Linksys WRT54G wireless router QOS Anomolies

[fred]

Hi Folks
I have the above wireless router (version 1.1 with latest firmware) connected to Telewest's Blueyonder service via a Surfboard Cable Modem with Freetalk and Vonage's ATA's (pap2) connected to LAN ports. With the latest firmware upgrade to the router there now appears a Quality of Service option. I configured this to give Freetalk the Highest QOS and Vonage set at High. However, once I enabled this the Vonage quality degraded rather badly to a gurgling noise whilst in calls! When I disabled QOS everything went back to normal! Anyone experienced something similar? Is there a way of using QOS with this router without getting the problems I have experienced?
Thanks
Fred.

[mattpark]

Fred,

QoS isn't too important if your using VoIP in a home environment at the end of the day. If there is only you using your net connection, then you know when your downloading a fat whopping file and stealing all the bandwidth! Whats more important is not having any file sharing programs like limewire running, they use up most your upload, and is a killer on voip.

If i was you i'd just disable it. Im on a netgear router which doen't offer QoS, and so far i've never run in to any issues with bandwith (4meg ADSL MAX connection).

If you have more than 2 computer using your net connection then i'd maybe look in to this issue a little more. Sorry i've not shed any helpful light!

Matt

[fred]

Hi Matt
There are 4 pc's connected to the network but rarely more than 2 used at any one time. I think you are right about the QOS-I will leave it disabled as it seems to cause more trouble than it's worth. Thanks for your help.
Fred.

[fred]

Hi acoolwelshbloke
How did you set up your QOS on your Linksys router if I may ask?

[acoolwelshbloke]

What happened to my post?

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

http://www.tec2spec.co.uk/acoolwelshbloke/QOS.gif

[mattpark]

Wasn't me? I never saw a post in this thread from you?

[fred]

Originally Posted by acoolwelshbloke

What happened to my post?

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

http://www.tec2spec.co.uk/acoolwelshbloke/QOS.gif

Hi acoolwelshbloke
God knows what happened to your post but I definately saw it earlier today! Thanks for the screen shot of your Router Admin QOS pages. I had mine set up very similarly to yours except I didn't play around with the manual upstream rate. I tried to adjust it but kept getting warnings that if I manually set the upstream bandwidth it will negate the benefot of previous QOS settings!