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Can't connect through proxy - Version: 1.0, 4/18/2007 05:55AM PST
davconvent
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Abuse / Minor Problem - Version: 1.0, 10/14/2003 03:18PM PST
sinclair44
I agree that, if abused, Axelerate/axel/etc. can be a potent internet "weapon". However, a knife, if abused, can be a potent murder weapon... Use with care, please.
Also, there's a problem I haven't been able to track down with the download speed incicator... sometimes it'll put a bracket in there; ignore it.
Cry me a river - Version: 1.0, 9/7/2003 11:56PM PST
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bigyellowmonkey
People who want to use this software will use this software. There are numerous large web servers that I can think of that have implemented means to prevent multiple connections from the same IP address, which prevents their servers from being used by someone to download at their connection's full speed.
If a network admin chooses not to implement such measures, that is their decision, and as such, these utilities can be used. I don't see why its such a crime. If someone (like me) is paying $150/month for a 4 Mbit ADSL connection, I want to get 200k+, not 30. And if using this software gets me to 300 k/sec, so much the better. I'm not paying to download at the same speeds as the next guy paying $30 a month for his cable connection. And on top of that, how about this. If a server is configured to limit the bandwidth per connection to, say, 30 k/sec, and the server has, say, 500 k/sec of available bandwidth, but only 5 individuals are connected at once. Now I come along, and I want to download a large file, and I want it fairly quickly. Let's say I need it to continue with my work, which lets me keep my job, which lets me pay for my connection. I use a download accelerator such as this to make 10 connections (what i would normally do), at 30 k/sec each. I'm then using 300 k/sec of the server's available bandwidth, but the server is still under full capacity, so the other 5 users aren't being affected. Not to mention that the download will finish 10 times as fast.
But hey, that's just my opinion.
-Biggie!
If a network admin chooses not to implement such measures, that is their decision, and as such, these utilities can be used. I don't see why its such a crime. If someone (like me) is paying $150/month for a 4 Mbit ADSL connection, I want to get 200k+, not 30. And if using this software gets me to 300 k/sec, so much the better. I'm not paying to download at the same speeds as the next guy paying $30 a month for his cable connection. And on top of that, how about this. If a server is configured to limit the bandwidth per connection to, say, 30 k/sec, and the server has, say, 500 k/sec of available bandwidth, but only 5 individuals are connected at once. Now I come along, and I want to download a large file, and I want it fairly quickly. Let's say I need it to continue with my work, which lets me keep my job, which lets me pay for my connection. I use a download accelerator such as this to make 10 connections (what i would normally do), at 30 k/sec each. I'm then using 300 k/sec of the server's available bandwidth, but the server is still under full capacity, so the other 5 users aren't being affected. Not to mention that the download will finish 10 times as fast.
But hey, that's just my opinion.
-Biggie!
Would be nice to be able to set proxies for supported protocols, or to make it use the ones defined in system preferences.
cheers