All network traffic doesn’t deserve the same priority. You want your business emails to get through. VoIP calls can’t lag. And online gaming traffic certainly shouldn’t suffer simply because someone else in the house is downloading something from a torrent. You can manually prioritize certain kinds of network traffic, but it gets confusing and requires some background in network routing. Linksys decided to take the complexity out of increased quality of service for specific traffic…

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All network traffic doesn’t deserve the same priority. You want your business emails to get through. VoIP calls can’t lag. And online gaming traffic certainly shouldn’t suffer simply because someone else in the house is downloading something from a torrent. You can manually prioritize certain kinds of network traffic, but it gets confusing and requires some background in network routing. Linksys decided to take the complexity out of increased quality of service for specific traffic by releasing their OGV200 Network Optimizer, which sits between your cable modem and router to make sure both gaming and voice packets get priority over everything else. You don’t need a Cisco certification to make it work. Just plug in the appropriate cables and start reducing game lag or optimizing call quality. At eFocus outside E3, Chris talked with Bijan Yaminafshar on Linksys about the Network Optimizer, how it works and how both gaming and voice quality is improved.