[OT] Bittorrent and Networking

[Thomas Milne]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Ori Idan <ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Has anyone encountered a situation like this? I am a total beginner
>> when it comes to configuring routers, beyond port forwarding.
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> Did you limit both upload and download speeds?
> It might be that two bittorents are sending a lot of data and that slows
> down the network.
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Yes, I apply speed limits to both up and down.

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