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Using Class of Service Advanced Options
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Class of Service Advanced Options Settings
This section provides a detailed description of each 
Advanced Values field shown on the Class of Service 
Advanced Options screen (
).
The Advanced Options section of the Class of Service 
Advanced Options Screen shown in lower part of 
 is not currently available for token ring 
installations.
FIFO Packet Threshold
This setting controls the number of non–Class of Service 
packets the network driver will allow in the FIFO ahead 
of any Class of Service packets. A smaller number 
decreases the time between Class of Service packets 
but can adversely affect performance. A value of 12 
is recommended.
Concurrent UDP Streams
This option controls the number of simultaneous 
multimedia UDP packet streams the network driver can 
handle at any time. For many applications, the number of 
UDP streams is the same as the number of connections.
For example, for videoconferencing with three people, 
applications use three UDP streams for the video data. 
The value must be a power of two (2, 4, 8) but the 
optimal value may vary depending on the PC and 
application.
A video server may support 32 connections, but a client 
may only want to conference with four other people at 
a time.
A value of 16 is recommended for most applications.
Low-Priority Ratio
When Class of Service support is enabled, high-priority 
packets are always transmitted before low-priority 
packets. If a certain high-priority application sends out 
enough packets, no low-priority packets may be sent.