting steps, you might:
+  - 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".
+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).
+ \\
+ \\
-{{::qos-details.png}}
-===== 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.

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