We’re at an awkward stage as the age of network-streamed multimedia matures. Broadband and cell providers have only recently realized the public’s enormous appetite for streaming video, VoIP, and the ...

The fair queuing mechanism implemented in the MQC does not weight the traffic in any way. Weighting is a terminology Cisco uses to indicate the fact that the router is looking at the prioritization of ...

Recently we talked with Cisco about its three-step approach to implementing appropriate quality of service for voice. We spoke with Craig Cotton, manager of product marketing, and Graham Gudgin, ...

Several weeks ago, I finally tackled a long-delayed and much-needed hardware swap. As is usually the case with things I procrastinate, it ended up not being nearly as difficult (nor taking nearly as ...

Last time, I told you of my generally positive so-far experiences with the Cisco Linksys E4200 v2 router. Alas, it hasn't been completely smooth sailing. And my 802.11n problems have been particularly ...

The consolidation of the Internet Protocol as the foundation of most communications services has become indisputable. IP's simplicity, open standards development, relative low cost of deployment and, ...

I have an all cisco network, with cisco wifi running on top of it, using the built in cisco macros for wifi, and switch to switch trunks. On top of that were running a non cisco voip network. The qos ...

The devices connected to your router battle for bandwidth like thirst-crazed beasts jostling for access to a receding watering hole. You can’t see the melee, but you can feel its impact. Without ...

Since almost all games nowadays are online, it is a sin not to think about optimizing the home network. Almost all routers have either or both NAT Boost and QoS features to aid the user’s game ...