web browsing vs. torrent traffic, and bandwidth priority?

Posted by suli8 on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by suli8
Published on 2011-11-24T19:30:41Z Indexed on 2012/03/22 11:39 UTC
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recently i did download big torrent files. (120 Gb). and i need to seed them back to at least 1.5 ratio. my upload speed is 130 Kb/s max.

the problem is that i need to seed them as fast as possible. but i browse the web a lot. and browsing with no upload left, can be very frustrating.

I'm looking for something like this,

  • torrent are on max. seeding rate, but when the browser needs the bandwidth, it gets it. priority is to web browser, but when not needed, torrent can be at max.
  • i'm aware that i can change torrent client max speed. but doing it manually everytime and every 5 minutes or so, is hard.

Info:

  • i'm using firefox/chrome
  • my torrent client is Ktorrent
  • i'm on 11.10 with unity
  • i do have a router, it's a HAG. and i can't access all it's properties.

is this possible even? changing the priority in the system monitor for the applications can do the job?the nice value i mean. is there a way to set priority bandwidth usage for different apps?

thank you!

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