Does the Airport support QoS?

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nateman99 May 21, 2011

Does the Airport support QoS?

I know the router has the typical "Apple bumpers" to keep us from bruising our knees and so doesn't expose many advanced features, but does the router understand and prioritize QoS tagged packets? Or, does it completely ignore priority tags?

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ryan 1 year ago

Short answer, from what I can tell, no, it doesn't. See specs: www.apple.com/airportextreme/specs.html and this post: store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MC340L...

Long answer: Apple's AirPort Extreme line of products have always struck me as especially overpriced and under-featured compared to the rest of the market. And after having router after router that was weak and crashy, I've gone back in the direction of DD-WRT (www.dd-wrt.com/site/index ), using it on a D-Link DIR-825 (gdgt.com/d-link/dir-825/ ) with great effect. It may not be as insanely easy, but you will never want for a feature, that is for sure.

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nateman99 2011-05-21 15:19:29

Thanks, Ryan. I figured you were right. I've stuck with my airport because so many other consumer routers (even with DD-WRT firmwares) are just to crash prone. My home network has about 35 nodes and I find that most of consumer routers need a reboot 1-3x a month. The Airport is the only router I've had that has quietly sat in the corner of the room and done exactly as it is supposed to do. I just wish the Airport was a bit more full-featured.

gomer43 2011-05-25 00:27:01

I have to agree with Nateman. You're absolutely right, Ryan - for the feature set alone, it's not worth the price, but for it being solid and reliable for a long period of time, it's totally worth it to me. If it weren't for mine being robbed from my house, I'd still have mine, and I bet it still wouldn't need to be rebooted.

Dignan17 2011-05-30 01:17:44

I'm also not a fan of having to install software on my computer in order to administrate my router. I want to be able to simply browse to an address in a standard web browser.

I traded up for the Netgear N750, and while it's the same price range, it's ridiculous how much more I can do with the new router.

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ArmpitOfDeath 2011-05-21 19:04:54

I doubt it. It doesn't even have an SPI firewall - as they say, NAT's All, Folks - so QoS seems to be wishful thinking.

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zendriver 2011-05-23 15:42:39

I can confirm, the Airport Extreme does not have QoS packet tagging. At home, I use it strictly for Wireless. I use a separate D-link router for my wired network devices, which gives me a wider set of features, including QoS, not to mention customization of features.

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