On Jan 14, 2008 4:06 PM, Max Hayden Chiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian, > > After your post (and several others), I tried BitTorrent out on my > network (sparc64 router + DOCSIS 2.0 cable connection; see > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=120019379210857&w=2) > > After some experimentation, I was able to determine that running > BitTorrent with a large number of connections causes a huge increase > in latency regardless of bandwidth. No one seems to know why this is, > but that might just be because my thread got buried by trolls and > other posts.
My theory is that you're using a ... uh... well, not very good connection that bogs down easily. Some time ago, I tossed together a little undeadly article on how to use altq to keep bittorrent from dragging your network down - http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20061109202501 I think you can solve this by tuning your service classes a little better. I'm currently stuck on a 1.5M/384k dsl - to minimize the pain, I told altq that i have 1.3M/340k. CK -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
