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TheBlueRaja · 06-07-2005, 17:09

If you are uploading to somebody else and you hit your upload limit this will also affect your download rate as well due to the way the TCP protocol works over the internet. Bascially what happens is that every so often you acknoledge that you are recieving data from somebody and as part of that your computer sends acknowledgement (ack) packets to the person your D/L from.

IF your upload speed is maxed out these packets dont get through in time and the A party backs off sending until you are able to send your ackowledgements through.

It is this that causes your download speed to drop accross all connections.

I recommend that you get a program like netlimiter to fix your upload speed and specifying withing netlimiter that DC++ gets 7 or 8k below your maximum upload speed, this should sort your problem.

06-07-2005, 17:09	#8
TheBlueRaja cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Baw deep in a munter Age: 50 Services: Initiations, rep rigging and orgies! Posts: 5,750	Re: p2p speed like a yo yo!!! If you are uploading to somebody else and you hit your upload limit this will also affect your download rate as well due to the way the TCP protocol works over the internet. Bascially what happens is that every so often you acknoledge that you are recieving data from somebody and as part of that your computer sends acknowledgement (ack) packets to the person your D/L from. IF your upload speed is maxed out these packets dont get through in time and the A party backs off sending until you are able to send your ackowledgements through. It is this that causes your download speed to drop accross all connections. I recommend that you get a program like netlimiter to fix your upload speed and specifying withing netlimiter that DC++ gets 7 or 8k below your maximum upload speed, this should sort your problem.