The difference in the QoS reservable bandwith between Windows 7 and Windows 8

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  1. ian82

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    #4 Garbellano, Jul 13, 2013
    weird because by default is not configured. I always set that value to 0%
     
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    #5 pisthai, Jul 13, 2013
    It's recommended if QoS is activated in Router!
     
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    #6 ian82, Jul 13, 2013 (OP)
    0??????

    I set it to 100

    because the default is 80% so I am assuming that tells Windows to allow 80% of the bandwidth and leave 20% reservable

    so I set it to 100% to use all the bandwidth

    then I also disabled QoS from my Linksys E4200 Router

    I belive in Windows 7 the QoS configuration is opposite as the default is 20% so that is basically telling Windows to reserve 20% of the bandwidth so setting that to 0 should be the way to go
     
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    #7 NiFu, Jul 14, 2013
    But you should note: The policy parameter is:
    "Limit reservable bandwidth"
    And not:
    "Limit reserved bandwidth"

    So we should ask: What programs or services are able to reserve bandwidth ?
    • Virus scanner update ?
    • Windows update ?
    • Live tiles update ? And are the live tiles updated when start menu is not displayed ?
    Doesn't it make sense to give "virus scanner update" and "Windows update" a reservable bandwidth ?

    Do there exist a program (task manager ?) that shows the programs or services that have reserved bandwidth and how much ?