On 04/18/2011 01:34 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Lately I am noticing that despite reasonably low network activity, my > network access speeds go down whenever transmission is seeding many > torrents even if the upload bandwidth usage has been limited to > 30Kbps. Pausing some of the seeding torrents usually resolves the > issue. I also found that often the upload rate transmission actually > uses is much higher (~50Kbps) than the set limit of 30Kbps. Is the > extra bandwidth required to negotiate with peers or other related > tasks? Does anyone have any pointers on how I can optimise > transmission so that it doesn't slow down my internet? The latest Transmission Beta in Rawhide has µTP support which should help. I think there are too many changes to be pushing in as an update for older releases but just a heads up https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.30b1 Rahul (Transmission maintainer in Fedora) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines