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Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections??

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> Jack Wallen?s enthusiasm, I think, exceeds his grasp on facts, again
> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-a-faster-way-to-download-files-on-linux-without-a-web-browser/>.
> 
<snip>
> 
> But nowhere in the docs do I find mention that it can take advantage
> of multiple simultaneous connections to speed up a download.

I did not see that either, maybe they are referring to wget2 ?

But I do remember reading somewhere if using wget, if downloads
are too fast the site will kill the download.

There is a flag to fake random downloads, "--random-wait", to
prevent that logic that could exist on the remote site.

> In the standard Debian repo, I see a separate package called ?aria2?,
> that does indeed advertise the ability to use multiple simultaneous
> connections to speed up downloads <https://aria2.github.io/>.

I never heard of "aria2", but the repo of my system does have
it:

aria2-1.36.0nb12 - Multi-threaded, multi-protocol, flexible
download accelerator:

Description:

aria2 is a utility for downloading files. It has completely
new design concept from its predecessor, Aria, and is written
from scratch. aria2 has a segmented downloading engine in its
core. It can download one file from multiple URLs or multiple
connections from one URL. This results in very high speed
downloading, much faster than ordinary browsers. This engine
in was implemented in a single-thread model. The architecture
is clean and easy to extend. aria2 currently supports HTTP,
FTP, and BitTorrent. It also supports Metalink version 3.0.
Please visit the project web site at http://aria2.sourceforge.net

Homepage:
https://aria2.github.io/


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