How do I know that peer is uploading to others

[analogreflections]

I am uploading torrent of 130 gigabytes and I don't have very high upload speed capabilities.

I figured that I'm gonna upload it much faster if i only upload to a single peer but i need to know that peer is uploading to others at max speed

can i determine that from flags? ie. my current peer has U HXP flags, does that mean he is uploading it further?

Thanks

[DreadWingKnight]

I figured that I'm gonna upload it much faster if i only upload to a single peer

Nope. Doesn't work out that way in real life.

but i need to know that peer is uploading to others at max speed

No way to tell.

[analogreflections]

But isn't that true that if i waste part of my bandwidth to someone who is uploading 1kbps, so basically only downloading, he will slow me down?

and what does P flag mean? I see it's transporting, does it mean he is also uploading? But you've said u can't tell if someone is doing it or not...

[analogreflections]

Nope. Doesn't work out that way in real life.

How does it work then? Explanation would be nice.. if you have one, ofcourse.

[DreadWingKnight]

Ultimately, when seeding a new torrent, ALL peers are bound to your upload speed, and restricting your upload to a single peer will only encourage that peer to "hit-and-run" rather than try to seed. Spreading your upload out over more peers (ideally 5kbyte/sec per peer) will effectively force them to seed in order to get pieces at any decent speed.

As a seed, you can't tell anything about a given peer's upload from their flags, nor from anything their client is reporting to you directly.

[analogreflections]

Thanks, It's much clearer now.

One more question, how do I limit upload speed per peer?

I've tried to figure it out at topic id=16725 but since english isn't my native language

I didn't seem to understand it completely

Is there a way to limit them per peer?

[DreadWingKnight]

No.