Strange!

[SolidSnake]

When I download using the default Windows download client, I get only 8 KBps but if I use Flashget I get 30-40 KBps.Why?

 

[ArcanaOccult]

Default windows download client as in?

 

[mario_a]

Originally posted by SolidSnake@Nov 30 2005, 11:29 PM
When I download using the default Windows download client, I get only 8 KBps but if I use Flashget I get 30-40 KBps.

Why?
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FlashGet is optimizing your download by splitting your download into multiple parts, and downloading each part simultaneously. This makes use of your full bandwidth.

 

[prathapml]

He means the IE downloader.Anyways, this is not anything to think about - happens at my end as well - and its probably because airtel gives not TRUE 256, they actually make use of server-end caching very cleverly.If you've noticed while browsing, no website-pages ever load at more than 16 kBps max, whereas its supposed to touch 32.

 

[max]

doesnt matter if you break the file into pieces or download it as one big chunk. You are going to get 32KBps speeds max.

 

[boygr8]

thats whta is the problem with most isps.....i thought airtel was not cheating....but seems to be airtel as well.......means u cannot watch a live video broadcast encoded at 200 kbps on an airtel 256 kbps connection............poor airtel....and many othersI want speed designated to come straight without help of file splitting

 

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[ultra vires]

Originally posted by max@Dec 1 2005, 12:40 PM
doesnt matter if you break the file into pieces or download it as one big chunk. You are going to get 32KBps speeds max.
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It does matter acctually, though ur gonna get max 32KBps , but if ur gettin less speed then most probably the speed has been limited on the server end per connection , spliting up the file and creating multiple does increase ur speed.

 

[max]

dear tcp/ip doesnt work that way

 

[netfreak]

Originally posted by boygr8@Dec 1 2005, 12:53 PM
thats whta is the problem with most isps...
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Download rate is limited at Web-server end as well.

Most web servers have 10 or 100 mbps link to internet. So they have to throttle amount of bandidth that is available to a single connection.

Otherwise 100 visitors with 1 mbps connection will choke ANY web server that is NOT load balanced.

For details, this is a good starting point:
http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Apache-Overview-HOWTO-5.html


Default config is to limit amount of B/W available to a single TCP connection. So if you make 10 independent http requests, then you will "usually" get better bandwidth.

 

[senthil85]

It is not splitting the files guys.... Just making multiple connections to the download server ..... Much faster than the IE downloader...