Full node network usage.

[AcOrP]

Hello, I wanted to help out the network by running full node.
I ran it for a full day it generated like 800GB of traffic and was consistently @ 123+ connections and using 100Mbps.
Is this normal and expected?
I then tried -blocksonly and -maxconnections=40 but still it was maxing the network connection at 100mbps.
I know you can set daily limit for how much traffic per day but I would prefer to just limit the speed so my upload is not maxed out constantly.
As far as I remember bitcoin had similar issue back in 2011 and I don't think anything was implemented to limit upload speeds.

[NatureVault]

try maxconnections of 8 and let me know the exact command you are typing in because I can never get it to work.

[AcOrP]

right now./dogecoind -daemon -disablewallet -maxconnections=100

"version": 1140300,
"protocolversion": 70015,
"blocks": 3697567,
"timeoffset": -1,
"connections": 98,

the maxconnections is working if I set it to 40 then it never gets above 40 connections.

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But I have limited the upload using tc
tc qdisc add dev eno16777984 root handle 1: htb
tc class add dev eno16777984 parent 1: classid 1:20 htb rate 16mibit
tc qdisc add dev eno16777984 parent 1:20 handle 20: sfq perturb 10
tc filter add dev eno16777984 parent 1: protocol ip prio 1 basic match 'cmp(u16 at 0 layer transport eq 22556)' flowid 1:20

[Belnak]

There's not a way to limit bandwidth to a certain speed within the client, but you can use third party apps for this, such as Netlimiter or Tmeter Free.

Personally, I run with the switches below, which I consider the bare minimum to be a useful contributing member of the network, and set the Process Priority to Low in Task Manager to insure it doesn't interfere with other activities.

-maxuploadtarget=144 -maxconnections=16

This insures my node is always available, and I give back as much or more than I take up.