On 12/11/06, Indika Bandara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > sorry if this is a wrong question in the wrong place. since many > knowelegable persons are in this forum thought of askin this > (programmers are supposed to know every thing right?) > > > How do the web clients which download files by parts work?(e.g > prozilla, download accelerator-DAP etc)
Most downloaders (IE, Mozilla e.g.) download from the site using one connection, and request all bytes from 0 to <length of file>. What the clients you're asking about do is make more than one connection and ask for sub-portions of the file on each connection. -- PJH #713059 +(1255)- [X] <SaintAlvus> Does the name Doctor Pavlov ring a bell?
