From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 7 09:51:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A130C1065670 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:51:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@pp.dyndns.biz) Received: from proxy1.bredband.net (proxy1.bredband.net [195.54.101.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B6328FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ipb2.telenor.se (195.54.127.165) by proxy1.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 4B62ECEA0043E92F for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:51:22 +0100 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AnVKAA8cbktV4js3PGdsb2JhbAAogQqGVJM5AQEBATe7G4RUBA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,421,1262559600"; d="scan'208";a="33864490" Received: from c-373be255.107-1-64736c10.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO gatekeeper.pp.dyndns.biz) ([85.226.59.55]) by ipb2.telenor.se with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2010 10:51:22 +0100 Received: from [192.168.69.67] (phobos [192.168.69.67]) by gatekeeper.pp.dyndns.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o179pKJb082399; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:51:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@pp.dyndns.biz) Message-ID: <4B6E8D18.7000609@pp.dyndns.biz> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:51:20 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Morgan_Wesstr=F6m?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20100118) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW References: <4B6DE9D5.8050301@pp.dyndns.biz> <20100207045756.5148b4a0@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20100207045756.5148b4a0@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to control upload data in bittorrent clients X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:51:24 -0000 RW wrote: > On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:14:45 +0100 > Morgan Wesström wrote: > > >>> 1) in the transmission web it showing downloading is 10 kbps >>> to 30 kbps but uploading it shows 50 to 92 kbps my question >>> is is it possible to limit the uploading data rate , how can I do >>> this ? > >> Check out Daniel Hartmeier's excellent article on how to prioritize >> TCP ACKs (and other traffic). It will explain what you experience and >> solve the problem for you. > > It's a good idea to handle this from within transmission too. > Rate limiting works best at the TCP level. Well, the thing is that if you prioritize your TCP ACKs you won't have to do any rate limiting within transmission. You can then use your full upload and download simultaneously. Don't you want to use the bandwidth you pay for? :-) /Morgan