Need help with QoS Setup

[codhip]

I've been having some troubles setting up a QoS because my modem seems to be slightly more "finicky" than most other modems when it comes to setting up QoS rules. After a couple hours of searching around and experimenting with my modem's customization's I've come to the conclusion that: You guys are likely the only people on the entire internet that can help me with this dire conundrum.

As of right now, anybody who uses an application that demands a lot of bandwidth gets all of the bandwidth (if someone is using netflix/skype, they'll snag all the bandwidth for themselves and leave nothing for us poor bastards). So I figured i'd set up a QoS. However, the Rule setup is quite confusing to an amateur like myself and I just can't seem to get it right. I've looked at guides for other modems like NetGear and they all seem so straight forward. My modem has me jumping through hoops and reading books on "destination & source IP Addresses" and "Netmasks". It's all quite confusing.

I sincerely hope you guys can help me out. I can send you pictures of my modem's online interface if you need it. There are two sections for a QoS rule, an uplink section, and a downlink section, which is where i select the amount of KBPS to prioritize to my computer. Here's where things get a little tricky: My computer asks for a "Source IP/MAC Address" and a "Destination IP/MAC Address". I'm just not entirely sure how to fill this section out. I think I understand that the destination ip address is the address to which the KBPS are being rerouted, but i'm not sure; and I have no idea what the source IP address is (My friends computer??). Get back to me as soon as you can, any help would be appreciated <3.

~Thanks very much.

**PS: I took the liberty of taking a pic of my modem's interface and edited it with paint, but I can't seem to post a picture without needing a URL. As this is not a picture taken from the internet there is no URL. So now I need help with 2 things. Damn.**

 

[Alabalcho]

Use a service like tinypc.com to host your picture, and you will have URL.

As for your problem: You (almost) cannot use QoS to limit download bandwidth to a computer (that is, if your roommate eats all bandwidth for Netflix, QoS will help very lttle)

 

[codhip]

Managed to upload the picture via Tinypic. Thanks very much Alabalcho.

 

[bill001g]

You need a very special configuration to even attempt to limit the download speed and most routers only allow you to limit upload speed.

Problem is if you connection is being overloaded by a single netflix session you have so little bandwidth there really is no solution to the problem. Even if you were to get it to work your roommate would be here saying how do you prevent my jerk roommate from preventing me from watching netflix.

The configuration sets a fix bandwidth limit and normally when you have very small bandwidth you will have to set it so low you are going in effect block his ability to watch netflix even when you are not using the internet.