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R6700v2 - Where is Downstream QOS?
I'm fiddling around with QOS settings on my R6700v2, but I can't find any option for Downstream bandwidth settings. I can only see Uplink bandwidth settings, which isn't useful for what I can imagine...
Neither the R6700v2 Data Sheet nor the User Manual does list the second half of the feature you are behind, there is only a global Uplink Bandwidth Control, no Downlink Bandwidth Control.
I don't think that quite answers my question. Let me word it this way.
I have a 300mb/s down, and 15mb/s up connection.
Hypothetically, I want to permanently limit my entire network to only use maximum of 100mb/s down and 5mb/s.
On other routers, I have both a downstream and upstream setting, so I'd set it to 100mb/s down and 5mb/s.
On my R6700v2, I only have the option to set an upstream setting. If I set the upstream on the R6700v2 to 5mb/s, speedtests show me with a 300mb/s download speed and a 5mb/s upload speed.
How do adjust both the downstream and upstream on my R6700v2?
Neither the R6700v2 Data Sheet nor the User Manual does list the second half of the feature you are behind, there is only a global Uplink Bandwidth Control, no Downlink Bandwidth Control.
Right you are. Thanks for the reply.
Baffling omission from Netgear. I can't imagine why they would bother including a QOS service that only works on the uplink side. If you wanted to prioritize, say, an incoming video conference or VOIP call over whatever someone else who is streaming on Netflix, you can't. I don't know how the per service or device QOS rules can function in a downlink situation without knowing what the available bandwidth is.
Download is going to you and you may not have any control over accepting other then no resend. Upstream the router does have some control over. Therefore QoS only looks at upstream which in effect controls the download as TCP IP is a send and listen for a good response (ack) before sending more.
Hmm Bill .... this question is about the pure bandwidth control. A smart router can always measure and identify the amount of traffic on the downlink, and limit the related sessions where they are flowing out to the other interfaces on the (W)LAN. Why ever, this feature is not implemented or not available. Under the QoS label the vendor try to do some ultra smart things, again, similar technology, always contrlling what is flowing out of the router. But that's not the question, the subject was choosen wrong by the OP.
