Limit the maximum network bandwidth used for Peercaching

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting limits the network bandwidth that BITS uses for peer cache transfers (this setting does not affect transfers from the origin server). To prevent any negative impact to a computer caused by serving other peers, by default BITS will use up to 30 percent of the bandwidth of the slowest active network interface. For example, if a computer has both a 100 Mbps network card and a 56 Kbps modem, and both are active, BITS will use a maximum of 30 percent of 56 Kbps. You can change the default behavior of BITS, and specify a fixed maximum bandwidth that BITS will use for peer caching. If you enable this policy setting, you can enter a value in bits per second (bps) between 1048576 and 4294967200 to use as the maximum network bandwidth used for peer caching. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, the default value of 30 percent of the slowest active network interface will be used. Note: This setting has no effect if the "Allow BITS peer caching" policy setting is disabled or not configured.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

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  Allow BITS Peercaching

  At least Windows Vista
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  Do not allow the BITS client to use Windows Branch Cache

  Windows 7 or computers with BITS 3.5 installed.
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  Do not allow the computer to act as a BITS Peercaching client

  At least Windows Vista
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  Do not allow the computer to act as a BITS Peercaching server

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the age of files in the BITS Peercache

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the BITS Peercache size

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the maximum BITS job download time

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the maximum network bandwidth for BITS background transfers

  Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1, or computers with BITS 2.0 installed.
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  Limit the maximum number of BITS jobs for each user

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the maximum number of BITS jobs for this computer

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the maximum number of files allowed in a BITS job

  At least Windows Vista
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  Limit the maximum number of ranges that can be added to the file in a BITS job

  At least Windows Vista