Prioritzing Xbox Live

seanf12

Hi guys,
Just wondering if there was any way to prioritize Xbox Live on my network, so I'll have my best possible connection when others are browsing the web on he network. I currently have the Netopia router eircom sent out.
Thanks in advance,
Sean

Zab

See if it supports QoS or Differentiated Services. However, be warned that the implementation of these technologies on SoHo boxes can be decidedly dodgy.

seanf12

Zab wrote: »

See if it supports QoS or Differentiated Services. However, be warned that the implementation of these technologies on SoHo boxes can be decidedly dodgy.

Right, it does support Differentiated Services, I've attempted to add a Custom Flow but am totally clueless by what all these mean:

Custom Flow Entry
Name
Protocol
Direction
Start Port
End Port
Inside IP Address
Inside IP Netmask
Outside IP Address
Outside IP Netmask
Quality of Service (QoS)

Zab

You're identifying the traffic you want the router to recognise and prioritize for you. Try entering only the IP address of your xbox as the inside IP, give it a name and set QoS to Expedite and Direction to Both. Then enable differentiated services.

I haven't actually tried this on a netopia box before. You may need to crack out the manual (i.e. download it) and your router may not be able to cope even though it has the option.

ntlbell

I've never had much luck with QoS with any of the soho routers i've tried bar linksys running dd-wrt.

You might have more luck if you have an old pc laying around and a bit of time and setup FreeBSD with dummynet or something similar