Quality of Service (QoS) is an advanced feature that prioritizes internet traffic for applications, online gaming, Ethernet LAN ports, or specified MAC addresses to minimize the impact of busy bandwidth.
To create a QoS policy for an Ethernet LAN port on a Nighthawk router:
- Connect your computer to the Nighthawk router and launch a web browser.
- Visit http://www.routerlogin.com. If http://www.routerlogin.com does not work, try the following:
- http://www.routerlogin.net
- http://192.168.1.1
- http://192.168.0.1
- http://10.0.0.1
- How do I access my NETGEAR home router?
- You are prompted to enter a user name and password. Enter the following default login credentials:
Note: User name and password are both case sensitive.Note: If the default login credentials do not work, you might have changed the admin password. If you cannot remember your new password, you must perform a factory reset to restore the router to its factory default settings. For more information, see Restoring a NETGEAR home router to the factory default settings- User Name: admin
- Password: password
- NETGEAR genie home page displays.
- Click ADVANCED > Setup > QoS Setup > Upstream QoS > Setup QoS rule.
- QoS Priority Rule list displays. Scroll down and click +Add Priority Rule.
- QoS - Priority Rules screen displays. Under Priority Category, select Ethernet LAN Port.
- Under LAN Port, select your desired LAN port (1, 2, 3, or 4).
- Under Priority, select Highest, High, Normal, or Low . This selects internet access priorty for the port traffic relative to other applications.
- Click Apply.
Last Updated:07/07/2025
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Article ID: 24300