How do I prioritize gaming traffic via this ToughSwitch ?
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I don't think you can do QOS with the switch. If you're doing online gaming QOS is usually done on the router. Each switch port is several times faster than your ISP connection. Unless you have Google Giga bite fiber. The switch's backplane can handle several giga bit of traffic simultaneously. If your gaming is several local subnet connections the switch should be fast enough to handle several Gb connections.
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There are a couple of possible issues. First the switch may be bad but I doubt that given the fact that it works OK. The other issue is do you have anything else taking bandwidth from the incoming connection before it gets to the switch? Finally, there may be something in the computer itself that is drawing bandwidth such as a file transfer that is stealing bandwidth.
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I think it wise to add that the point of this switch and what makes it different from a "common" un-managed switch is that while it is an un-managed switch, it has automatic QOS capability, and that is the key feature. If one is experiencing stuttering video or poor picture or audio quality on their VoIP device on their current switch, this device will automatically give priority to those devices that require it and should fix that problem.
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Whether the router line enters a Low, Med, or High port on the switch, there is no impact on the speed of connected devices. I tested this. Also, the relative speed of connected devices does not vary between the Low, Med, or High ports unless there is a lot of traffic (e.g., streaming HD video) on a higher-priority port. The switch will then take some bandwidth from lower priority ports to ensure the quality of service on the higher priority port. Nearly all of the time, all ports will operate at the same high speed. WD should really document these things better, because while they're obvious to IT professionals, they're far from obvious to the home users that this product is marketed towards.
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I recently replaced a Linksys WRT54GL with this DGL4500 because I could only open the NAT for CODMW2 to one of my three networked PC's at a time. Immediately after install this router opened the NAT to all three computers on its own with no further configuration, other than to turn "GameFuel" on. I assume it would do the same for an XBox setup. Very good router for gaming anyway.
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Man, I really don't know. I use only one of this GC and all my games are running at ultra. I think google can help us better than me. See ya!
705839
It is a patch bay, not a switch. It is used for multiple location LAN. From this you go to a switch and then the server.
783384
I used the high priority port to my main router. I put my printers and garage door gateway and Magic Jack on the low ports
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Jeff L, No you DON'T need a separate gateway, you just need to register all devices where you registered the Gateway. I suggest LaCrosse directly.
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Gbs thru put can limit game play but not dramatically so it CAN be a good Mobo your cpu and gpu will have more to do with that
2211887
Goes to ustream. Could be uses 3rd party servers. Leave yourself time to configure though if your doing this for an event.
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If you are having trouble with the configuration try switching it with the switch on the side. Most games I believe are 'xinput' by default, but switching to 'dinput' may help.
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My IT department, for which I purchased three of these, says it is a nice Gigabyte switch but it is Unmanaged. Hope that helps.
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Sorry, don't know about that stuff but I do know that this router will prioritize the connection to my xbox and you can monitor every device on your network from your PC. No more lag on gaming. No problems with this router.
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I have my camera system setup on a separate router than the one I use for "normal" internet usage. I noticed it seems to keep the traffic separated and helps with the slow down.
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If you have only one Gaming computer that is bandwidth intensive, then take the easy smart, it will take care of allocating shares to your other devices -- voice specially. It is always good to have the easy smart over the unmanaged.
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if you dont mind some latency on your network you can - tell all other connected devices to use your 'monitoring pc' IP as the gateway IP- set your 'monitoring pc' to use the real gateway IP- enable IP forwarding on your 'monitoring pc'