 japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | Good idea This got the Ars Technica treatment late last Friday.
Application/protocol specific traffic shaping is the goal. Crowd-sourced prioritization tables live in firmware updates which can be either manually applied by router owner (router does not submit traffic data for cloud analysis) or auto-updated by Atheros (does submit).
A good and much needed development ... as long as Atheros collects no data unless explicitly given permission.
»arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/···-reason/ |
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 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | They did and many readers saw this is a pretty useless feature. I have yet to see an average home that really needed QOS. Sure there are those here reading this "might" need it but in general the average home has little need. |
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| I think any home that has more than a couple users, and frequently uses video streaming or VoIP can benefit from QoS. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | said by talz13:I think any home that has more than a couple users, and frequently uses video streaming or VoIP can benefit from QoS.
Almost every router has basic QOS options that are easy to set and forget that give priority to VOIP and media streaming. The extra bells and whistles of this device aren't really needed. It is no doubt more about collecting info than it is about QOS requirements.
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| I was simply referring to the line "I have yet to see an average home that really needed QOS" |
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