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Githaiga
7 years agoNew member | Level 2
Dropbox Sync Gobbling up Bandwidth
Hi,
I'd like to manage drop box Bandwidth usage. Any solutions?
Its currently gobbling up lots of bandwidth which maxes out my current capacity
Best
- 7 years ago
Hey Githaiga - hope this finds you well!
First step here would be to change your bandwidth settings . To do so:
- Click the Dropbox icon from the system tray or menu bar (or right-click, on Linux).
- Click the gear icon (Windows and Mac), then select Preferences…
- Click Bandwidth (Windows or Linux).
- On a Mac, click Network and then click Change settings… in the Bandwidth section.
- You can manually adjust the bandwidth settings with the button next to Limit to under the Download rate or Upload rate sections.
- Enter the rates you prefer to continue.
I hope this helps and let me know if you need anything else. Cheers!
Zulfito
New member | Level 2
Hello
Setting bandwidth limit is not enough. First of all automatic bandwidth control as mentioned in product documentation is not useful to manage internet congestion as can only control traffic inside own device (computer). Then, in my experience, the bandwidth limit has be set too low to really avoid Dropbox interfere on network traffic, making sync speed too slow. Not sure why, but any time Dropbox start syncing in my wife computer the rest of the family begin to complain about Internet not working. Yes, we do not have high speed connection (12 MB/s) but I have configured Dropbox limit to around 20% of available bandwidth (UL & DL) and still the impact is very noticeable.
I would expect Drobox to implement scheduled sync, allowing to setup bandwidth utilization profile by time of the day. This does not seem to be so difficult to do and would really change my perception of Dropbox product (I am really thinking to cancel my yearly subscription because of this issue).
Best Regard,
Gustavo
Walter
6 years agoDropbox Staff
Thank you for this feedback Gustavo.
We are always looking for user input when creating the next version of our desktop app so I'll make sure your comments are passed along to our dev team for their consideration.
Cheers!
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