On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 15:35:22 -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
>
> 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?
Sure. But I don't think I will have time for it before the weekend.
I guess the 0.4 tree is the experimental branch in CVS, right?
BTW: a TODO file would be nice; I only found one for FProxy.
>
> -tavin
>
-Thomas
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