Hi all.. I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I need a download manager that can pause download whenever there is a network interruption, keeps pinging to check if the network is back on.. and then continues file download seamlessly.

Though this feature seems basic to download managers, so far I ve never seen it working well in Linux at all... I live in a place where voltage fluctuations and thereby internet disconnection is common, around this time of the year.. So I am desperate for a nice download manager.

I had seen 'Star downloader' in Win XP work like a charm. But Kget and Gwget drive me nuts.. As soon as the internet is down, Gwget keeps displaying the same download speed and 'Retrieving...' status and. I need to keep checking in and resuming download. Please help.

Did you try gwget and kwget

If you are fine with command line tools.Try wget.
You can check it's 'man' ,it has options to continue(resume) your download from where it stopped.
Go to
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/man...wnload-Options
and search for '--continue'.

Hope it helps

Remember that not all servers support resuming a download, but for those that do, wget can do it.

Sorry about the late reply everyone.

Like I said, I would like no manual intervention to resume file download.

I dont see gwget working that way. My understanding is, if because of network interruption Gwget stops downloading, I am able to manually do a Stop-and-Start, so that the download can proceed. If this works, for the same server my download manager should be able to take care of the temporary disconnection and restart all by its own.

Please suggest your ideas. Thanks in advance.