Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:19:08 -0500 (EST) From: John Mills <johnmills@speakeasy.net> To: DrVince <drvince@anonymnet.net> Cc: eodyna <eodyna@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: adsl bittorrent speeds troubleshooting Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0407171113191.32239-100000@otter.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20040717155100.M54815@anonymnet.net>
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Hi - On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, DrVince wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:33:21 +1000 (EST), eodyna wrote > > hi guys, > > > > Im a newbie with this, im having trouble with my > > download speeds with my adsl modem, and i just wanted > > to elimanate that the problem isn't my computers > > configuration. This is my first time with adsl so im > > not 100% that the configuration is correct. > > You can do some packet prioritization, especially for ACK. Try those links, > they explain much: > > Using pf: http://www.benzedrine.cx/ackpri.html > Using IPFW: http://www.topfx.com/prioritizingackfreebsd.shtml > > In my tests, downloading a file from the web space my ISP gives me, I found > that it helps a lot. Using bittorrent, it did not change much. As always, > with those kind of sharing, I think the main problem is leechers. Thanks for the prioritization links. Are "leechers" in this context (1) users downloading from you while you're downloading, or (2) users who kill their peers when they _aren't_ downloading? - John Mills john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu
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