[SLUG] Long downloads

[Bob Garrood]

Hi Martin

To do really long downloads you need to allow for loss of internet connection.  
Most dial-up connections log you off after 2 hours routinely.  To get round 
this you need a download manager.  Sun do a really good one.  If you go to 
their site you can download Linux and Windows versions for nowt.  With this 
you can pause the download, log off the internet, redial and resume 
downloading. It will also (usually) cope with unexpected disconnections  I 
have downloaded OOo2 (102MB) like this in about 6 hours.  Note that 
connections vary.  With Knoppix I could never get much above 1Kbs.  Using the 
newer KDE 3.4 on Slackware, and something called Tiscali accelerator on ME  I 
can get 5Kbs.  I don't know about auto-redialers.

Do try
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1892080,00.asp
if only for the title.

Bob