[mythtv-users] OT: Prioritizing Network Traffic?

Greg Hermsen g.hermy15 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 20 18:47:23 UTC 2009


On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Greg Hermsen <g.hermy15 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM, G Venkataraman <gvenkat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Greg Hermsen <g.hermy15 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a setup where I watch MythTV on a remote frontend, connect over a
>>> 5ghz, 802.11n connection.  The signal strength is good, but occassionally,
>>> the video gets a little choppy.  My router allows for prioritizing network
>>> traffic by configuring WISH (Wireless Intelligent Stream Handling)
>>> settings.  I can set:
>>>
>>>    Priority - Background/Best Effort/Video/Voice
>>>
>>>  BK: Background (least urgent).
>>> BE: Best Effort.
>>> VI: Video.
>>> VO: Voice (most urgent).
>>>
>>>    Protocol - Any/TCP/UDP/Both/ICMP/Other
>>>
>>> Host 1 IP Range
>>>  The rule applies to a flow of messages for which one computer's IP
>>> address falls within the range set here. Host 1 Port Range The rule
>>> applies to a flow of messages for which host 1's port number is within the
>>> range set here. Host 2 IP Range The rule applies to a flow of messages
>>> for which the other computer's IP address falls within the range set here. Host
>>> 2 Port Range The rule applies to a flow of messages for which host 2's
>>> port number is within the range set here.
>>>
>>> Does anybody know how I would need to set these rules to optimize my
>>> network for Myth?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Greg
>>>
>>
>> I use the following WISH settings/rules on my D-Link DIR-655 802.11n
>> wireless  router to prioritize my MythTV wireless network traffic and it
>> works like a charm.
>>
>> Name: MythTV
>> Priority: Voice High (VO HI)
>> Protocol: TCP (6)
>> Host 1 IP Range: 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255
>> Host 1 Port Range: 0 to 65535
>> Host 2 IP Range: 192.168.2.45 to 192.168.2.45
>> Host 2 Port Range: 6543 to 6543
>>
>> I left the default values for the "Host 1" related settings and use the
>> "Host 2" related settings for my MythTV backend server. 192.168.2.45 is the
>> IP address of my MythTV backend server and 6543 is the TCP port on which
>> mythbackend listens on. "Voice High" is the highest (most urgent) of the
>> available priorities and hence when I stream high bitrate videos, no one
>> else can get anything useful done on the wireless network in my home. If you
>> encounter this and allowing other things to happen on the wireless network
>> is important to you, you can adjust the priority down to "Voice Low" or
>> "Video High" or "Video Low" (or the equivalent on your router) and see if
>> the quality of video streaming is sufficient enough.
>>
>> -=Venkat=-
>>
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> Thanks Venkat.  I'll give these settings a try.
>
> Greg
>
Thanks Venkat!  I configured my WISH settings as you described and my video
is no longer choppy.
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