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I'm talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service. With streaming stackoverflow podcasts and downloading the lastest updates to ubuntu, I would like to have QoS working so I can use stackoverflow without my http connections timing out or taking forever.
I'm using an iConnect 624 ADSL modem which has QoS built-in but I can't seem to get it to work. Is it even possible to control the downstream (ie. from ISP to your modem)?
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A proper QoS setup would be to specify that 192.168. 0.20 gets up to 14,000Kbps WAN bandwidth and 192.168. 0.22 gets only up to 5,000Kbps; this configuration gives priority to the first IP address and lower priority to the second. Different routers allow you to configure QoS in different ways.
(Note that a Cable Internet connection tends to have a very slow upload speed.) Between 100Mpbs and 500Mbps: It's generally a good idea to have QoS. Between 500Mbps and 1Gbps: You mostly don't need QoS, but it's a good idea to have it when there's a file-sharing station, such as BitTorrent, within the network.
QoS networking technology works by marking packets to identify service types, then configuring routers to create separate virtual queues for each application, based on their priority. As a result, bandwidth is reserved for critical applications or websites that have been assigned priority access.
I don't know if this will help you, but I've never been a fan of using the ISP provided box directly. Personally I use a Linksys wrt54gl, with DD-wrt, behind(DMZ) my ISP provided box.
DD-wrt has excellent QoS management.
Sorry I can't be more help with your existing hardware.
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