Topic: Gigabit Network Switches, are they all created equal?

[rastasean]

It may be an option on some higher end NAS devices to use QoS but I have never looked into this and would think it's not common - very unlikely on any appliance devices such as DLNA capable wifi receivers for example


For QoS to work you need Configurable QoS switches, end points, and any layer 3 and above device in the middle - note that not all manufacturers use the same QoS markers as each other (I.e. Cisco vs Avaya) so being able to configure the devices is required.

I agree with all of this and what h2o previously stated. ISPs won't care about your QoS rules unless you have some really good agreement with them. If you have a home/office and there's just a few machines, QoS also isn't that big of a deal. I suggest running iperf/vnstat on your machines to see what throughput you get on your switches, network cards, routers, etc.

[DigiGal]

The NAS uses Gigabit wired connection only and whole house is also wired with CAT6a STP wi-fi doesn't factor in our WAN or with any DLNA devices. 

We didn't pick up a QoS switch, my interest in the feature is only that some gigabit switches touted QoS as a feature so I'm wondering where that feature would actually be useful.

[morst]

Unless you're doing VOIP telephony, I wouldn't think you'd really need to control QoS.

I like Netgear & Linksys, Trendnet works fine for the $$ until it doesn't. D-Link is also Ok.