ktorrent clobbers internet connection?

[Harold Hartley]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> 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
> 
I usually run just 50 connections and find it satisfactory...

Harold