Re: Incomplete downloads
At the risk of this reply being received by the list twice, I'm sending again,
as more than 2 hrs have passed since my first reply was sent.
<original reply>
On Monday 12 May 2008 14:01, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I have a slow internet connection, and with large downloads it often
> happens that the download sticks before it is complete.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this problem, and is there a way to
> solve it? And, why does it happen? I'd be curious to know.
>
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
Hi Rodolfo. I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say "the download sticks
before it is complete".
I've only got a 56k dialup connection, and have no problem downloading big
files, 700Mb .iso's for example. I use the KDE desktop, and use Kget, which
has resume support for the downloads, and that is assuming that the server
you are downloading from allows resuming a download, some don't.
For example, you lose your Internet connection, reconnect, and try to resume
the download. Most servers allow resuming the download and will carry on
where they left off, and the download will run to completion.
KDE's Konquerors default downloader doesn't have resume support (unless that's
changed), and is why I Use Kget. Firefox's default downloader doesn't have
resume support (as far as I can see, and have observed), so I installed the
Firefox extension "Flashgot", which allows you to use KDE's Kget, which does
have resume support.
I'm not sure if this is any help to you.
How big are the files you are trying to download? Just a thought, but perhaps
your ISP has a limit on the size of downloads. Perhaps not, but only a
thought.
All the best.
Nigel.
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