QOS Settings with Dlink Router
 

Dlink DIR 655 router running:

2 - iphones on WiFi
2 - wired TivoHD boxes
1 - wired computer
1 - wireless notebook (occasionally)

I stream high quality movies (5Gig) from the main computers internal drives through the router to the TivoHD boxes via a piece of shareware called StreamBaby.

The issue I have is that once or twice during each movie the stream stops for a couple of seconds to rebuffer.

The rebuffering happened when I was using the Tivo's wirelessly and continues since I wired them.

I have messed with setting up QOS settings to give the Tivo's priority over everything else but it is not working.

I am using the Living Room Tivo as a test.

I have the auto-classification turned off.
Priority 1
The IP range is set to the IP of the Living Room Tivo. 192.168.2.197 - 192.168.2.197
I have the local port range set to 7290 - 7290 (the port Streambaby uses)
Protocol is 'both' (TCP UDP)
Remote IP is set to default which is 0 - 255.255.255.255
Remote Port range 0 - 65535

Am I getting close or is QOS not the answer to eliminate the occasional rebuffering?

Nevermind,

While doing some more research, it appears that Tivo has a 1.1g buffer size limitation.


Every 1.1g the stream will pause and rebuffer another 1.1g.