ktorrent clobbers internet connection?

[Kenneth Loafman]

Matt Price wrote:
> 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?  

One thing that will help some is to limit the number of connections that
ktorrent can make.  Some routers will only support 100 or so active
connections, and torrents will quite often run more than that.

Try dropping the number of connections to half what it is now and see if
that helps.  Then drop it some more.

...Ken