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phaybein
Aug 31, 2015Follower
Qos Upstream and Downstream greyed out?
Hello,
I have the Nighthawk R7000 and I been trying to enable my Qos but it is greyed out and I can not select anything...any help would be great!
- Jun 22, 2017
Hi Norvell1984,
The router uses dynamic QoS.
https://kb.netgear.com/25613/How-do-I-enable-Dynamic-QoS-on-my-Nighthawk-router
TheEther
Mar 23, 2017Guru
Think of QoS as a cop controlling traffic on the main road into and out of town. The cop wouldn't be very effective controlling only a subset of all traffic. An Access Point (AP) is typically not in a position to handle all Internet traffic arriving or leaving your house. Because of this, QoS is usually not available as an option.
In a home network, it makes the most sense to apply QoS at the router which handles all Internet traffic as it arrives or leaves your house. Your modem may have a router built into it, in which case, QoS should be enabled there. If your modem doesn't have a router but you, instead, have a separate router connected directly to the modem, then QoS should be enabled there.
While the R7800 is a router, putting it into AP mode disables many functions, including the firewall, NAT and, of course, QoS. If you want to use QoS on the R7800, then disable AP mode, but you should connect all devices through it and you should disable all routing functions in all other devices. Having a single device functioning as a router is recommended for the vast majority of home networks.
shahril8488
Mar 24, 2017Tutor
Hello TheEther,
Sorry for asking you the wrong question. My router is model r7800, in router mode. v1.0.2.28. I have tried to play with many configuration but still I could not get the downstream QoS tabbed appear.
I have selected Advanced->QoS Setup. There are only Quality of Service tabbed and WMM tabbed appeared.
Can you please advice me what to do? is the router broken?
Thank you in advance
- TheEtherMar 24, 2017Guru
I could be mistaken, but I believe the R7800 only supports Dynamic QoS. There should be a Enable Dyamic QoS check box. If you don't see it, can you try a different browser? Can you post a screenshot?
- Norvell1984Jun 17, 2017Aspirant
Is the r7000 suppose to have the QoS upstream and downstream options?
Mine does not... of course I am using firmware version 1.0.7.12_1.2.5
Will a frimware update make the option available or is ti not capable?
If not then does dynamic qos device priority options work the same way?- JamesGLJun 22, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Norvell1984,
The router uses dynamic QoS.
https://kb.netgear.com/25613/How-do-I-enable-Dynamic-QoS-on-my-Nighthawk-router