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      As-21 last edited by

      Hi there.

      First what i have on the pfsense;

      500 download 10 upload
      q6600 4GB ram
      and 500 GB HD

      When i am downloading torrents even with slow download and upload speeds internet browsing is
      not working and sites wont open, when i stop downloading it comes back.

      I have tried fresh pfsense install with nothing except adding interfaces to it setup and getting the same problem.

      When i switched the pfsense with DDWRT router the problem is gone and i can surf while downloading torrents.

      What could be the problem ?

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      • stephenw10
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

        Are you saturating the upload link when that's happening?

        You probably need shaping of some sort. Just enabling codelq may be sufficient. For example:
        https://forum.netgate.com/post/807630

        Steve

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        • johnpoz
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator last edited by

          500/10 wow... Can you even hit 500 with only 10 up? Just the acks alone would suck up quite a bit of that pipe..

          Torrents would kill that with such a limited upload if not highly contained..

          I have 500/50 - I don't torrent from this connection. I torrent on a seedbox, and then just download to my PC from... This is going to be a better solution all the way around if you ask me with such a limited upload. And now you don't have to worry about your isp and any sort of "stuff" you might be downloading via torrents ;)

          Just my opinion..

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            As-21 last edited by

            Nope upload is not even hitting 30kb.
            Like i said on DD WRT this is not happening.
            And yes i know 500/10 sucks but the best i have here i wish it had more upload for running VPN etc.

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            • Gertjan
              Gertjan @As-21 last edited by

              @As-21 said in Downloading torrents killing internet:

              What could be the problem ?

              Visit http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest and check.

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                As-21 @Gertjan last edited by

                @Gertjan
                Did the test BufferBloat is B.
                Quality is A.
                Getting 470 dpwnload 9.8 upload.

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                • Gertjan
                  Gertjan last edited by

                  While running the torrent plaque ?

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                    As-21 @Gertjan last edited by As-21

                    @Gertjan
                    Nope i just ran again while downloading torrents go this message:
                    "Failed to get servers available. Something may be blocking requests error:23
                    The browser failed to fetch the list of available servers. Either your connection went offline or there is a proxy or other browser extension blocking the test. If this error occurs after a successful test then there is probably a temporary resource exhaustion in the browser, OS or router."

                    when i was able to run it 11 connections failed and 6 successful.

                    Ill try the codelq and report result with it.

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                      As-21 last edited by

                      I think doing a codelq scheduler and 520Mb in Traffic Shaper on the WAN improved a lot although not perfect but much better while downloading.
                      Buffer bloat was A with codelq.

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                      • Gertjan
                        Gertjan last edited by

                        Do several tests with an "up queue" (limited at 10Mbit ?) - start using values like

                        d7476166-8148-455d-a044-2ca3fa987e3f-image.png

                        and also a little bit above and beneath.

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                          As-21 @Gertjan last edited by As-21

                          @Gertjan
                          i did 9500 on the upload and now its working with much smaller delay.
                          Buffer bloat is now A++ while downloading torrents.

                          I used this youtube video to set it up.
                          Youtube Video

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                          • stephenw10
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                            Nice. Did it help with connectivity whilst torrenting?

                            Steve

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                              As-21 @stephenw10 last edited by

                              @stephenw10
                              yes it helped thanks for tip.
                              I started learning now about traffic shaping to see if i can do more to improve
                              performance and just to learn about it for fun :)

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