Packet/Traffic Shaping?

tallman · 24-03-2007, 16:02

Hi, My connection keeps getting killed when downloading stuff - any one else having this problem?

Basically when it happens I have to switch the modem off for about 5 minutes. Never happened when I was on 4mbps, only once I started PAYING more money for the 10mbps service...

punky · 24-03-2007, 16:07

to the forum.

Does this just happen with P2P (Shareaza, Gnutella, eDonkey, LimeWire, BitTorrent, etc), or all downloading (websites)?

If its just P2P as I suspect, you connection is just saturated. Try capping the upload speed to a lower amount , and reducing the amount of connections allowed in your P2P client.

Paul K · 24-03-2007, 16:07

Does it die off after a certain amount of data downloaded or is it after random lengths of time/ data?

tallman · 24-03-2007, 16:13

it is mainly when using bit torrent - sometimes wish i hadn't upgraded...

It happens after I get about 250mb of the download, or about 5 minutes ish

Paul K · 24-03-2007, 16:14

What settings are you using?

tallman · 24-03-2007, 16:25

using azureus, and the following settings:

max connections per torrent: 20
max global connections: 30
max global download speed: unlimited

and also encrypted all traffic...

Paul K · 24-03-2007, 16:27

What upload are you allowing?

tallman · 24-03-2007, 16:29

at the moment 30kbps

Paul K · 24-03-2007, 16:30

What happens if you run a lower upload?
Try here
http://infinite-source.de/az/az-calc.html
for a basic calculator for your settings.

tallman · 24-03-2007, 16:35

tbh i would rather use something like Bit Tornado, but whenever i do it happens straight away pretty much!

have just adjusted the upload, will see what it does...