downloading speed optimization

[he_the_mystery]

hi

i was wondering if anyone have idea how to optimize downloading of software for dialup?

i mean if i have a site loaded with softwares and working well with dsl users now if someone who is using dialup if he tries to download software speeds go too slow is there anyway to optimize the speed so he can download faster??

[mwinter]

i was wondering if anyone have idea how to optimize downloading of software for dialup?

You can compress output from the server, though the files should already be heavily compressed, anyway.

If this is over HTTP, everyone can benefit if you ensure that the server sends a transfer length and it supports partial downloads. The former allows the downloading software to know if data is missing (because the file size doesn't equal the stated transfer length), and the latter allows halted downloads to be resumed (essential for narrowband users). Servers typically do both automatically, but if you try to use PHP (or some other server-side language) to manage the download process, you make break these features. Looking at response headers will tell you if that's the case.

Mike

[he_the_mystery]

hi m winter

thanks for your reply.

i am actually looking for something related to connection speed like how long a 512kb file downloads on a 56k modem?

any idea or any tutorial or coding for that??

[mwinter]

i am actually looking for something related to connection speed like how long a 512kb file downloads on a 56k modem?

There's no simple rule for that as speeds differ. However, the download rate is likely to hover between 3 and 5KB/s for the most part, putting the time between 1 minute 40 seconds, and 2 minutes 50 seconds.

Mike