On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 16:51, newsletter wrote: > Is there a way to limit the download rate with bittorrent? > > When I start the torrent the download rate immediately jumps up to max out my > bandwidth. With bittorrent running, web pages don't load and my email client > times out trying to download mail. If I stop bittorrent, everything works > fine. Unfortunately, my firewall/router doesn't support limiting bandwidth > by port. I've tried setting the --max_upload_rate to low numbers but it > doesn't seem to adjust the ratio. > > I would cancel the download and just use ftp but I've been starting and > stopping this all day and have about 40% of the DVD iso downloaded. I don't > really want to start over and figure I have another two days of stopping the > process when I need to get work done. > > Thanks, > Ryan ROFLMAO! Most people are complaining about bittorrent *not* maxing out their bandwidth. Take a few hours 'unplugged' from the net, and your download will finish (and leave bittorrent open for a day or more to let others download from you). If you really want to slow things down, try limiting your upload severely, bittorrent has a 'karma' like system, so if you limit uploads, downloads should slow as well. -- Chris Kloiber
