drbits Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 What does Bandwidth Allocation do?This is an option that makes µTorrent allocate less or more bandwidth towards a torrent. This only affects upload, and only if an upload cap is set.If you look at the statistics for a torrent, you will see that it affects download, not upload. The allocation (High, Normal, Low) affects how fast the torrent is downloaded relative to other torrents. It does not affect the overall transfer rate. If you set all of your torrents to High, that is the same as leaving all of them at Normal.High gives the torrent about twice the Bytes/sec. of Normal.Martin Katz, Ph.D. [moderator at Tripp-2-Euphoria - http://91.121.2.103/~trippeup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Wrong. That the download speed is affected is a secondary effect caused by the option's primary effect (to alter the upload bandwidth allocation) and its interaction with the way in which the BitTorrent protocol is set up (loosely based around tit-for-tat).The less you give, the less you get. Conversely, the more you give, the more you get. And yes, the manual does describe it as being relative speed allocation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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