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mbruel / ngPost

Command Line (or minimalist GUI) usenet poster for binaries developped in C++/QT designed to be as fast as possible and offer all the main features to post data easily and safely. Releases for Linux, Windows and MacOS are available.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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limit Upload speed (I know that it was requested in the past) #132

Closed zuricarmi closed 2 years ago

zuricarmi commented 2 years ago

This program CAN NOT work as is in any working place ALL internet traffic is useless with it running for ALL computers. So like any normal downloader there MUST be an option to limit the traffic so others can use the internet at the same time.

This issue is critical and not just an option!

using another program to limit this program is difficult at best and a wrong way to fix a problem that this program creates. Thanks

mbruel commented 2 years ago

well I don't know if it's complicated or not to limit the speed of a soft on your OS. There should be simple options. ngPost is designed to be fast. I won't limit it. most people using it are happy with saturating the bandwidth, that's even why they use it. don't use ngPost in shared internet places... it's made for you at home or on dedicated servers!

zuricarmi commented 2 years ago

Hi I use it at my home but with dedicated server my total upload with my max available speed will take months this will make all pcs in my home stop using the internet. I understand the need for speed but a program that by design preventing all others using the internet is not good for long continues use

mbruel commented 2 years ago

it depends on your audience... clearly mine is servers only dedicated to Usenet, and community members that post occasionally. They can do it during the night or when they're not home. I've added a pause feature in case they need the bandwidth back... You can't make everyone happy. There are always solutions outside the perimeter of a soft. And of course there are alternatives also!

zuricarmi commented 2 years ago

This program as is needs not dedicated server it needs dedicated internet service.

Any way thanks

mbruel commented 2 years ago

well you could limit the bandwidth if you want by decreasing the number of NNTP connections. Just use 2 or 3 instead of 50 ;) but yeah I really don't have time or interest in adding a bandwidth monitoring feature...

mbruel commented 2 years ago

I first designed ngPost to be a simple fast command line Usenet poster. I've added a GUI and extra feature to help occasionally posters but I don't have anymore free time to continue with extra features my communities don't need ;) the project is open source (GPL), if people want to add such feature, I can help if needed.

zuricarmi commented 2 years ago

I understand Thanks

zuricarmi commented 2 years ago

I will try using 1-2 connections thanks