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[Tampa] torrent kill-switch

reply to Xiluz
I would begin by checking my BT client configuration. I once had a severe slowdown after some systemic change which effectively adversely affected my BT client.

I've also been through a couple of routers which could not handle multiple concurrent connections. Not to mention that early on, when I first started, I found that letting the client saturate my upload caused painfully slow surfing.

Now, if you have already done all of that, my apologies; but you did fail to include that you had done any of that.
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reply to Xiluz
+1 to what norman said. Probably not a bt config issue unless you have messed with it, but it could be a hardware issue. Not only have I had routers that could crash on maxed out BT streams, but my last cable modem (the SA one that supported VOIP) had a habit of resetting during a maxed out torrent.

One of my older -G dlink routers would actually freeze up during mass server connections, was a pain in the butt for multi play games like teamfortress 2 that used the old gamespy method.

It could also very well be the torrent. Older torrents you are likely to be fed by many users without the need to recoup (upload) but newer torrents with heavy leeches you are stuck with a subset of people of which you need to make up about %50 of your download and they won't send to you until that is done. (Even if you have a fast connection to them and they have a big upload stream, they will send a bunch of parts real fast and then won't send any more until you send atleast %50 ish back).

reply to Xiluz
It could also be something else but I need to take look see before I say one way or the other.

reply to Xiluz
Thank you all for your replies. I have everything setup properly and it was working fine for years. That is not the issue. It was weird that some torrents killed my bandwidth and some did not. I tested this with several torrents. I would think it was the trackers but trackers would not cause my bandwidth to just stop when a torrent got active and today it is fine. Very very strange indeed. I don't know if this is something that BHN is testing (perhaps so) regardless of what BHNtechXpert says (no offense) but I hope that they do not follow other corps.

reply to Xiluz
Rather that guess...why not just take me up on the offer to check everything....one thing we are not doing is throttling you...period. This is easy and takes less than 5 minutes.

And no we aren't testing anything of the sort....period.

reply to Xiluz
Test it yourself then.

»measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools

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reply to Xiluz
you do understand that torrent sites and/or the trackers associated with them come under fire and get wiped off all the time right? which means at any time one torrent may be fine for 20 years and may stop working one day. Unless you are violating your TOS/AUP in some way, let BHNtechXpert assist you as he is offering. That is why he is here.
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reply to Xiluz
It seems okay here. If it's only doing it on certain torrents and not others then this suggests a problem with those torrents and those seeders (or lack thereof) and not ISP level traffic shaping or throttling.

OTOH this sort of thing can be very tricky for people to detect. There are many factors and possibilities. For instance perhaps an ISP might only mess with torrent traffic during certain peak times.

If you suspect someone may be shaping your connection (or those of your seeders) in some way you might try turning on protocol encryption. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent···cryption Some torrent clients have it and it can defeat some (but not all) shapers. I suggest where possible that you enable the encryption but not make it mandatory.

Apparently though there are some ISPs across the world doing this (see the wiki link). Even if your ISP isn't it still could affect you if the seeders of the torrent you use are getting hit by it themselves.

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Even beyond that! My toaster (which has worked fine for years) died in a spectacular fashion recently.

All kidding aside, saying it can't be my stuff because it worked yesterday/the last time I used it, etc. really means nothing. Every flat tire had air in it before it didn't and it's always worth a closer look at all things when it's part of larger problem.

reply to Xiluz
Also try this test as well. »netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/

»The ICSI Netalyzr Explored

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