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From: ABS Doug on 20 Jun 2010 01:10 On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Mihira Fernando <mihiratheace(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Do they throttle torrents when protocol encryption is enabled as well ? My > isp here does the same thing with unencrypted torrents but no issues at all > when protocol encryption is turned on. Thing is, if I'm getting throttled, how come UNR 9.10 works fine? I eliminated that as a possible issue, am I missing something? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinTJH7D5DM3dlygvWmCssyw60v-xgbk9IhNtqS_(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Mark Allums on 20 Jun 2010 02:00 On 6/20/2010 12:04 AM, ABS Doug wrote: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Mihira Fernando > <mihiratheace(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Do they throttle torrents when protocol encryption is enabled as well ? My >> isp here does the same thing with unencrypted torrents but no issues at all >> when protocol encryption is turned on. > > Thing is, if I'm getting throttled, how come UNR 9.10 works fine? I > eliminated that as a possible issue, am I missing something? > > Throttling is just one possibility, and maybe (probably) not even the best guess. It's just a suggestion. I think throttling is more likely if you open lots of connections, so try using fewer. Beyond about four, you won't see much improvement if you are already receiving at close to your connection's top speed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C1DAC3B.2030402(a)allums.com
From: Ron Johnson on 20 Jun 2010 02:40 On 06/20/2010 12:50 AM, Mark Allums wrote: [snip] > > Throttling is just one possibility, and maybe (probably) not even the > best guess. It's just a suggestion. > > I think throttling is more likely if you open lots of connections, so > try using fewer. Beyond about four, you won't see much improvement if > you are already receiving at close to your connection's top speed. > I don't know much about how torrent works. Does "Downloading from 29 of 54 connected peers" mean that I'm using 29 connections? -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C1DB661.2080308(a)cox.net
From: Stan Hoeppner on 20 Jun 2010 02:50 Ron Johnson put forth on 6/20/2010 1:34 AM: > On 06/20/2010 12:50 AM, Mark Allums wrote: > [snip] >> >> Throttling is just one possibility, and maybe (probably) not even the >> best guess. It's just a suggestion. >> >> I think throttling is more likely if you open lots of connections, so >> try using fewer. Beyond about four, you won't see much improvement if >> you are already receiving at close to your connection's top speed. >> > > I don't know much about how torrent works. Does "Downloading from 29 of > 54 connected peers" mean that I'm using 29 connections? 'netstat -an' should tell you. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C1DB8BE.7000806(a)hardwarefreak.com
From: Ron Johnson on 20 Jun 2010 03:00
On 06/20/2010 01:44 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Ron Johnson put forth on 6/20/2010 1:34 AM: >> On 06/20/2010 12:50 AM, Mark Allums wrote: >> [snip] >>> >>> Throttling is just one possibility, and maybe (probably) not even the >>> best guess. It's just a suggestion. >>> >>> I think throttling is more likely if you open lots of connections, so >>> try using fewer. Beyond about four, you won't see much improvement if >>> you are already receiving at close to your connection's top speed. >>> >> >> I don't know much about how torrent works. Does "Downloading from 29 of >> 54 connected peers" mean that I'm using 29 connections? > > 'netstat -an' should tell you. > $ netstat -an | grep ^tcp\ | grep -v LISTEN | wc -l 111 -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C1DBC21.9060008(a)cox.net |