Single user dominating bandwidth
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I have uploaded several torrents today and have a user that is dominating my upload bandwidth. They are using a seedbox. Is there anyway to regulate a single users bandwidth in BitTorrent? In the hundreds of torrents I have uploaded I have never had this issue before. It keeps other leechers from connecting to me. I also have the user's IP address if that helps.
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While he may be hogging all of your bandwidth, he's most likely also seeding to others who can't connect to you.
You also have to understand that torrents connect to the easiest people to get data to, so they can help send it out.
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But this is an issue.
If a few well connected seed boxes are providing the majority of bandwidth then the majority of users will not be able to maintain ratios.
I have to download a bunch of free leach that I don't even want to even try and keep my ratio up.
Even with over 200 torrents seeding (in the past) my upload was pathetic.
It would be cool if the entire site was made free leach for a few days, or everyone was given some extra gigs or points or the ratio requirements where lowered.
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But this is an issue.
If a few well connected seed boxes are providing the majority of bandwidth then the majority of users will not be able to maintain ratios.
I have to download a bunch of free leach that I don't even want to even try and keep my ratio up.
Even with over 200 torrents seeding (in the past) my upload was pathetic.
It would be cool if the entire site was made free leach for a few days, or everyone was given some extra gigs or points or the ratio requirements where lowered.
This is my main concern. Just trying to be fair to everyone. So what I do is throttle the upload speed for the torrent until there are several leechers connected and then I open up the speed. It's not a perfect solution but hopefully it helps spread the seeding ability to other users. The other thing I noticed is that they (I've noticed 3 or 4 different IPs) jump on the torrent before it is even visible. I have a feeling they are using a bot to make sure they are first.
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But this is an issue.
If a few well connected seed boxes are providing the majority of bandwidth then the majority of users will not be able to maintain ratios.
I have to download a bunch of free leach that I don't even want to even try and keep my ratio up.
Even with over 200 torrents seeding (in the past) my upload was pathetic.
It would be cool if the entire site was made free leach for a few days, or everyone was given some extra gigs or points or the ratio requirements where lowered.
This is an issue indeed..
