[OT] Bittorrent and Networking

[Ivan Avery Frey]

On 31/10/11 11:19, Thomas Milne wrote:
> I have two linux machines on my network, with a Linksys WRT54G router
> (running Tomato). If I run Transmission bittorrent client on one
> machine, it's okay, but if both are running Transmission, the whole
> network grinds to a halt. Even if I put a speed limit on both clients,
> so that each only uses a small percentage of the bandwidth (admittedly
> slim at around 2 Mb), it is still impossible to do anything else on
> the network.
>
> Has anyone encountered a situation like this? I am a total beginner
> when it comes to configuring routers, beyond port forwarding.
>

Wouldn't it be better to run just one bittorrent client and use vnc on the other 
machine?

Hmmmm, I wonder if there's a way to tell a running x client to switch which 
xserver it's connected to.

Ivan.
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