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--- qos-detailed [2023/06/05 03:50] – [View Details] -formatting hogwild
+++ qos-detailed [2023/06/21 02:34] (current) – [QoS Details Notes] -formatting hogwild
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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).
+{{::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.
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-{{::qos-details.png?729}}
+**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.
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+{{::qos_details-filters-2022.6.jpg?739}}
-===== 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).
+**Exclude IPv4 broadcast:  **Enabling this excludes (local) IPv4 broadcast traffic such as ARP requests.
-Here, you can choose to:
+**Exclude IPv4 multicast:  **Enabling this excludes (local) IPv4 multicast traffic such as video streaming.
-  * Hide gateway traffic (usually local, unclassified traffic to your router's web server)
+**Auto resolve addresses:  **Enabling this automatically resolves IP addresses to their DNS names in the table.
-  * Hide broadcast or multicast traffic (generally local also)
-  * Automatically resolve IP addresses to their DNS names
+**Show shortcuts:  **Enabling this causes shortcuts to show in the table that let you click on which host addresses you want to show/hide.
-  * Show shortcuts to resolve or hide individual IP addresses
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 Clicking **Refresh** will make FreshTomato retrieve current information and update the page accordingly.
-Clicking **Stop** stops automatic refresh of the page if it was previously enabled.
+Clicking **Stop** will stop automatic refresh of the page (if it was enabled).
-In the dropdown just to the left of that button, you can select an automatic refresh rate, if you wish.
+You can choose an option in the **Refresh Every** menu to select how often the display will automatically refresh.
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 The information on this menu is useful for verifying that QoS is working correctly on your network.
-For example, you could:
+For example, as a series or troubleshooting steps, you might:
   - Place a VoIP call from a phone on your network
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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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