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callefoss · Nov 18, 2004, 04:16 AM

Hi,

Let me know if there has been a post on this topic before, but I could not find anything. Anyway, it seems that whenever I run a p2p program like acquisition or edonkey my I cannot browse the internet; safari just says that it cannot find the server.

Now, I do have a 2mbit internet connection, and I have restricted max up and download speed to quite low. Another PC on my network could not browse the net either when I have the p2p programs running on my mac. I have configured my router to open the ports which the p2p programs are using.

I did not have this problem on my PC before, but obviously it ate up some of my bandwidth but never that much so it would block everything else.

Any ideas is highly appreciated.

SSharon · Nov 18, 2004, 05:40 AM

this sounds very strange. Are you sure its because of the p2p programs? did you try quiting them and then trying to browse the web? You can open up Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor and watch how much bandwidth you are using and see if its using everything, but I still don't see why it would say that a site can't be found, it would just take a drop longer. I would look over your network settings in the pref pane and see whats going on.

callefoss · Nov 18, 2004, 06:10 AM

Thanks! I will check the activity monitor and my network settings when I get home from work, but I am quite sure the settings are OK. Btw, there is no problem to ping a website while running the p2p and I can browse the internet like normal a few seconds after quitting the p2p programs. In the beginning when I launch a p2p program I can browse the net but it is very slow. Then gradually it is getting worse and worse, and finally it says that it cannot find the web site I am looking for. This is happening although I am downloading at 30kb/s and uploading at 10kb/s.

martimaxin · Nov 18, 2004, 08:40 AM

Is activity monitor only for Panther? I have jag and I don't have it.

browneyedgirl · Nov 18, 2004, 09:39 AM

I have a similar issue, I get that error message when ever I browse away from my home page. I am on a T1 G5 using safari on a network with PC and MAC. I wonder if it is a similar issue here. What browser are you using? If you go and select the entire address and double click can you get there? If that is not the case and your issue is completely seperate, then you might consider that the P2P is using up to much bandwith like the other person said. But I am pretty clueless, it just sounds like that might be an issue. Hey you know is there any way that someone on the P2P could be jumping on your uplink? Do you have any wireless attached to this?

Chuckit · Nov 18, 2004, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by martimaxin:
Is activity monitor only for Panther? I have jag and I don't have it.

It isn't in /Applications/Utilities? If not, it sounds like something may have gone funny with your install.

cpac · Nov 18, 2004, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by Chuckit:
It isn't in /Applications/Utilities? If not, it sounds like something may have gone funny with your install.

I think it was called Process Viewer or similar in Jaguar

Chuckit · Nov 18, 2004, 11:41 AM

Originally posted by cpac:
I think it was called Process Viewer or similar in Jaguar

Ah, you're right. My bad. I knew I'd been using it since 10.1, but you're right, they did change it for Panther.

callefoss · Nov 26, 2004, 01:05 AM

well it seems that my upload speed was way too high. I installed "throttled" which is an excellent little app to control that.