My question is why not just max out Kbs in...for higher speeds downloading....it works...is 1200 kbs in a slow or good speed? I'm newbe...just found a fast way to download and seems to work good...thanks for any answers forthcoming...

Then just dont set a speed limit?

I set my incoming bits to 1500 or 2500...so as not to limit my incoming bits...don't know if it's the best way...asking here I get 1200 kbs incoming...but don't know if it's good or if I should be getting higher?

First, lets get it clear... there is a difference between kb/s and kB/s
b = bits
B = bytes = b x 8

Tixati's BW limits are set in BYTES, kB/s

so an incoming limit of 1500 kB/s is 12000 kbits/s

What level of BW does your ISP supply you with?  Have you done an online speedtest to see if you are getting what you are paying for?


I am confused by this:

Setting a limit does just that..."limits your incoming bits" (as bytes)

use some internet search engine with this:  site:tixati.com limit bandwidth

read the first 10 or 20 results and you'll learn from numerous posts on this forum in the past.

and of course:  http://www.tixati.com/optimize


finally, outgoing limit has a crucial impact on download speeds. We'll get into that later if need be.

Ah Now I understand what you are saying. Ignore My first post, follow Bugmagnet's advice.

Setting your in limit gives Tixati an idea of what it has to work with, it makes prioritization possible, and, although I can't confirm it, allows Tixati to reason about how much overhead it has to leave for talking with peers about stuff that isn't strictly your data (eg, tracker communication, DHT, getting new peers, identifying new peers, knowing what peers need and have, etc). I also find it helps stabilize my download speed, I know what my max is and set it just a bit under that. Whether it speeds it up or not I can't confirm, but it makes predicted download times better.