Better Support for TP-Link BE230 for Watching IPTV Multicast
Hello,
My name is Quoc Bao and I am from Vietnam. I am currently using the TP-Link BE230 router with my ISP (FPT), and I would appreciate some assistance.
- Regarding QoS:
At present, this router only supports manual entry of upload and download bandwidth values. I would like to know whether TP-Link plans to introduce a dynamic QoS feature, so users would not need to input these parameters manually. My home internet bandwidth fluctuates constantly and does not have a fixed value. Although my contract specifies 300 Mbps for both upload and download, actual speeds can reach 500, 700, or even 900 Mbps. - Also regarding QoS:
I would like to ask whether the TP-Link BE230 offers any solution to assign the highest priority to UDP traffic. My ISP (FPT) uses IPTV based on Multicast UDP. However, enabling IGMP Snooping alone is not sufficient—whenever I download large files, my TV begins to stutter and freeze.
The router provided by my ISP includes a QoS mechanism that prioritises UDP traffic over TCP regardless of the total bandwidth, and also assigns the highest priority to the STB device. Does the TP-Link BE230 provide a similar feature or configuration?
Thank you for your support.
@Joseph-TPThank you for your response.
The image above shows the QoS settings on the default device supplied by my ISP. In that configuration, the priority level for UDP traffic on specific ports is set to Medium. The purpose is to ensure that even when heavy file downloads are using nearly all available bandwidth, IPTV Multicast IGMP traffic over UDP can still run smoothly and remain stable.
At present, this kind of protocol- and port-specific QoS functionality does not appear to be available on TP-Link products in general, not only on the BE230.
I have already tried setting the IPTV set-top-box to the highest priority level, but in practice this had no noticeable effect. It does not resolve the issue, because TP-Link’s QoS system fundamentally prioritises devices mainly through TCP traffic rather than effectively managing UDP-based IPTV traffic.