I have ubuntu 7.10. When I surf the net on my browser, the connection speed is very high. However, when I download files using Deluge, surfing the net becomes slow. And mind you, Deluge isn't downloading huge amounts of files and not at a great speed either (around 50 KB/s). What should I do?

What is the maximum expected (and realistically measured)
bandwidth on your connection?

I have ubuntu 7.10 and want to know how to tweak Deluge for faster speeds in downloading files. Thanks.

Upgrade your (dsl?) connection to provide higher bandwidth?

Come on, what kind of answer is that?

...first thought

and seriously: to me the only logical one - download speed via BitTorrent depends on two main variables:
speed of _your_ connection - you _could_ influence that
speed, connectivity and number of your peers - you can't do anything about that

But as some p2p programs also evaluate what amount of files/bandwidth you are willing to share with the net - this could be another way of increasing your own speed (of downloads).

Nooooooooooo. That's not a good answer.

Sorry that I had nothing better to offer in that respect and may have waisted ... time.
I'm very much interested in another - more positive - one too.

Tinkster, my connection is fine. I just want to optimize Deluge to the best speed possible. What's your recommendation?

Actually it is, especially the second part. Maybe you're just saying "no" because you don't understand how Bittorrent works?

No, it's not a good answer, with all due respect, since obviously I'm not complaining about my internet connection. My connection is fine. It's deluge that I want to tweak. Simple question. And, what's there to understand about how bitorrent works? It's a downloader, short and simple. All I need is to know what parameters to configure in its preferences to improve its speed. Again, it's that simple.

Hmm. I don't think that's all. I mean, in your cross-posted thread you're talking about how downloading torrents slows down everything else? If you take everything into account there's more than just Deluge to tweak. Like network sysctls, traffic shaping. What I mean with "how Bittorrent works" is that if you for instance know the concept (longevity, not speed), how many connections are opened to serve a single torrent, how choking and optimistic unchokes work, what DHT is and such it would be much *easier* to see what you need to tweak. Of course if you really want to tweak performance to the max you must be *interested* in getting to know that kind of stuff.

Follow instructions: http://torrentfreak.com/optimize-you...ownload-speed/

It is actually not that simple as you put it - as unSpawn said.
It is not just a downloader eighter.
You are downloading from an unknown number of peers - whos connection speed you cannot know or influence.
And you are uploading the parts of the file you already got at the same time - also to an unknown number of peers (both of those variables you can tweak in "deluge")
TrafficShaping can be a way to optimize the speed - but this field is quite complex.
And you router can be a bottleneck if it cannot handle a large number of simultaneous connections well.
I've written some scripts - but actually with the opposite intention in mind - prioritizing traffic of different kinds while giving anything p2p-related the _lowest_ priority because I do not want this kind of traffic to disturb the "normal" use of my network.
What I have currently in use is here (site and description only in german - but if anyone is interested I have version with english comments too):
http://wiki.leipzig.freifunk.net/Tra...ochens_Version

unSpawn, I got my answer from a user who tweaked his preferences in Deluge. I did the same and as a result, I'm able to download at faster speeds. No need to work around sysctls, traffic shaping (whatever that is) as you've mentioned. So you see, it's just that simple.