What is this QoS Packet Schedular in XP?

[statetech]

I have a v.92 56k modem on my Dell Inspiron 4100 and it could possible be a winmodem, but what's this QoS Packet Schedular in XP when I look in Networking part of the properties of my connection?

The reason I'm asking is that I get disconnected seemingly randomly from my dial up account provided from my school, which never, ever happens on a v.90 modem even in XP. I've uninstall the QoS Packet Schedular and still disconnects

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Ideas?

 

[bsobel]

QoS = Quality of Service. Basically QoS aware applications can signup and request a certain amount of bandwidth be reserved for them. For example if your making a netmeeting call with video, it could reserve 64k of bandwidth. This way, regardless of whatever else your doing, 64k will be available to netmeeting during the call.

If no QoS apps are running nothing is reserved (some web sites exclude this and suggest that removing QoS will improve performance, it will not)

Bill

 

[bacillus]

suggest that removing QoS will improve performance, it will not

listen to bsobel, he's correct!

 

[statetech]

thanks guys...that was a lot clearer than the explenation that MS gave in their description

 

[Jwyatt]

I didnt know what it did. This info is helpful, but i do have a question.

I play Everquest some, but not as much as I used to. I dont think EQ uses qos. Is there any way to force it to use it? Im on dsl and when downloading large files I cant play EQ or harldy browse the web. My downloads take up all of my 1500k bandwidth.

Any suggestoins on how to force qos on a certain app?

 

[bsobel]

> Any suggestoins on how to force qos on a certain app?

Apps need to make calls into the QoS api's, so as far as I know there isn't a way (today) to force EQ to use it. That said, there is no reason a third party utility couldn't provide this functinoality on an applications behalf. I just don't know of any today.

Bill

 

[Sorak]

hmmm I would like to know also if it's possible to force this on an app

 

[Mem]

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listen to bsobel, he's correct!

Hmm I`ve to disagree with you guys on this,I was using QoS and when playing CS on my XP rig I would get random disconnects with a net error message,anyway after doing a search with google I found lots of CS players had the same problem and the recommendation was to remove QoS which solved the problem for most people,anyway I tried it and since then I`ve never got disconnected in CS,so for me and quite a few CS players having QoS installed is not worth the hassle,so having it removed can improve stability performance with some online games.