Bittorrent: Is there a way to throttle back it's upload speed?

[motulist]

I have a high speed net connection, but when I use Bittorent it saturates my upload pipe completely and makes my net connection seem slower than a 56k if I try to use the web at the same time. I don't want to be a hog and not upload at all, but there must be a way to throttle down it's upload speed.

Anybody know how?

 

[Lacero]

What client are you using? Azureus allows you to set a global upload speed or limit individual torrents.

In some routers, there's a QOS menu that allows you to limit traffic over specified ports.

 

[motulist]

I'm using the official bittorrent client v 3.4.2

I'm tried using carrafix.com and capping ports 6881-9, but it has no effect. Should I use a different client?

 

[russed]

i know you can do in tomato torrent and bits on wheels.

 

[ebally]

I'm using the official bittorrent client v 3.4.2

I'm tried using carrafix.com and capping ports 6881-9, but it has no effect. Should I use a different client?

There's your problem... If you use the current version (4.0.2) and you go to system preferences, you can set the Maximum Upload rate. (I recommend that you set it to 80% of your maximum limit to get the full potential of BitTorrent).

Also, version 4.0.2 has a much better interface than any of the previous versions (and it also works in Tiger too!)

 

[doowrehs]

In 3.4.2, you just select the torrent you want to throtttle (in the Bittorrent client's window), then click on the little pill-looking button in the right hand corner (the same shape button as in the top right of a finder window). You'll then be able to set the desired upload speed.

Took me a while to find this, too - but very useful when I did!

BTW - in case you're running 3.4.2 successfully in Tiger, definitely don't upgrade to version 4.0. It just hangs, and hangs, and hangs...

 

[motulist]

In 3.4.2, you just select the torrent you want to throtttle (in the Bittorrent client's window), then click on the little pill-looking button in the right hand corner (the same shape button as in the top right of a finder window). You'll then be able to set the desired upload speed.

Took me a while to find this, too - but very useful when I did!

BTW - in case you're running 3.4.2 successfully in Tiger, definitely don't upgrade to version 4.0. It just hangs, and hangs, and hangs...

Ok, well that was well hidden. However, now that I found it, now matter what number I put in there in ignores it and still saturates my upload pipe. What the heck's going on here?

 

[motulist]

Aha, now I get it, it's not a global setting, it's per torrent so you have to set a cap on each torrents upload. Thanks doowrehs!

 

[ebally]

Aha, now I get it, it's not a global setting, it's per torrent so you have to set a cap on each torrents upload. Thanks doowrehs!

Version 4.0.2 has a global setting. I highly recommend it!

 

[solaris]

BTW - in case you're running 3.4.2 successfully in Tiger, definitely don't upgrade to version 4.0. It just hangs, and hangs, and hangs...

It will not hang if he picks up version 4.0.2!

 

[doowrehs]

4.0.2? Sweet! I didn't know they'd released an update yet, that's why I suggested giving 4.0 a miss. Thanks for the tip!