forest Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Hello, I'm acquainting myself with bittorrent sync, but I think I've done my due diligence. Problem is BTSync is incredibly slow over the locally. On the gigabit LAN I'm getting a bursty 100k/s average. Is this an artifact of the BT protocol or is it a settings issue? I can transfer over the network otherwise at 8MB/s continuous. Also, I do have lan_encrypt_data off and lan_use_tcp on on both computers (a Macbook Pro and a PC). Any hints as to why this might be, or is BTSync limited by the protocol? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Firstly, check the icons in the devices tab - are they arrows or clouds? If they're clouds you're not connecting directly to these devices, and that'll be why your speed is lower. If they are arrows, check that "rate_limit_local_peers" is set to "false", and check that you've not limited the upload/download rates of Sync. In addition, if your devices have fixed IP addresses, you could disable the tracker, relay, Search LAN, and DHT options, and use the pre-defined hosts settings instead - this should give you a speed boost! If none of that works, check your router settings - some routers for example give higher priority to streaming media traffic, rather than generic traffic, etc meaning that Sync may not be able to use the full connection speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forest Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 So the connection icon are arrows when they are there (occasionally there are neither). Also, although one computer has a fixed IP, the other will be a laptop, so a constantly changing IP. The only thing that might make sense is the router issue, although I have a gigabit switch downstream of the cable modem, I'll investigate that issue. Also, the PC is slow, so I'm thinking that might be an issue if BT takes a bit of overhead above FTP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Also, even if your LAN is "gigabit", are the network adapters in your devices also "gigabit"? Your network & Sync performance will only be as fast as the slowest component in the system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forest Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yeah, I checked my cable modem (turned it off and connected the two computers directly) no dice, same speed. Gigabit speeds via FTP, SMB, etc. The only thing I can think of is protocol overhead or BTSync software issues. Even AeroFS runs at gigabit speeds. No idea what else to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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