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Hello,
I have a very slow internet connection, I mean slow, really slow, 0.5mbit, downloading an dvd iso takes almost 2 days.I need to download some distro CD's soon, so I have this idea.

Is it possible to set your system to start downloading files when I open it, possibly in tty4 so user changes doesn't effect it and also quene the packages in such a way that download packages get very low priority and don't slow my surfing speed.

I think maybe a script and neat iptables rules can do this, any ideas?

Maybe your system but definitely not mine :-]


Sure you can quene packages, or use 'wget --limit-rate=amount' (man wget), but your downloads will take longer. "very low priority" doesn't mean you won't notice anything: a bottleneck is a bottleneck.


Ever heard of re-inventing the wheel? Search for "LARTC+wondershaper" if you favour a global solution over 'wget --limit-rate'.

makes sense indeed. :)


yes bottleneck is a bottle neck, but if your bottle is so small, you can't afford the have a neck =)


thanks, this seems like the idea I wanted,