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I am happily using BitTorrent Sync but I can't limit its upload/download rate.
If I click on the Preferences Gear --> Advanced I can set "Limit receiving rate" and "Limit sending rate".
I do this, restart the program and nothing happens: it keeps on downloading eating the whole bandwidth...
I use it on Windows Server 2008.
What can I do to solve the problem?
Pitto
Posted 2014-11-24T10:19:29.443
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If on the same network, check that the "rate_limit_local_peers" is set to true.
This applies speed limits to the peers in local network. By default the limits are not applied in LAN.
The setting for windows is under prefernces -> advanced tab -> more options.
Matt.
Posted 2014-11-24T10:19:29.443
Reputation: 117
This really isn't worthy of a full answer, so can you expand upon this? If not, consider deleting this answer and reposting this as a comment to the question. – bwDraco – 2015-03-24T01:21:25.793
I don't have that parameter in the gui – Pitto – 2015-03-24T11:25:56.120
@Pitto I version2.x GUI I have to goto into settings -> advanced -> more options. In the linux version I have to enable it in the configuration file. Are you syncing two machines on the same network though? – Matt. – 2015-03-25T04:07:50.110
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As Matt answered (I really dont understand why he was downvoted), the solution of this question is set the rate_limit_local_peers variable to true in Advanced Preference tab as showed below. By default, btsync behavior not limits bandwidth consume for local sync. For more information, see http://sync-help.bittorrent.com/customer/portal/articles/1670248-advanced-preferences?b_id=3885 and control+F for rate_limit_local_peers
Duloren
Posted 2014-11-24T10:19:29.443
Reputation: 111
Are you syncing on your local network? At least on the Linux implementations, btsync does not enforce rate limiting by default on LAN. – Chris Laplante – 2015-01-11T04:42:30.590