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BulaBamboo
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Jul 14, 2019
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Set priority for Roku Ultra @ R7800

I am attempting to set my Roku Ultra priority to low per the instructions here:  https://kb.netgear.com/24266/How-to-enable-Quality-of-Service-QoS-on-routers-using-the-NETGEAR-web-interface to reduce...
  • schumaku's avatar
    Jul 14, 2019

    BulaBamboo wrote:

    I am attempting to set my Roku Ultra priority to low per the instructions here:  https://kb.netgear.com/24266/How-to-enable-Quality-of-Service-QoS-on-routers-using-the-NETGEAR-web-interface to reduce my data usage. 


    These instructions are not applicable for your router model (see the information ref. "this applies to").

     

    Further on, QoS does not reduce the amount of data, it just tries to optimize some protocols, ports, and applications data flow.

     


    BulaBamboo wrote:

    My QoS page doens't have Setup QoS rule > Add Priority Rule option. 


    The R7800 has like many newer Netgear routers the automatic, database driven QoS in place - no manual priority controls.

     


    BulaBamboo wrote:

    Also, when I select the Take a Speedtest option, I get 'The Speedtest failed to detect the bandwidth, please check your Internet or try again' when I'm clearly connected. 


    Probably a bug in your unspecified R7800 firmware version, or your uplink provider does prohibit using certain systems or domains.