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**hitman07** · 6th April, 2009, 06:10 PM

can p2p stuff like utorrent affect the performance of my server on a dreambox? thanks in advance

**opsmonkey** · 6th April, 2009, 07:51 PM

a dreambox uses about 50Kbs so i doubt it

**thered** · 6th April, 2009, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by hitman07

can p2p stuff like utorrent affect the performance of my server on a dreambox? thanks in advance

mine does tbh and i dont know why maybe the router cant distribute the load correcty,but it only effects the likes of sky italia ect if utorrent is on my picture glitches and freeze's turn utorrent off it is fine

its not really a problem if there is somthing i really want to watch i just have to turn the downloads off for a bit

**cauliflower69** · 6th April, 2009, 10:46 PM

It definatley happens. Unless you use a router with QOS (quality if service) meaning you allow more traffic for that port.

**wmccull** · 8th April, 2009, 01:37 AM

It has a massive affect on your dreambox as your sending out requests for keys so if your using all your upload speed on rubbish p2p then you wont get your valuable codes. thus making your CS jump like mad.

Ive had this on a good few of my m8s boxes and had to make them aware about using p2p not only is it rubbish but it also kills your bandwidth.

**hitman07** · 8th April, 2009, 09:55 PM

could it be anything to do with my router? im using the standard bt home hub. what router would u recommend if so? i have uninstalled my utorrent and it was still glitching through the footie 2nite.

**cauliflower69** · 8th April, 2009, 10:27 PM

It will glitch threw busy times as more ppl will use there box to watch the match = higher ecm times

**hitman07** · 9th April, 2009, 10:48 AM

is there anything i can do to make this situation better? if i got a new router would it help?

**cauliflower69** · 9th April, 2009, 06:43 PM

The only thing you can do is try a different sever first off as that may be the main culprit

**pastos** · 9th April, 2009, 07:59 PM

I had the same issue. I am using utorrent. A temporary fix is to limit the upload of your p2p. I suggest limit it to below 10kb/s for the times you want to watch tv.
Big upload numbers suffocate the whole bandwidth thus limiting download too, meaning that your dreambox will suffocate too.

hope it solves your problem