Giving priority to software for internet access

[Rollercoaster]

hey people...

i use all kind of downloading software like getright/torrents n stuff..
when these are active i can surf the net but it feels like 1 33kbps connection as all the bandwidth is being used by the downloading software..

is there any way to giving my browser more priority over internet access so that when i want to google earth or voice chat or watch streaming videos then i dont have to close my downloading sftware.. i have a 256 kbps broadband..

I dont know how this could be done but would changing the programs priority in task manager effect the internet usage priority..

[shoegoe]

All those with bb suffer with this problem.

Like..if u have a 256 unlimited, ull like to download and browse simultanesly..but the browsing speed will be low as bandwidth is allocated more by the download manager..

Easy solution is Netlimiter from http://www.netlimiter.com/

though its a trialware for 28 days, its a good option to work into..

it allows us to allocate limits and grants for each application

for eg, if u have 256kbps unlimited line, set the download limit of ur downloadmanager to 26kBps and leave the rest free so that browsers or others can use rest 6KBps..

Hope it helps

[Rollercoaster]

well getright also allows to set speed limits and i am too comfey with it.

i know netlimiter.
but my problem is to prioritiz the internet connection.. not allocate it. i mean whenever IE/Opera needs to access the net it gets the higest priority and i dont have to keep setting max for different software.. besides torrents rarely download at full speed. But due to the hundreds of connections internet becomes slow i think.

[Rollercoaster]

hey guys how do u think that can be theoratically possible..

i have studied some networking and know that each packet of data on a tcp/ip network has priority bits in it. may be a software can be made for this purpose...

and does setting high priority in task manager increase anyother priority other then CPU usage? like disk access/internet access

[QwertyManiac]

No it doesnt... cant figure out a way but my browser gets good speeds whilst using torrents, I just limited its amount of connections...

[Rollercoaster]

well that is the same as setting a speed limiter on ur software.. this way it islimited for always. i am already doing that. but it is compromise. i want someting like in the anology of task manager

[gary4gar]

u can do it with our old wise dap also

[Rollercoaster]

@Indyan

looks good i am gonna try it and get back to u

[Rollercoaster]

Perfect Perfect Perfet
It is BLOODY PERFECT and it even speeds up my downloading from 30kbps to 48kbps. DAMN!
sweet and easy to setup.. smooth...

NOw i can do torrent/DM downloads at fullspeed and surf/watch video without shutting down torrents/DMs or limiting their speed.

while i type this message vista is being downloaded at 48kbps by getright and as soon as i press the "post" button it i just like the whole connection is dedicated to this action.