Are IRC DCC transfers throttled?

[b2431521 6]

I regularly transfer files via IRC.

 

Using my home connection I achieve my max line speed: roughly 5.5MB/s

On AirVPN, my transfers start out at full speed, then rapidly drop off to around 1MB/s. Looking at the traffic profile during transfer suggests this is a hard throttle at this speed. I have tried transferring via different VPN servers & experience the same issue.

 

Any ideas?

[Staff 9973]

Hello,

 

to answer to the topic title: no, we don't throttle anything.

 

Kind regards

[LZ1 672]

Hello!

 

Have you tried different protocols OP?

 

Would be nice to know if you're using Eddie or not and what OS you're on.

[routeninja 23]

Speaking of DCC. I have been trying to figure out how to do those. Anyone have a link or something to explain?

[cm0s 118]

http://home.epix.net/~ircadmin/advanced/dcc.html

 

hope that helps

[b2431521 6]

Hi,

 

I'm using windows 10 & OpenVPN to connect.

I've done a bit more testing - I appear to be getting full speed from some mainland EU VPN servers, it's just the UK ones when the transfer appears to cap itself to 1MB/s shortly after transfer.

 

Maybe it's just a quirk of the server routing with somewhere imposing a limit *shrugs*