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royalef
Feb 11, 2012Guide
FTP resumable download functioning?
Grabbing very large files remotely almost always fails due to long download time across the WAN. I'm looking for a resumable solution. Right now, I'm trying to get it to work locally. ANyone su...
royalef
Feb 11, 2012Guide
Just figured it out... the downloaders are paying attention to the masquerade address that is presented in the 227 Entering Passive Mode response. That Response holds the IP address of the FTP server and the data port that is used for the transfer. The other methods appear to be less intelligent and ignore this data using the IP address they are already speaking to.
Both iGetter for Mac and GetRight for Windows successfully paused and resumed downloads larger than a GIg.
Now to move the service to work across the WAN.
Both iGetter for Mac and GetRight for Windows successfully paused and resumed downloads larger than a GIg.
Now to move the service to work across the WAN.
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