Rules

Prioritization is a function you can use to assign priorities for network devices and network applications, to ensure that these devices and applications will be executed with higher priority when the Internet connection is working at full capacity.

The prioritization is performed using rules. A rule is defined as follows:

  • Every rule contains the specification of a network device and a network application.
  • If the entry "All devices" is specified for the network device, the rule is then applied to all network devices.
  • If the entry "All" is specified for the network application, the rule is then valid for all network applications.
  • Every rule is assigned to a category. There are three categories: "Real-time applications", "Prioritized applications" and "Background applications".

The categories are searched through for rules in the order "Real-time applications", "Prioritized applications", and then "Background applications". The first rule found for an application or a device will be applied.

To create a rule, click the "New Rule" button in the category to which the rule is to be assigned. All of the rules created in a category are displayed in a table.

Real-time Applications

This category is suitable for applications with high demands on transmission speed and reaction times (e.g. Internet telephony, IPTV, video on demand).

Network applications prioritized in this category always have priority over other applications accessing the Internet at the same time. When the Internet connection is working at full capacity, the network packets of the applications from this category will always be sent first. In this case data from network applications assigned to other categories, like "Prioritized applications", for instance, can no longer be transmitted.

If multiple network applications are assigned to the "Real-time applications" category, then they must share the available capacity.

Whenever Internet telephony is included in this category, it always has the highest priority.

Prioritized Applications

This category is suitable for applications that require a fast reaction time (e.g. company access, terminal applications, games).

For network applications prioritized in this category, 90% of the FRITZ!Box's upload bandwidth is available, as long as no application from the "Real-time applications" category requires bandwidth. The remaining 10% of the upload bandwidth is available for applications that are prioritized in lower categories or not prioritized at all.

If multiple network applications are assigned to the "Prioritized applications" category, then they must share the available capacity.

Background Applications

This category is suitable for applications that do not require any high transmission speed and which are not time-critical (e.g. peer-to-peer services or automatic updates).

Network applications assigned to this category are always treated with the lowest priority when the Internet connection is working at full capacity. So whenever an application from a different category or a non-prioritized application requires the entire bandwidth, all background applications must wait until bandwidth capacity becomes available again.

If no other network applications are active, then the background applications receive the entire bandwidth.

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