Download Problems

[tag86]

Hi, hoping someone can help. I recently got myself a new laptop which will become my primary computer (plays FS9 very well), anyway I am using a dial-up connection and can not download from simviation. My download speeds are extremely slow in general for some reason (<1kbs) and I dont know why.
I managed to partialy solve the problem using a download accelerator. I still, however cannot download from here. If I try to download a file normally when I click on the download link it eventually times out. If I use DAP it is unable to establish a connection.

Any help?

[ozzy72]

It sounds like your firewall is being a little over-zealous. Which firewall are you using?

[pete]

You cannot use most download managers on the free site - that is because they make multiple connections to a file & effectively 'abuse' our bandwidth (with so many downloads & often with such big connections like cable - limits need to be put in place for the free site to make things realistic)

If you use a controlable download manager like 'getright' you can set the connection limit to 2 - & that should work.

The speed is due to your ISP. With those speeds it would be worth looking elsewhere.

Liek Mark said - you shouldn't need to use a d/l manager. Take a look at your firewall & if necessary add simviation.com & our other file servers (63.217.28.218 & 63.218.227.225) to the 'trusted sites'

[tag86]

The speed use to be fine on my desktop though, would that mean it has something to do with the modem on my new computer?

As for the firewall, I am using the windows one and also the basic one that came with the 90 day trial version of Norton which came with the computer. I will get a more advanced one when the supscription expires.

EDIT- Just downloaded something from here on my other computer and it went fine (3-4kb/s)(feel free to laugh at me broadband people). I used DAP and it only did one simultaneous download so I don't think that that is the problem.

[tag86]

I just found something else out. I can download fine from the commercial repaints section but no other sections. What's the difference with this section?

Hope someone can help