09-19-2005, 12:52 PM
Actually you need to know how TCP/IP works to understand it. As long as you don't cap your upload your download will never be affected..
in TCP you have to send what is called a ACK package to acknowlege that you recived a packet. Well if your upstream is capped then you can't send out your ACK packets that fast thus hurting your download.. but if you limit your upload using bittorrent to about 75% of your upload and you won't have any problems at all..
in TCP you have to send what is called a ACK package to acknowlege that you recived a packet. Well if your upstream is capped then you can't send out your ACK packets that fast thus hurting your download.. but if you limit your upload using bittorrent to about 75% of your upload and you won't have any problems at all..