Upload speed lies

[DrTeeth]

Can this be sorted out?

Using Limewire Pro 4.2.5.

limewire.prefs has upload speed as 25, when I have set it to be 10.94 in the interface. I have disabled ultrapeering. I have tried to set it to 10 manually, but it reverts to 25.

Surely enough, uploads of files *are* limited to 10KB/s, but Limewire *is* uploading at 25KB/s.

Uploads stop as soon as I close Limewire and no trojans are on my system.

The new feature I want is a proper upload speed configurator. It is worrying what the extra 15KB/s is

[stief]

I've throttled my uploads, and the bandwidth throttle works here, so don't understand your situation.

The limewire.props files doesn't list speeds in KB/s (.25 = 25 % of bandwidth set, IIRC, 1 = 100%).

I can see peaks in the tools->bandwidth->uploads graph over the limit I set, but the averages work correctly. Are you seeing higher averages in that graph than you've allowed in the upload options?

[DrTeeth]

Originally posted by stief
I've throttled my uploads, and the bandwidth throttle works here, so don't understand your situation.

The limewire.props files doesn't list speeds in KB/s (.25 = 25 % of bandwidth set, IIRC, 1 = 100%).

I can see peaks in the tools->bandwidth->uploads graph over the limit I set, but the averages work correctly. Are you seeing higher averages in that graph than you've allowed in the upload options?

The line in question reads UPLOAD_SPEED=25 (no ".").

Average upload ATM is 19.7 KB/s. One upload in Limewire at 10KB/s.

Just checked the bandwidth graph. Limewire's shows the expected upload speeds, I was using DUMeter for my other measurements. DUMeter shows 15 KB/s uploads when Limewire shows zero.

Do you know of any other bandwith measuring program?

It looks as if the measuring is at fault, though the over-reporting only occurs with Limewire

[stief]

For bandwidth measurements, I've used the LW graphs and the OS X Activity Monitor.

Still, looks like you've a lot more traffic than expected. LW also compresses traffic for a big savings, so if your meter measures traffic before it's compressed, that mmight account for the difference (though I doubt it). Any way to see where that traffic is coming from (Internet Explorer would be the first application to check)? Hope your machine isn't being used as a remailer or whatever is meant by Windows machines being maliciously hijacked. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/30/1932245

re the .25/25--just change your upload setting to 50% or 10%, and see what number the .props file displays after a bit.

[DrTeeth]

There is nothing else uploading from my system. Uploads stop when Limewire is closed.

ATM, nothing is being d/l from my system, LW shows 0 upload speed, but DUMeter shows 17KB/s upload speed.

[murasame]

Um, maybe it's part of the bandwidth that LW uses for messages and stuff (although you say you disabled UP and 15K is a little high...).
I know I may sound as if I think you're stupid (which I don't) but are you sure you click apply after making the changes in the Prefs?

[sberlin]

The difference may be in kilobytes versus kilobits. DUMeter seems to use "kB/sec", although the standard is generally either "KB/sec" or "kb/sec". I'm not sure if their use of "kB" is meant to mean bytes or bits.

Regardless, I recommend using Ethereal ( http://www.ethereal.com/ ) to check out what the actual traffic is. It may be UDP, it may be local (to/from your computer), it may be the iTunes sharing, etc...