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Just a additional thought/warning with regard to bittorrent. |
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The biggest problem associated with new bittorrent users (IMHO) is |
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that they swamp their connection (unless they are on a T-1+) if |
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a reasonable "--max_upload_rate" is not set. This leads to the |
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endless cycle of frustrated users who hollar and frustrated |
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helpers who prematurely go bald. |
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Perhaps a good way of minimizing this problem would be to add an |
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additional variable in make.conf called "TORRENT_MAX_UPLOAD=" |
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which would accept a number and have a simple blurb that explains |
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why setting this to zero(unlimited) might be a bad thing. |
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Not sure about anyone else but in my own testing, the sweet spot |
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for me on my 384 down / 128 up DSL connection is about 7K as a max |
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upload rate. At that speed, I can still interact with the outside |
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world with little to no speed loss and still serve as much as possible. |
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Brian |
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