@Tournas 

How to Configure QoS (Quality of Service) on Omada Router

Do you still have any doubt about the effect of QoS on the Switch of TP-Link?

  @Clive_A 

Thanks, after reading some manuals I managed to create a Gateway QoS service that covers all ports related to gaming, then I created a Gateway QoS class rule that assigns all traffic from that service to Class 1 and DSCP as EF (expedited). Nonetheless, for any of this to work I need to enable a bandwidth control rule that needs to asisgn percentages of the full bandwidth to all Classes (like 25% class 1 etc). But this limits the speeds for that class regardless of whether there is more available bandwidth or not. How can I keep the rules and have the classes exceed their allocated posisble when posisble?

  @Tournas 

Tournas wrote

  @Clive_A 

 

Thanks, after reading some manuals I managed to create a Gateway QoS service that covers all ports related to gaming, then I created a Gateway QoS class rule that assigns all traffic from that service to Class 1 and DSCP as EF (expedited). Nonetheless, for any of this to work I need to enable a bandwidth control rule that needs to asisgn percentages of the full bandwidth to all Classes (like 25% class 1 etc). But this limits the speeds for that class regardless of whether there is more available bandwidth or not. How can I keep the rules and have the classes exceed their allocated posisble when posisble?

I know what you are trying to do. I used to be in your position as I set up my home network, but I think there is no product that can do that. 

QoS gotta work with the bandwidth control. I have tried many different products on the market, as far as I know, even the leading product and famous in QoS has to set the QoS tag as well as the bandwidth control. 

Bandwidth guarantees the minimal speed. 

If you don't seti it, only set the QoS tag, your actual experience, for example, class 1, your core devices, are still gonna experience the delay from other non-essential classes. QoS tag only determines the forward priority but it does not define or limit the session use from the downloading tasks. 

  @Clive_A 

I understand its best that bandwidth control is enabled as it will give the guaranteed results by keeping some bandwidth aside, I just dont see why I have to sacrifice that bandwidth at all times for other activities. So by assigning gaming to class 1 EF and also assign 10% of bandwidth lets say to that class, I accomplish true QoS for gaming that just sacrifices 10% of my bandwidth at all times? Even in this kind of set up, how would I deprioritise bulk downloads then? I still need them to download fast, so even if I create a class 3 with lower DSCP I will need so assign a high percentage of my bandwidth like 40%, in essence sacrificing a huge part of my line that almost never will be getting used. 

Also I am rather confused as to how the separate Transmission -> Bandwidth control works. Initially I was happy that it would do what I wanted, activate the gateway qos rules only when bandwidth is utilised more than 80%, alas no, class caps always apply regardless. It just seems like another screen to assign caps on networks or ip groups, making things even more difficult to comprehend.