Bandwidth Limits
 

Hello,

Is it possible to implement a bandwidth limiter for uploading? I have a wanadoo cable account with 16 Kbyte/sec upstream, but if I use the full upstream for more than 2-5 minutes, the internet-connection is reset. And because I have a dynamic IP-address, it is impossible to download any complete file from me.

If I cap the total bandwidth to 12 Kbyte/sec, there aren't any problems (tested with gtk-gnutella).

There goes my opportunity to promote my band (broshim) on gnutella... I am the only source of broshim mp3's and ogg's on the network, but if someone starts downloading he will never get the whole file. And to find me again when I've got a new IP-addres....

As a sidenote, I think this is a pretty effective anti-p2p technique implemented by wanadoo: I don't think you can sustain an ultrapeer on the wanadoo network.

Options->uploads->basic

And disable ultrapeer capabilities.

Indeed, I've disabled ultrapeer capabilities. But that's not the problem; the problem is that it's impossible for me to sustain a bandwith of 16 Kbyte/sec. If I upload something bigger than 3 megabyte, my connection will terminate.

And if anyone with the same provider uses limewire, the program eventually will become an ultrapeer (happened to me also), and the connection will become unstable. The person using limewire will think 'hey, this program makes my connection unstable', and stop using limewire.

Options:Speed:Connection Speed
Set speed to Cable/DSL (or less).

Options:Uploads:Basic:Upload Bandwidth
Set slider so upload speed is about 12 KB/s. The connection speed needs to be Cable/DSL or less so that way you can set a speed low enough to what you want.

In general throttling upload bandwidth may help you avoid being called a bandwidth hog by your ISP. It also makes it easier to have some idea of how much bandwidth you use in a month if you have a per month usage cap.