ktorrent clobbers internet connection?

Brian Fahrlander brian at fahrlander.net
Mon Oct 1 15:25:16 UTC 2007


Matt Price wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm trying to diagnose an intermittent internet connectivity problem and
> I believe that ktorrent might be the problem.  I'm connecting via dsl
> and through a wireless router.  Ktorrent doesn't report a huge amount of
> bandwidth being used -- usually on the order of 30-45k/sec download, and
> I've temporarily limited the upload speed to 18k/sec -- but I'm often
> faced with enormous slowdowns of the network as a whole, to the point
> where no one in the house can connect to the internet.  Is there a tool
> i can use to diagnose the internet usage -- say, a tool that identifies
> which program is responsible for various incoming and outgoing
> packets?  

     Torrents put quite a load on routers...in fact many LinkSys routers 
will actually die; I believe this is something they've fixed in the last 
year or two. I'd start the diagnosis there.

     As to the tools, there's nettop...
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