> You mentioned that ... > > > However wget, curl, axel, lftp when trying to resume, send the > appropriate > > Range Header in HTTP/1.1 > > but fail to get a reply back. They wait for a long long time, still > nothing. > > I am assuming that by this you mean: > a. You are downloading the files using http (if this is true, is there any > specific reason why http instead of ftp ?)
because the download (in this case, google video) only has an http feed. I should point out that cyberoam has blocked FTP for some reason > > b. You used the -c (for wget) or -C (for curl) options (I don't know about > the > others). I used them > > c. You are trying these clients for the same server that you use kget for. > Since, the ability to resume downloads require server side capability to > recognize and accept requests for files from a different offset that the > start > of the file. I tried it on the same files, and got different results. > > > If all of this is true, what is the response you get back from the server > for > your requests ? wget/curl etc. just wait for 5 min or so, then I get bored and kill them. I'm in college and don't have the luxury of switching providers. would setting the relogin interval to a higher value help? say 15min. Thanks Nikhil -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

