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PostPosted: 03-07-2005 05:38 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I've noticed that whenever I am downloading something, my connection gets crippled. It's like 98% of my bandwidth is going toward downloading the file, so trying to browse Q3W while I wait feels like I'm on 56k, when I'm really on a 1mb cable connection. It doesn't matter if I use IE's default way of downloading thins or a 3rd party app. Recently I switched over to Firefox and still have the problem.

Anyone know if there's a way to specify file downloads to only use a certain percetage of my available bandwidth?
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PostPosted: 03-07-2005 08:10 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


you get get external programs that lmit bandwidth usage, netlimiter limits specific programs like firefox and ie, and you can also get a program like getright, slap your download in there and make a cap.

I had a similar experience as you with my 1meg line, it turned out the problem wasn't at my end. But the local exchange was getting a phat upgrade and teething problems resulted in dodgey connections.
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PostPosted: 03-07-2005 09:39 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thanks for the tip! I'll look into netlimiter and getright.
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PostPosted: 03-07-2005 11:23 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


what kind of connection are you using? and what Browser are you using?
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PostPosted: 03-09-2005 07:47 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Cable internet, around 768kbps down, 128 up. I have the problem with both IE and Firefox.
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PostPosted: 03-09-2005 07:23 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I've noticed that if your whole upload is used, browsing becomes very slow. Therefore, when I share stuff, I limit it to 80kb/s out of my total ~90kb/s (900kbps) and its all fine. I've never had issues with the download bandwidth causing the problem though.
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PostPosted: 03-09-2005 09:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


get a better connection.

also, toxic. you take the kilobits and divide by 8. not 10.
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PostPosted: 03-10-2005 05:01 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


A better connection? Pfft. Games and web browsing is fine. I can't imagine needing a better connection for anything. The only time I have a problem is when downloading things, it feels like I'm back on dialup (though my file downloads at 300KBps).
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PostPosted: 03-10-2005 07:00 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


yes. your download goes at 300kb/s. thats why everything is slow. are you daft? you are completely hogging the line of all other traffic. its because you have a shitty connection. and dont pfft me about it, its true.
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PostPosted: 03-10-2005 08:38 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


obliv, i max out my downloading and surfing isent slow at all...

Get a Banwith viewer ( like statbar ) and download somethign at 300k/sec and im willing to bet it is maxing out your upload.
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PostPosted: 03-10-2005 02:29 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


AmIdYfReAk wrote:
obliv, i max out my downloading and surfing isent slow at all...


me either. but my connection doesnt suck.
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