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Old 11-12-2007, 12:23 PM
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Possibly. On the other hand, why is it

1. that I had no difficulty with downloads from vb.org until approx. 7-10 days ago, and now I have the problem consistently with larger files?

2. that I have no difficulty downloading from other sites, including other scripted sites? In fact, I was able to locate one of the files on another site, also scripted, and downloaded it without incident.

Could it be that vb.org has changed its timeout recently and is simply timing out too quickly?
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:10 PM
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What timeout exactly ?

No forum settings have changed (nor can i think of any that would have an effect). We do not control server settings, but I don't think any of those have been changed by Jelsoft.
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:36 PM
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What timeout exactly ?

No forum settings have changed (nor can i think of any that would have an effect). We do not control server settings, but I don't think any of those have been changed by Jelsoft.
I have no idea what may have changed or whether anything has changed. I'm reporting a problem on my end which is (1) new and (2) not occurring on other sites.
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:48 PM
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You may be seeing it for the first time and yes something has probably changed to cause that but the problem has always existed. I should know considering how bad my connection is (see attachment ).

You may be able to download these "large" attachments elsewhere even if they are serving the file with a script. However their server configurations are probably allowing scripts to run longer...or allowing connections to stay active longer. Or you could have a faster connection to that server...who knows.

Try this; go to a high traffic site (say dl.qj.net) and download a large file (in the 20mb+ range). Witness your connection time out before your very eyes!

Like I said the solution for lowband users at this site and elsewhere is to use a browser that supports resume. Just this morning I managed to pull down vBdurpal5.3.0.zip in just 7 attempts.

Yes I know it sucks having to babysit downloads...the internet is no longer designed with us in mind.
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:56 PM
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Thanks, Brad. I do have Firefox installed. I hate it with a passion but I could use it for downloads.

Or maybe Opera has this option too....

--------------- Added [DATE]1194889911[/DATE] at [TIME]1194889911[/TIME] ---------------

The good news for people that find Firefox slow and clunky is that Opera 9.2x has a transfer manager that allows you to resume interrupted scripted downloads. I'm using it now to download a file from here and have already resumed it once.
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AS far as I am aware, Internet Explorer does resumes automatically as well. At least when I lost connection while downloading a 10 Gigabyte file from my brother, it resumes correctly 6 GBs in when my router got accidently unplugged.
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AS far as I am aware, Internet Explorer does resumes automatically as well. At least when I lost connection while downloading a 10 Gigabyte file from my brother, it resumes correctly 6 GBs in when my router got accidently unplugged.
It doesn't do that for me, at least not when it's the remote server cutting the connection. That was true in IE6 and still true in IE7.

Addendum: I've found some IE7 add-ons that purport to resume disconnected downloads. I've just downloaded one called Enterra Download Manager - I'll see how that works.
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There have no settings been changed recently on our servers, so if it started a few weeks ago then there has most likely changed something on your end.
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