On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Jason Kretzer <ja...@gocodigo.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > > > > I have an application that must download files in the background. I > separate this process off into a separate thread so that it does not > interfere with the UI. Unfortunately, when it starts downloading, it uses > the full pipe that it has access to and adversely affects the rest of the > network – causing other internet connections to slow to a crawl. The > application is installed on networks which I do not control and cannot > throttle it that way. What I would like to do is have the application not > eat so much bandwidth during the download. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Jason > Dear Jason, Since it is using TCP/IP connection and TCP/IP is equipped with congestion avoidance algorithms (Von Jacobson), this not an issue. In your lab you could see a huge throughput, but in public shared networks TCP connections decrease their throughput to prevent congestion and work co-cooperatively for that. Take care Robert
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