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Hello,

I apologise if this is a bit of a silly question, but I have read the FAQ and done some searching and cannot seem to find an answer.

My problem is that I am on a limited bandwidth plan, essentially. However, my uploads are unlimited so I chose to seed 24/7 on my home server. While it's seeding, with of course all torrents complete, it still downloads a small trickle of... I have no idea what. None of the torrents say any speed in the download column, but in the title bar I always see something around, "Down: 2KiB/s". Of course, this is a very small amount, but because of my small monthly bandwidth limit it does add up if it is going 24/7.

All I would like to know is what and why is deluge downloading, and if I can possibly stop/limit it.

My details:
I am running the daemon on my headless server and the normal GUI on my desktop
Deluge Version 1.3.3 (desktop)
Libtorrent Version 0.15.5.0 (server)
Operating System Version Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-10-server 64 bit
If you would like any more information, please say so.

Thanks for your help,
arachan.

arachan,

I suspect what you are seeing is 'protocol traffic'. The only way to eliminate that is not to run a torrent client.

Everybody trying to get a piece of the file from you has to contact your client to see if the piece they want is available. That's every single piece, from everybody wanting a piece. Although the requests are small, it does add up (as you have already noticed).

If I were seeding to maintain a minimum ratio, then I would consider it a cost of doing torrents. Otherwise, if there are already thousand of seeders out there, my bandwidth would probably not be missed.

Dana

starkreiten,

Thanks for your help. I suspected something like that was the case but I wanted to be sure. I get the feeling that it is something that is ignored in larger countries where tiny quantities of bandwidth usage such as this are meaningless

Thanks for clearing that up for me,
arachan.