On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:04:32AM +0200, Aryan Ameri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this university that I am studying in, I have access to a pretty fast > internet connection. How wide is it?
> However when I use a normal download manager like > a browser's download manager or apt-get, which use a single connection > to fetch the files, my download rates are pretty slow, at most 5 KBps. > But I usually use axel, and order it to use 30 to 40 connections to > fetch a file ( axel -n 30 <path_to_file> ) and with this download > manager I am usualy able to speed up my downloads up to 100 or 150 > KBps. (Huge difference, you see). It is very strange as well. > Is it possible to make apt use multiple connections? Nope. > Or does anyone have > an alternative idea about how I might be able to speed-up my downloads > from apt-getable sources? google for apt-rsync, but the server must support it. Cheers, GCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
