# Minimum bandwidth to run Bisq

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737 "2019-05-24T21:15:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Darr](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/darr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Darr](https://bisq.community/u/Darr)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737/1 "2019-05-24T21:15:19Z")

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Hi,

My connectivity at home is not so great. 4Mbps down / 500kbps up.

Starting up Bisq is really really slow until everything is connected / synchronized. Sometimes it just never seems to connect. Really unstable / unusable.

Is it due to my limited bandwidth? Anything that can be tuned?

Suggestions?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737/2 "2019-05-24T21:59:27Z")

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I am not sure, it could be. Tor can use up quite a bit of bandwidth.  
Was Bisq always unstable for you on that Internet connection?

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**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737/3 "2019-05-25T04:20:54Z")

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Hi @Darr ,  
What kind of connection do you have ?  
coming in and to the computer ?  
With eg wifi-wifi, things can be slow.  
Bisq is quite greedy at startup.

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**Author:** ![Darr](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/darr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Darr](https://bisq.community/u/Darr)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737/4 "2019-05-25T12:36:24Z")

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When I used Bisq a year+ ago over the same connection it seemed robust.

Also Dao synching seems to be a permanent activity.

I am using Wifi over ADSL. Tor browsing is slow but working.

Are the minimum BW requirements known?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/minimum-bandwidth-to-run-bisq/7737/5 "2019-05-26T17:03:28Z")

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Not really. I can’t imagine they are much, but it could depend on your luck I guess.

Maybe you can try disabling the DAO feature by running Bisq with `--daoActivated=false` argument.