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[N2rock]

I have my game systems (PS3 and Wii) set up with highest priority (1). I have about a dozen other things in the house using the router. Do I need to go and set each thing up as a lower priority? What happens with things that are not assigned a priority, are they automatically given lowest priority?

Lastly- if I DMZ the PS3, what sort of priority is it then given? None? Will it then have lowest priority?

[FurryNutz]

I recommend using priorities of things and need major bandwidth like game PCs and consoles and PC that stream video. All other devices like phones don't need to have any priority has they might not need alot of bandwidth and time getting traffic. You can all all your devices to the rules if you wish and give those devices lower priorities if they don't need alot of traffic bandwidth. Then give the others higher if they need more. Setting 1 and 2 might cause some devices not to get any traffic if not included in the rule. I haven't testes this out however Haven't seen any problems with how mine is set up. I have 2 xboxes set for high priority and 2 PC set for low priority. Works here.

Anything put in the DMZ by passes any features of the router including priorities and is not recommended to use this feature unless you really need it.

[N2rock]

I'm having troubles connecting to some of the guys on my friend list. So I was thinking of trying to DMZ. That's why I'm wondering what happens to the priority list if I DMZ- do other things automatically get higher priority? Or does the DMZ take highest priority?

[Hard Harry]

Thats the point, the DMZ isn't part of the QoS jurisdiction, so to speak. So it's like having two lines at a toll booth. One line is split up into three, for people paying with cash, credit, or EZpass. The other line is just for one person(a VIP), and their is no charge for him to go through, he can speed through as fast as he wants. That may sound perfect, until you consider the other side of the tollbooth. That VIP may be able to zip through the tollbooth as fast as he wants, but he still hits the traffic on the other side as it merges back onto the highway. Does that make sense? Giving priority to the PS3 is not a bad thing, but you have to be careful that you don't just amplify the bottleneck between the router and the ISP.

[N2rock]

I'm not worried about the non-VIP cars. Those are just my kids checking facebook and accessing iTunes. Since I pay all the tolls, I want VIP service LOL

[Hard Harry]

First off, I know the medaphore is kind of silly, but it helps when talking about such a complex thing.

Let me adjust it though. Instead of saying the VIP is for one "car" lets say instead it's for one "lane". And through that lane all the VIP traffic is sent through. If that VIP traffic is the minority, (say less then 20%)  then great. But if its more then that, all you doing is compacting that traffic and having the same issue as if you didn't have QoS at all. You see this in real life all the time. The left hand lane while driving is meant for passing right? But how many times do you see the left hand lane filled with people all going the same speed? Then all of the sudden the right hand lane becomes for passing. Get what I am saying? Its the same way with people who set Gamefuel rules. They take all their PS3 and PC traffic and make it priority 1. All it does is end up making all that traffic run at the same speed, produce the same drain on resources, and thus the same lag.  Thats why I personally like to handle my NAT by the more robust forwarding system, the gamefuel for 1 or two ports for the traffic I want to give priority (with a rating of about 50-60 above the standard 128priority) and the DMZ for something that doesn't play way with port standards, like my linux box or print server. Keep in mind, this is just my humble opinion, and I think there is more then one way to skin this cat.