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Jazz
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:46 am    Post subject: No Split downloading in Linux ? Reply with quote

Hi, well i probably had taken the split downloading for granted when i used to use flashget in wondows.. cuz i never realised how important it was unless i cant get it running anymore in linux :evil:

Ok, for a list of my woes.. d4x wasnt getting compiled at all, so after some struggling finally got it up and running., but when i specify the number of parts to split the file in.. in the log it says cant split to the specified no. of parts.. ?????

I even tried Aria, it splits the files in say 5 parts but just downloads one by one at a time.. not all simultaneously.


I have a 8.5mbit connection, and get normal speeds of 860kbps download from my isp's ftp.., but to get all da bandwidth utilised i have to use split downloading..

Any ideas as of how to do it with wget ? cuz when emerging large files, i notice wget gets to the full 860kbps while fetching files from my isp's ftp.. when when i manually run wget URL, i only get 200kbps speeds..

Any suggestions ?

Thanx,
Jazz
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:54 am    Post subject: Re: No Split downloading in Linux ? Reply with quote

Jazz wrote:
Any ideas as of how to do it with wget ?
You can't, except if you write your own front-end to issue the appropiate request ranges.
Jazz wrote:
cuz when emerging large files, i notice wget gets to the full 860kbps while fetching files from my isp's ftp.. when when i manually run wget URL, i only get 200kbps speeds..
Coincidence, or you're running something else at the same time that sucks up your bandwidth, or your ISP is rate-limiting you and then a fancy-pants downloader won't help. The whole "split downloads" thing is pure placebo effect, IM(NS)HO. I have never seen any of those downloaders (including FlashGet) result in higher download speeds than a single wget thread - except on old 28.8 or 33.6 kbps modems. And that includes Windows (I use a Win32 port of wget to download files under Windows).
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