[OT] Bittorrent and Networking

[Thomas Milne]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Ivan Avery Frey
<ivan.avery.frey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.
>

Bah, their only 20 feet apart, I'm not _that_ lazy ;)

Normally, yes, you're correct, it's not really necessary to run two
clients on the same network. Sometimes when I break something or cause
some problem when tinkering, though...you know how it is.

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Thomas Milne
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