How to configure BITS 1.5 clients

pramagost

unread,

Oct 20, 2006, 6:18:14 PM10/20/06

to

I can't find this info anywhere. I need to know how to configure my BITS 1.5
clients. I know in 2.0 you do it in the registry but I can't find it for 1.5.
The reason I need to use 1.5 is because I'm trying to deploy Windows 2000 SP4
using BITS and SP3 and lower does not support 2.0.

, Thanks

Paul Ramagost

VJ

unread,

Oct 23, 2006, 1:20:16 PM10/23/06

to

There is a executable bits_v15_client_setup.exe that is available for
download from MS website.. you can run that to do it..

VJ

"pramagost" <pram...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:612137F5-7F90-434F...@microsoft.com...

pramagost

unread,

Oct 23, 2006, 1:28:02 PM10/23/06

to

Thanks for the response but I was looking for how to configure bandwidth
limitations. After further investigation I've come to the conclusion that
v1.5 does not have the ability to do bandwidth throttling. I've since found
an application that will allow me to copy files using bandwidth throttling.
It is freeware and is called DirSync Directory Synchronizer.

, Thanks

www417

unread,

Oct 25, 2006, 3:49:52 AM10/25/06

to

hi guys:

BITS use client network adapter, so you can use Windows group policy to
limit the Bandwidth.

you can look it in here:

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

Network Bandwidth
Background transfers use only idle network bandwidth in an effort to
preserve the user’s interactive experience with other network applications,
such as Internet Explorer. BITS does this by monitoring the network traffic
on the client's network interface card and using only the idle portion of
the network bandwidth. BITS adjusts its use of the bandwidth as the user
increases or decreases their use of the bandwidth. Note that BITS still
transfers a small amount of data during high network use to ensure that BITS
jobs make progress.

BITS is only aware of the network conditions on the client computer; BITS is
not aware of network conditions beyond the client. If there are no
applications running on the client that use the network, BITS consumes most
of the available bandwidth. This does not mean the network beyond the client
is idle; the network may be at full capacity.

If the client has a fast network card (10 Mbps) but is connected to the
network via a slow link (56 Kbps), BITS will compete for the full bandwidth
instead of using only the available bandwidth on the slow link. This is
because BITS has no visibility of the network traffic beyond the client. To
reduce the impact of this type of connection, you can use the
MaxInternetBandwidth policy to limit the bandwidth that BITS uses on the
client computer. For details, see Group Policies.

BITS 1.5 and earlier: The MaxInternetBandwidth policy is not supported.

If the computer contains multiple network interfaces, such as a modem,
virtual private network (VPN), and several network interface cards (NIC),
BITS calls the IP Helper function, GetBestInterface, to determine the
interface that has the best route to the specified IP address. BITS monitors
bandwidth usage on that interface.

pramagost

unread,

Oct 25, 2006, 10:28:02 AM10/25/06

to

See subject of topic. We are talking BITS v1.5 in specific. Only v2.0
supports bandwidth throttling.

Kenneth Davis

unread,

Oct 27, 2006, 1:42:02 PM10/27/06

to

BITS 1.5 and earlier: The MaxInternetBandwidth policy is not supported.

Looks like at the mercy of the "Intelligent" part of BITS.