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--- qos-detailed [2023/06/05 04:02] – [Filters] -add screenshot: "QoS details-filters-2022.6" @ 739x182, add missing Filters menu items hogwild
+++ qos-detailed [2023/06/21 02:34] (current) – [QoS Details Notes] -formatting hogwild
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   * 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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+ \\  \\ 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 a list of options to show or hide certain IP addresses on the list (to reduce confusion).
+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.
-Here, you can choose to:
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-  * Hide gateway traffic (usually local, unclassified traffic to your router's web server)
+**Show only these IPs:** Here, specify the IP addresses of network hosts you want to be displayed in the table.
-  * 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
-{{::qos_details-filters-2022.6.jpg?739}}
+**Exclude these IPs:**  Here, specify the IP addresses of network hosts you don't want to be displayed in the table.
-**Show only these IPs:** Here, you can specify the IP addresses if network hosts you wish to displayed.
+**Exclude Gateway traffic:**  Enabling this hides gateway traffic. This is usually local, unclassified traffic to your router's web server.
-**Exclude these IPs:**  Here, you specify the IP addresses of network hosts you don't want displayed.
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-**Exclude Gateway traffic:**
+{{::qos_details-filters-2022.6.jpg?739}}
-**Exclude IPv4 broadcast:**
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-**Exclude IPv4 multicast:**
+**Exclude IPv4 broadcast:  **Enabling this excludes (local) IPv4 broadcast traffic such as ARP requests.
-**Auto resolve addresses:**
+**Exclude IPv4 multicast:  **Enabling this excludes (local) IPv4 multicast traffic such as video streaming.
-**Show shortcuts:**
+**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.
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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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