Downloading with IE

I guess the answer is DON'T! My download was going to take over 12 hours for a 1.9GB file with a 100mbps connection. I went to another computer on the same network and used Firefox and downloaded from Cake's "Other" download site, not the USA one, and it took 27 minutes for the same file. I heard some talk of a download manager but my search of this site brought "no results". Steve

soens


I guess the answer is DON'T! My download was going to take over 12 hours for a 1.9GB file with a 100mbps connection. I went to another computer on the same network and used Firefox and downloaded from Cake's "Other" download site, not the USA one, and it took 27 minutes for the same file. I heard some talk of a download manager but my search of this site brought "no results". Steve

i think the improved d/l speeds is more a function of the "other site" than IE.. i simply started the d/l of them all and went out.. 15GB takes a while

fireberd


I used I.E. That is not the bottleneck, if there is one.  I've downloaded the same file in both I.E. and Firefox and they both took the same amount of time.

There can be (and is) differences in how fast a web page loads in a browser, but downloading speed is not a browser issue. 

And what about corrupted packages?

don't use IE is the answer (seems problematic?)

use firefox or chrome perhaps

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

(which is what I use)

copy the address link of the file (right click) in my account then "+" it in FDM's interface at the top left.
it will also do multi-part on files = far quicker than 1 thread

and to check the files aren't corrupt , match them against their checksum.. here's the info on check that  (last post)

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2667287

I don't know why but IE nearly always has problems downloading files from Cakewalk, right back to at least Sonar 8. I suspect (from previous threads about this) that the problem may be more pronounced if you're in the UK (or maybe simply outside the USA). It's not just a matter of time but corrupted downloads as well.

IE8/9 (tried both) announced that the complete download would take well over 48 hours, and hung after 3 hours.

Firefox downloaded the files (haven't tried running them yet though, so don't know if they are corrupted or not), with no problem other than taking about 3 times the usual download time for that much data. Sensible explanations a-plenty for that kind of time increase, but not for the IE one. My guess is an IE bug of some sort.

I routinely transfer files in excess of 1GB, and the only sites I have ever found where IE routinely slows to a crawl on file download are Cakewalks. Ditto the corrupted downloads problem. The missing file extensions people are reporting after downloading with IE is
another problem.

Traceroute to the file server indicates no apparent problems with intermediate hops, and IE and Firefox are using the same route.