With a DSL 20/.75 internet connection I'd set my download connections to about 125 and my upload connections to about 25. This is where you can change your 'global' connections and your 'per torrent' connection limits. In your bit torrent client, there is usually a section inside the 'options' or 'preferences' that will say something like 'connection'.

Regardless, I hope I have given you a good base of knowledge of what is actually going on, now onto the solution.

Now, additionally a good router will be able to manage that even better than the modem and will be able to route the data to the modem MUCH smoother. But if you don't have a nice modem it might just say 'I'm only going to allow 500 packets to be que up total' and then your torrents upload packets will saturate that 500 straight up. Good ISPs and modems (although this is mostly the modem) will segregate the upload and download packet que limit saying something like 'I'll allow 1000 download que packets, but I'll only allow 100 upload que packets' because of the difference in bandwidth. Every single picture, piece of text, interactive element, and so on will cause a 'upload' packet to be sent.Īdditionally, your modem might not allow more than just a few packets to be 'in que' (both upload and download) at a time. You'll quickly see that upload is a VERY important part of browsing the web. then your computer sends back to the server saying 'hey what picture do you want me to display for your logo' and then the server sends that info, then your computer replys back 'hey what is the picture for the first video on the home page' and then the server sends it back. It then gets the HTML page, and then sends a request back for the CSS. Which, when done to a high degree, will cause your downloads to suffer as well.įor every incoming packet there is going to eventually be a response back to the server saying 'hey I got that send me more'.įor example, if you type in '' what is going to happen is your computer will send a request to a DNS server saying 'hey what is youtube' and then it will reply back saying 'youtube is ' and then your computer has to send a request to that server.

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