Using Getright to maximise the efficiency of your

[fantasm]

Using Getright to maximise the efficiency of your download

This tutorial was written for people like me who download a lot of files or big files on a regular basis and are fed up with manually having to reconnect to the site after either being thrown off the internet  or server. To also maximise the bandwidth on a download  of multiple files.

What is bandwidth
Bandwidth is the amount of space on your chosen form of communication with the Internet e.g.: Cable, ISDN, ADSL, Modem. Over a normal telephone line using a 56K modem in ideal conditions your bandwidth will be 56 Kilobits a second or more under exceptional circumstances. That means you will be able to download or upload at 56KB a second. As you may have noticed on many downloads, the speed is less than ideal. Say you are downloading a number of files and the speed of 1 download is 2.5KB then over half your bandwidth is not being used if you download 2 files at a time then the speed is 2.5 + 2.5 = 5KB Second. Which is a more efficient use of your bandwidth.

Reasons for using a download application
Have you ever been to an ftp site to download a game and when you get there it is divided into 40 files. If it’s a http site and you use windows download client you can download two files at a time,  then you have to wait for that to download then click another two and so on infinitem, or if it’s one large file say 30MB you get to 29.5MB then get disconnected from the server, you have to start all over again. If you are connected to an FTP site your client will only download 1 file at a time and you can’t search the rest of the site until the download is finished. These are all reasons for using a download application.

What is a download application
A download program will store from a site a number of files and download them as many at a time as you wish. Therefore maximising your bandwidth. It will also browse a site to find files then store and download them. It will on most occasions resume your broken downloads from about 4KB back from the place you were disconnected from, the server . If as in the uk you get disconnected from your ISP every two hours it will automatically dialup reconnect you to the internet and start your downloads again. This is only a brief explanation of their function they will do much more.

Using Getright to download from an ftp site
I use Getright, so that is the program that I will use to explain how to browse and download automatically as many files as you like from an ftp site that you have already browsed with your ftp client.
Get From www.getright.com the latest version of Getright. Then go to astalavista.box.sk  search for the crack for that version. Install crack and configure the program using the information and wizards supplied with program and crack. Next browse for a program using your ftp client, when you have found one copy to notepad the address e.g.ftp://128.144.68.20/myfile/sometinghere now fire up getright if you have no screen then right click the Getright icon in the taskbar from the popup box left click Getright download status when the status screen is displayed  left click tools  then getright browser. When the browser window is open copy your ftp address into the address bar, press Enter on your keyboard this will take you to your files in the Getright browser window. Now whilst in your files folder press crtl/a on the keyboard this will select all the files in the folder ( you can use ctrl and click on a file to deselect it) now right click on any of the selected files, then choose download from the popup box. This will copy all the file names to the status screen if the download does not start immediately, then in the status window click the automatic downloading button this will start the downloading process. Use the left pane on the status window to browse  the rest of the site and add files to your download as explained.

A tutorial by Fantasm

Any comments suggestions welcome.

[QuiX]

What is bandwidth
Bandwidth is the amount of space on your chosen form of communication with the Internet e.g.: Cable, ISDN, ADSL, Modem. Over a normal telephone line using a 56K modem in ideal conditions your bandwidth will be 56 Kilobytes a second or more under exceptional circumstances. That means you will be able to download or upload at 56KB a second. As you may have noticed on many downloads, the speed is less than ideal. Say you are downloading a number of files and the speed of 1 download is 2.5KB then over half your bandwidth is not being used if you download 2 files at a time then the speed is 2.5 + 2.5 = 5KB Second. Which is a more efficient use of your bandwidth.

One correction. 56k is a max download of 56/8= 7kbs

[-Harsayis-]

i never knew u could use getright for that. Thanx for the info  

[fantasm]

;D Of course you are right 56 Kilobits / 8 bits to a byte = 7 Kilobytes a second. Nobody's perfect least of all me thx for the correction. I wish I could download at 56 kilobytes a second I could download 1MB in just over 17 seconds.;D

[DarkPhantom]

I think that the download applications, like GetRight or Go!Zilla are quite good and handy to download from http sites. But, in my opinion, and I say this because I read some things about it, they're not too good for the downloads from ftp's. Many ftp's have limited users online at the same time, and most of the today's download applications do a multipart download, spanning one file into many, so they can download more faster. This causes the program to login several times, filling up the ftp in no time...As I read somewhere, the download applications also hammer the ftp's, lagging them and causing sometimes the user to be banned from the ftp...don't really know if all this is true, but they make some sense...anyway


Just a thought...



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[fantasm]

Hi DarkPhantom you have bought up some good points I'm not saying that these programs are perfect they have their drawbacks. Like segmeting files. but most of these can be overcome by configuring them correctly. Another tutorial perhaps. To answer your points you can set getright to download the whole file in one go not to segment. The program will login multiple times to download how many files you decide to download at a time. This to me is perhaps a good thing by using your bandwidth more efficiently you will be on the ftp a shorter amount of time giving other users a chance to download. As you say some ftps will only allow your ip to login once, therefore if you set getright to download two files at a time then it will keep trying to login a second time thereby hammering the ftp. The reason I'm trying to explain all this is to make sure that users of getright understand that they are ultimatly responsible for how the program acts. If they act responsibly and say only set getright to doiwnload one file at a time when the ftp only accepts one login then they should have no problems. I have been using getright for a number of years and have had no problems. It's only at forums like this that these things can be discussed and the reader wheigh the pros and cons of any subject and make up their own minds.