# Does capping my upload also limits my donwload (Ingress)?

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**Category:** Node Operators\
**Tags:** bandwidth\
**Created:** [November 6, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/does-capping-my-upload-also-limits-my-donwload-ingress/31086 "2025-11-06T07:55:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/does-capping-my-upload-also-limits-my-donwload-ingress/31086/12 "2025-11-06T11:20:45Z")

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Best way would be SQM, I’m planning on using an Openwrt Router in-between my Hardware and original router to use it.

@arrogantrabbit did a post about SQM and its benefits (it almost does everything by itself):

> [@Successrate vs SQM](https://forum.storj.io/t/successrate-vs-sqm/30885):
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> To SQM or not to SQM? I have cable internet with 35Mbps upstream bandwidth, which with the recent spike in egress is being saturated at 50Mbps, ramping up latency to 60ms. Success rates looks quite sad: play_button Just look at the large files success rate -- under 25%! Enabling SQM with 40Mbps limiter drops latency to 15ms while still saturated, albeit at lower throughput: play_button And the success rate on large files is magnificent now as well! (note scale is now different Not only success…

Capping is more likely a quick and dirty way.

I know, that StorJ wants to offer full speed to the customer, but in the end its all private people offering their bandwidth, and if it surpasses the available bandwidth, now wonder some would rather limit Storj, than their own speed.

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