Re: download decelerator
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:39:18PM -0700, al davis wrote:
> Is there a way to slow down a particular download to improve the
> performance for whatever else I might be doing on the net?
wget has --limit-rate, see man page[1] for details.
Since you're on dialup, you may also consider looking into squid and
adzapper. Use squid's offline mode to help keep as much as possible
cached, sites can still display dynamic content if they're properly
configured (ie, send expiration information for the content).
Adzapper is a *really* slick filter for ad banners, this will save you
bandwidth otherwise wasted on someone else trying to offload thier
advertising costs on you. Seems to help against some popups, too.
And if it doesn't change the popup to autoclose, you probably still
won't waste bandwidth on the ad.
I use squid in offline mode with adzapper on cable with two geek
roommates and a similarly geeky 24-Hour Dave[2]. If we have to fall
back to dialup for some reason, browsing still isn't too painful,
since we're not using much (if any at times) outside bandwidth for
sites we visit, none for ads. Anything else only wastes bandwidth the
first time. We frequently spout URLs at each other when we find
something interesting, four or five people often view the same page
for the price of one.
Post to the list if you need help with that, I'll be sure to answer if
I notice the subject.
[1] http://ursine.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=wget
[2] 24-Hour Dave is not necissarily named Dave. Just any guest that
appears at any time day or night or regularly stays over a day at
a time or more, though not necissarily wearing out thier welcome.
It all becomes clear after you read this.
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/maddog/stuff/college_mud.html
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.''`. Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
: :' : proud Debian admin and user
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`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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