[OU] Torrent client speed setting in 9.5beta

[Brian Parish]

Most mailing lists prefer bottom posting.  I presume this one is the
same although I am new to it, so see below.

Hugh Burns wrote:
> I would like to know what this is about.
> I have no idea what it means.
> Please explain and increase my understanding.
> Thanks,
> Raleigh
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:10:31 -0500, Brian Parish <bmp at sepit.com.au> wrote:
>
>   
>> I found opera:config#BitTorrent|BandwidthRestrictionMode
>>
>> and set the max download and upload rates, but it ignores them
>> completely and consumes my entire uplink, making it impossible to use
>> during the day.  Am I missing something, or is this just a beta bug that
>> is already documented?
>>
>> TIA
>> Brian
>>     
>
>
>   
Sure.  Opera has a bittorrent client built in for downloading bittorrent
files. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent)

This is very convenient, but it's important to be able to limit the
bandwidth used by torrents to leave room for normal internet use.  This
is done in any torrent client by specifying a maximum upload and/or
download rate.  Of course when the client ignores those settings, there
is potential for all other traffic to be swamped.

Now I could use QoS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service) to
get around this, but I haven't implemented that and the settings
mentioned in the post should do the job if they worked.

HTH
Brian