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Originally posted by napho
If you are on a dialup link, we suggest that you only download one or two files at a time.
This program may also be of help:
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mab201
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Limiting the number of downloads at one time is the best way of speeding up your connection!
Earlier today I did a file search on a user downloading from me and found more then a few files I was interested in downloading from him.
I had a sufficient number queued up to adjust the quantity I was downloading at one time to find the most the most efficient setting.
I normally set downloads to 6 at a time, but not wanting to look too greedy I backed it down to while it was still 2 and saw the total speed increase!
4 files at a time the Kb/s would vary from 17 - 19 with a maximum of 76Kb/s.
3 files at a time the Kb/s would vary from 24 - 28 with a maximum of 84Kb/s.
2 files at a time the Kb/s would vary from 40 - 45 with a maximum of 90Kb/s.
1 file would barely go over 50Kb/s so 2 at a time was the best I could get.
Not knowing what he had his maximums set to I am not really sure what any of this really means. (I could never get 5 at a time so he may have had it set to 4 uploads, the same as I do.)