p2p network : upload/download

[tho]

hello there,

im running a p2p network application(kaZaa, soulseek). Will simultaneous uploads affect my download speed? I always tend to be paranoid and selfish by closing all upload links. Just need a peace in mind. What are your thoughts?

regards
tho

 

[buleyb]

not very peer-to-peer when you don't allow uploads...

regardless. They shouldn't effect your download speed much, only in the sense that you have more negotiations going on, with confirmed send/receives, etc

anyone else to confirm or deny my insanity?

 

[tho]

anyone else can rectify this, with concrete facts?

sorry, im running on dial up, which is not much to share..

 

[Fiveohhh]

Its not a big enough difference to make it worth shutting them off. If your on 56k you don't have that many upload connections to produce any overhead anyway

 

[Kadarin]

Ideally, you want to limit your upload bandwith so that your tcp control traffic isn't impaired (i.e. when you initiate a connection to an http server somewhere you send a tcp SYN, receive a SYN ACK, and then you send an ACK, at which point both the client and the server come to the understanding that a tcp connection exists). In other words, if your upload bandwidth is completely saturated with outgoing p2p traffic, your effective download bandwidth will decrease.