Auto-start on Idle

[Nimbuz]

Hi,

I often forget to start the downloads or remove speed limit when I leave my desk. It'd be awesome an 'auto-start' functionality which detects internet/network activity and if idle, it auto-resumes the downloads?

Thanks

[Benton]

That would be really neat. So when you start surfing (for example) it goes into speed limit mode - then it starts back up again at full speed when you're not using the network for anything else.

Something that might be useful as an extension of that, is a way to tie this in with router firmware, to check for bandwidth usage on the entire local network, and adjust for that.

+1!

[zooto68]

Seems like this feayrture request has been around for some time now. it would be easy to implement so why is it not included in the next update?

[Jordan]

it would be easy to implement so why is it not included in the next update?

Since it's easy to implement, I look forward to seeing your patch on how to detect idle network activity in a portable way.

[mezz]

That would be really neat. So when you start surfing (for example) it goes into speed limit mode - then it starts back up again at full speed when you're not using the network for anything else.

Something that might be useful as an extension of that, is a way to tie this in with router firmware, to check for bandwidth usage on the entire local network, and adjust for that.

+1!

I don't think it's application's job to do that. Get a good router (or firmware) with QOS support.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service

[Benton]

I'm using Tomato, quite nice firmware. Maxing out your upload slows down the web if you're on DSL, no matter how you configure QoS. At least in my experience.