"Josy P. Pullockara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use "GNU Wget 1.8.2" for downloading and "Galeon 1.3.8" for web > browsing on "Mandrake 9.2". > > We have 10Mbps line via an http proxy and I used to use wget for robust > and fast downloading of huge files from ftp sites at almost 150 K/s. > > Now I find wget extremely slow. Transfer rates of "10 B/s" when Galeon > is able to download the same file from the same ftp site at "40 > K/s".
This is atypical. Normally Wget is as fast, or slightly faster, than GUI browsers. > I do not have any custom .wgetrc file. I have used only the default > settings, except for setting up the http_proxy and ftp_proxy > environment variables. > > How do I troubleshoot this? Please check that Galeon is using the same proxy that you are using. If you understand Unix system calls, you can also use `strace' (`truss') to check that Wget is doing what you think is doing. Also check /usr/local/etc/wgetrc and /etc/wgetrc to see if the sneaky sysadmin has perhaps installed a bandwidth limitation from under you.
