[mythtv-users] OT: Prioritizing Network Traffic?

[Greg Hermsen]

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
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