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Broadband grinding to a halt - this may be answer...

MadKevo · 2003-03-05 17:38:58

For those lucky enough to have ADSL or other asymmetric broadband service (e.g. cable/wireless), there is an explanation of why you may be experiencing drops in download speed when uploading (e.g. if using a p2p application): http://www.benzedrine.cx/ackpri.html (slashdotted at the mo) The solution may be to implement a…

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05-03-2003 6:38pm

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MadKevo

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For those lucky enough to have ADSL or other asymmetric broadband service (e.g. cable/wireless), there is an explanation of why you may be experiencing drops in download speed when uploading (e.g. if using a p2p application):

http://www.benzedrine.cx/ackpri.html
(slashdotted at the mo)
The solution may be to implement a linux router with this prioritisation included, use a linux client, wait from Microsoft to put it into Windows or hardware router vendors to revise firmware.

I have personally seen this slowdown and the explanation seems logical - hopefully it'll help the lucky ones, at some stage...

/MK

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#2 05-03-2003 6:44pm
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That link doesn't seem to work.

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#3 05-03-2003 6:54pm
MadKevo

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'tis been /.ed (i.e. has been linked to by slashdot.org). Keep trying or try tomorrow - the slashdotters are a fickle lot
/MK

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