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HDX111 Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter User Manual

HDX111 Configuration Utility 2-11

v1.1, March 2008

Prioritizing Traffic on the Powerline Network

By default, the Powerline HD Ethernet adapter QoS (Quality of Service) rules give priority to

multimedia network traffic. This is so that multimedia playback is smooth, even if document files

are being transferred over the network.

In general, multimedia applications use UDP (User Datagram Protocol) for data transfer. For such

applications, the on-time arrival of the data is more important than the data itself. If a packet

cannot be transferred in time, it will be dropped. For applications where the integrity of the data

takes precedence over the data timing, such as database applications, TCP (Transmission Control

Protocol) is used for data transfer.

To view or change the QoS rule settings:

1. Start the HDX111 configuration utility from the PC and wait for the utility to detect the

Powerline HD Ethernet adapters on the network.

2. Select the QoS (Quality of Service) tab.

The default settings in the Rule fields are UDP priority and UDP high priority. These

settings give priority to give priority to multimedia transfers.

Note: QoS settings are applied to every detected device shown on the Main tab.

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