On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 07:16 -0800, Joe Miller wrote: > Has anyone experienced this yet? From doing research I've found that > even Blue-Ray machines have Netflix software on them. I've been getting > some calls lately regarding slow Internet at certain times of the day. > I've researched what ports Netflix and Hula are using but cannot pin > down what ports are being used. If Netflix is using Mpeg 4, then that > is using close to 1.5 meg of continued streaming.
Not sure about NetFlix, but Hulu uses TCP and/or UDP 1935, which is Macromedia Flash port. They use primarily TCP. > How does one combat this type of traffic? I have a 20 meg metro E > curcuit in place but if I have 1 or 2 customers on a single AP doing > streaming, then the other 20 or so customers are calling and complaining > about the slow Internet speeds. Build a QOS imnplementation that allows Hulu to work, but lessor priority than other traffic. -- ******************************************************************** * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://www.wispa.org/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
