does anyone know of ftp for mandrake that is actually fast? i've
started downloads on a couple of ftp sites on a t1 connection and they
all downloaded at like 28k.
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On 12 Mar 2005 07:05:07 -0800, myownminerva wrote:
> does anyone know of ftp for mandrake that is actually fast? i've
> started downloads on a couple of ftp sites on a t1 connection and they
> all downloaded at like 28k.

You have something else wrong. I am on cable modem with our new
4megbit throttled download connection and get
Your download speed : 4030135 bps, or 3935 kbps.
from a http://www.broadbandreports.com/stest site.

I don't know if this will help you or not. My usual maximum d/l speed
was about 400 kB/s. But when I tried d/ling FC3 from a wide variety of
http and ftp mirrors, I couldn't get d/l speeds better than 100 kB with
too many broken connections.

Then last night I went to http://www.webattack.com (a freeware d/l site
I like) and finally looked for a d/l manager. Normally I wouldn't need
it with my connection. But I d/led and installed LeechGet 2004 Personal
Edition 1.1. When I tried to d/l FC3 now the d/l manager opened
numerous seperate streams, and my d/l speed shot up as high as 600
kB/sec for short spurts. ISO's that had been taking three hours or more
before the connection was lost were now d/ling in 30 minutes.

I never thought I would use a download manager again as long as Ihad so
much bandwidth, but I really like LeechGet. The EULA mentioned nothing
about installing anything but the program files. I never install
software anymore without reading the EULA to see what's getting
installed. I'll probably scan my system tonight with Spybot and
AD-Aware SE because its been almost a week since my last malware
nonvirus scan.


Bit Twister wrote:
> On 12 Mar 2005 07:05:07 -0800, myownminerva wrote:
>
>>does anyone know of ftp for mandrake that is actually fast? i've
>>started downloads on a couple of ftp sites on a t1 connection and they
>>all downloaded at like 28k.
>
>
> You have something else wrong. I am on cable modem with our new
> 4megbit throttled download connection and get
> Your download speed : 4030135 bps, or 3935 kbps.
> from a http://www.broadbandreports.com/stest site.

(Jeff G <JeffG@Nospam.net>) scribbled:

> I'll probably scan my system tonight with Spybot and
> AD-Aware SE because its been almost a week since my last malware
> nonvirus scan.


.... what does that have to do with Linux ?

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