QOS applications

[dave xnet]

Hello, I'm running XP Pro /SP2.

I've read a couple of things about QOS that are contradictory.
One says that 20% of Network throughput is always "reserved"
in case a QOS application needs it. The other is that
the full network bandwidth is available, but that
up to 20% will be taken away if a qos application needs it. This
second idea makes more sense but I don't for sure which it is.

Secondly, do any of XP's built in apps, IE6, IE7, or Outlook Express
use QOS themselves? Based on my observations, it seems as if
they do not.

Any info appreciated.

Dave

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
If your network is a regular peer-to-peer Network you can disable Qos.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[dave xnet]

Hi
If your network is a regular peer-to-peer Network you can disable Qos.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

Well I might be able to use it if I understood
when/how it worked.

What if I'm running p2p or Bit torrent on my PC?
They potentially create many,many connections and web browsing
slow to a snails pace.

What if the web browser used QOS ? Wouldn't its traffic be given
priority amongst all the network packets - thus improving the
web response?

Isn't this the kind of scenarion QOS is for?
Dave

 

[dave xnet]

Well I might be able to use it if I understood
when/how it worked.

What if I'm running p2p or Bit torrent on my PC?
They potentially create many,many connections and web browsing
slow to a snails pace.

What if the web browser used QOS ? Wouldn't its traffic be given
priority amongst all the network packets - thus improving the
web response?

Isn't this the kind of scenarion QOS is for?
Dave

http://support.microsoft.com/KB/316666
explains how it works, but it doesn't mention if any of the built in
apps will ever use QOS.
In the situation I mentioned above, it would be very useful
if for example, there was a choice in "internet options"
to turn it on for IE6.

Dave