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When Torrent is used we get unstable ping. Is that normal? Using CiscoRV320 Router

We are a school with a windows 2012 Server. It has proxy installed and can filter for Torrent.
However some are "whitelisted" and others find their way around using VPN etc..

The thing is that if no one is using torrent i can ping our rooter for 10min without loosing a packet

When someone is downloading torrents, i loose around 1 packet in 10

This is a problem as we are using terminal server so quite often it freezes like 2 sec and the screen is flashing

My Question is is this is a normal behavior when torrents are downloaded?
Is there a way around?
We have a CiscoRV320 Router
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Hey,

Yes this seems to be default behaviour. But to make 1 thing clear, there is a difference between a slow connection and latency (what you see happening at the Terminal Server). SLow connection is when someone is downloading stuff and hogging up the connection, latency is when you have packet loss or pings respond slowly because it takes some time for the packet to return.

First off i would never allows for users to use Torrents on a company network, even if you are a school.
I believe you have 2 options to get this working.

1. Make sure your Terminal server traffic uses QoS (Quality of Service) which means this traffic wil always take precedence over other traffic.

2. Make sure users can schedule downloads for the evening when your network isn't being used that much.
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Hi
Thanks for your reply
Just so I understand
I have had issue with slow internet before but never felt it affected terminal server dropout as it does now.
We have a 40/40 line so we dont have issue with slow internet
I agree as well, no torrent, but unfortunatly we need to open the proxy for some due to other blocked site and its all open or nothing in the software

If I set the Terminal Server to use QoS, Should that help normal lan trafic as well?
Just as a kickstart in PD, is that a setting on the server itself or on the cisco router?
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