bittorrent limit download rate

[Chris Kloiber]

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 16:51, newsletter wrote:
> Is there a way to limit the download rate with bittorrent?
> 
> When I start the torrent the download rate immediately jumps up to max out my 
> bandwidth.  With bittorrent running, web pages don't load and my email client 
> times out trying to download mail.  If I stop bittorrent, everything works 
> fine.  Unfortunately, my firewall/router doesn't support limiting bandwidth 
> by port.  I've tried setting the --max_upload_rate  to low numbers but it 
> doesn't seem to adjust the ratio.
> 
> I would cancel the download and just use ftp but I've been starting and 
> stopping this all day and have about 40% of the DVD iso downloaded.  I don't  
> really want to start over and figure I have another two days of stopping the 
> process when I need to get work done.
> 
> Thanks, 
> Ryan

ROFLMAO! Most people are complaining about bittorrent *not* maxing out
their bandwidth. Take a few hours 'unplugged' from the net, and your
download will finish (and leave bittorrent open for a day or more to let
others download from you). If you really want to slow things down, try
limiting your upload severely, bittorrent has a 'karma' like system, so
if you limit uploads, downloads should slow as well.

-- 
Chris Kloiber