7. Setup And Administration, Continued

The VLAN page allows you to enable (default is disabled) 802.1q VLAN tagging for data entering an adapter's Ethernet port. This is another feature for network operators, since no VLAN filtering is done in the AV200 itself. Controls are provided to set the VLAN Tag (or ID) and set the priority from 0 to 7.

QoS controls (called Priority Configuration in the User Guide and web interface) come set to a default priority of 2 and Criterion 1 and 2 set to "none". Priority can be set from 0 to 7 and the Criterion settings changed as shown in Figure 11 to support 802.1p or ToS (Type of Service) tagging.

Figure 11: QoS settings
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Figure 12 shows what you get into when selecting "Custom" Criterion setting. This is a fairly low-level interface for a traffic classifier, again, not intended for general consumer use. The User Guide provides a little insight into the Custom controls via a video streaming example, but not enough that I'd feel comfortable messing with the settings. Figure 12 is a shot of a portion of the web admin interface, but the same controls appear when selecting the Custom Criterion in the Utility application.

Figure 12: QoS Custom Priority settings
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The remaining settings include Security to set the admin login password, Firmware Update to control interaction with a TFTP application used for firmware upgrading and Tools, which provides soft reset and reset-to-factory defaults controls.