[Klug-general] Bittorent and slow internet

[Dan Attwood]

hmm i have a feeling the only real way of setting up some kind of QoS
is to buy a new router. My Partner will have a fit if i suggest
installing an old pc as a router, seeing as it will have to be placed
under the TV in the living room.



On 12/01/07, MacGyveR <macgyver at thedumbterminal.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 Jan 2007 09:27, Dan Attwood wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I've recently set up Torrentflux on my home server and overall it's
> > really good - however it's murdering my internet connection. Whilst
> > the torrents are running the web is unusably slow. It also means I
> > can't getting into my web site during the day - which defeats the
> > object.
> >
> > The quick fix solution to this was to use a script that pauses all
> > python scripts on the server. This then runs as a cron job so that
> > when my partner arrives home in the evening she can check her emails
> > without me being shouted at.
> >
> > I have also
> >
> > Opened and forwarded the relevent ports on my router
> > Throtled the download and uploads speeds to a quarter of my total bandwidth
> > Limited the numbers of down/uploads
> >
> > I wondered if any one has any idea what might be causing this slowness
> > and how I can fix it? are there any gui traffic shappers avaialbe
> >
> > Dan
> >
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> you need to setup QOS so you can give normall web browsing and email traffic
> priority over the torrent data.
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