If you're using Skype, you probably don't want some antivirus update to consume all of your bandwidth and ruin your call. You'd like a policy that says "give Skype all the bandwidth it needs," which the router then enforces. When I used to work in networking infrastructure in the mid-nineties, I spent a lot of time on network Quality of Service (QOS). This is basically deciding which kind of traffic has priority when there isn't enough capacity to go around—different kinds of traffic go into different queues, and some queues get a bigger share of the pipe.
Why two Internets are inevitable
Why two Internets are inevitable
Why two Internets are inevitable
If you're using Skype, you probably don't want some antivirus update to consume all of your bandwidth and ruin your call. You'd like a policy that says "give Skype all the bandwidth it needs," which the router then enforces. When I used to work in networking infrastructure in the mid-nineties, I spent a lot of time on network Quality of Service (QOS). This is basically deciding which kind of traffic has priority when there isn't enough capacity to go around—different kinds of traffic go into different queues, and some queues get a bigger share of the pipe.