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qos-settings [2024/04/12 15:58] – [QoS - Basic Principles] -Formatting-bulleted, condensed diff between QoS and BWL hogwildqos-settings [2024/04/16 16:55] (current) – [How Does all this Help Me?] remove "of the" hogwild
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 ==== QoS is not Bandwidth Limiter ==== ==== QoS is not Bandwidth Limiter ====
  
-QoS is not the same as FreshTomato's [[bwlimit|Bandwidth Limiter]].+QoS is not the same as FreshTomato's [[bwlimit|Bandwidth Limiter]]. \\
  
-  QoS analyzes all traffic on all clients on the network. +  QoS analyzes all traffic on all clients on the network. 
-  QoS follows rules for prioritizing one type of traffic over another.  +  QoS follows rules for prioritizing one type of traffic over another.  
-  Bandwidth Limiter limits the bandwidth used by one or more client devices on the network. +  Bandwidth Limiter limits the bandwidth used by one or more client devices on the network. 
-  Bandwidth Limiter prioritizes one client device/group of client devices over others. \\ It does not analzye traffic types.+  Bandwidth Limiter prioritizes one client device/group of client devices over others. \\ It does not analzye traffic types. 
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 If you need a simple, crude tool for one or more known client devices, Bandwidth Limiter may be all that you need. If you need a simple, crude tool for one or more known client devices, Bandwidth Limiter may be all that you need.
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   * **Queuing:** This (Outbound only process) is the buffering of data which the network can't process in real time. \\ There are many forms of Queuing in QoS. This is divided into classes.\\  \\    * **Queuing:** This (Outbound only process) is the buffering of data which the network can't process in real time. \\ There are many forms of Queuing in QoS. This is divided into classes.\\  \\ 
   * **Policing:** This is the (Inbound and Outbound) process of dropping packets in a controlled way. \\  \\    * **Policing:** This is the (Inbound and Outbound) process of dropping packets in a controlled way. \\  \\ 
-  * **Class Discipline:** These are the actual rules of priority applied to all the classes of data. \\ Packets In the Priority class always come first. If Priority is empty, WFQ (Weighted Fair Queuing) \\ is applied among all the other classes. \\ There are dozens of queuing disciplinesFreshTomato only supports the following:+  * **Queuing Discipline:** Also known as "Class Discipline"These are the actual rules of priority \\ that are applied to the data classes.\\ This specifies which packets are put into queues in which order, and in what quantity. \\ Packets in the Priority class always come first. If Priority is empty, WFQ (Weighted Fair Queuing) is applied among all the other classes. \\ There are many queuing disciplinesFreshTomato only supports the Qdisc Queing Discipline
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 Is someone on your LAN generating too much traffic?  \\ Is someone on your LAN generating too much traffic?  \\
  
-These are all problems that QoS can help you to solve. Note that QoS is NOT auto-regulating. You need to manually define most of the QoS parameters, and tweak them, as needed.+These are all problems that QoS can help you to solve. Note that QoS is NOT auto-regulating. You need to manually define most QoS parameters, and tweak them, as needed.
  
 ===== CTF implications ===== ===== CTF implications =====
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