On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 02:14:29PM -0500, Mathew Ryden wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Leske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I wonder, why the bandwidth limit is implemented the way it is.
>
> The reason why it is implemented as it is is to cap the bandwith freenet
> uses in a second. If I ran my freenet node at full throttle, it'd make any
> other experience on the internet connection very difficult. The bandwith
> limit, as implemented, means that it never hits my max bandwith, and using
> the internet connection is a joy for all.
>
> > I put up a node for that I can spend 2 GB traffic a month. So I set the
> > bandwidth limit in .freenetrc to 800 byte/second and then realized, how
> > slow my node became.
>
> That would do it :p
>
> > My solution was to save the currently unused bandwidth for a later time.
> > This should not be a problem, unless you are doing any realtime stuff
> > over the network.
> >
> > If you find my patch useful, you can apply it (against 0.3.9.1) with:
> > cd Freenet
> > patch -p1 < thismail
>
> Keep the original interface intact. Build a StoredBandwith on top of
> Bandwtih where you can trickle in the 800 bytes/sec but it will still only
> allow bursts up to maxBandwith, and I think we'd all be happy then. you'd
> get your 2gb max, and i'd get a non-saturated internet connection.
>
> > Bye
> > Thomas
>
> <snip diff>
>
> -Mathew
To be able to limit bandwidth by the hour, day, week, month, etc. as well
as by the second has been on the TODO for a while. Bravo for stepping up
to this! Care to work your magic on the 0.4 tree?
-tavin
--
: it's time we took labor saving away from machines :
: and gave it back to the people... :
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