Picc84 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Anyone have any ideas for me on how to speed up download times... I'am currently downlaoding a file at 37.2kb/sec on a 650.5mb file, giving me 4hr of download time... (through firefox information) anyone know how to speed up this download time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Buy higher speed internet? /obv OK, here's how to tune up your FireFox browser: Type about:config in your address bar and double click these things and edit the values as I have listed. network.http.pipelining : true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 100 network.http.proxy.pipelining : true Pages will now load about 10x faster. Now for the settings that will anger some web sites and most likely get you IP banned... network.http.max-connections : 24 network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 2 Increase these numbers at your own risk. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Yeah....the server you are downloading from is likely slow. If there ise a mirror available, try that. There is no practical way to actually Speed Up Download TImes other than changing Server, ISP, and Internet Plan. P.S. 650.5Megs is a reasonable size for a CD image. All I am saying is, don't be a pirate Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 @Illnab Nahh i'am no a pirate (arg.... ) i'am downloading the new Need For Speed Carbon Demo, but its taking forever... @Boltbait Thanks, I never thought of edit things, athough there are always risks, what are they? or are you just that good? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I'm good at remembering where I saw interesting information... Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 I'am at 23% done, whelp, its definatly the mirror, this is the fastest i could get, and the only reason there all slow, is because this is the most waited for game sence warcraft or something haha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Buy higher speed internet?/obv OK, here's how to tune up your FireFox browser: Type about:config in your address bar and double click these things and edit the values as I have listed. network.http.pipelining : true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 100 network.http.proxy.pipelining : true Pages will now load about 10x faster. Now for the settings that will anger some web sites and most likely get you IP banned... network.http.max-connections : 24 network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 2 Increase these numbers at your own risk. Is there a way to do this with IE7? I've been having problems loading various websites quickly, and minor issues with downloading, since I reformatting my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Type about:config in your address bar and double click these things and edit the values as I have listed.network.http.pipelining : true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 100 network.http.proxy.pipelining : true Pages will now load about 10x faster. Is there a way to reset to default??? Cuz this kinda screwed my FireFox up. Now there are a bunch of websites that won't load images and other glitchy things are happening. Quote  Take responsibility for your own intelligence. -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Just reset the entries back to their original values. You did write them down, didn't you? Is there a way to do this with IE7? I've been having problems loading various websites quickly, and minor issues with downloading, since I reformatting my computer. You could try Google's web accelerator. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 You did write them down, didn't you? No! hehe. Quote  Take responsibility for your own intelligence. -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Ouch. Sucks to be you. Anyway, sorry, I use IE so I can't tell you what the default values should be. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Yeah, I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling and that didn't work! must be a registry thing that doesn't get cleared. Quote  Take responsibility for your own intelligence. -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickman Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 maybe if you gooooooooogle for the entries it might show you the defaults... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agonnazar Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 or you can right click on it and press "reset", I use firefox 2.0, so it may be different. I see things that have been changed from their default in bold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonize Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 For Firefox there is the FasterFox extension that lets you choose your connection type and makes the above changes, and more, for you. In Picc84's case where the problem is a slow server I'd recommend a download manager such as Get Right which will make multiple connections to the server as well as any mirrors. Quote C A R B O N I Z E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 As far as the defaults go for these three BoltBait said to change: network.http.pipelining : false network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 6 network.http.proxy.pipelining : false The other three (http.max-[etc.]) are all "user set" already on my FF2 installation. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 BTW, according to the documentation... network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 6 should never be set higher than 8 and the default is 4. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Thanks. Though, oddly it always says "0.0 seconds saved." I bet it'll be useful in the future though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 If you use IE6 or 7, you can speed things up a bit with the following registry file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000010 "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000010 Save those contents as FILENAME.REG to your desktop and double click on it to merge it with your registry. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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