GetRight 5.2d Online Manual
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This allows you to setup several options for what to do if there are problems with the connection to a server while GetRight is downloading. For most of these, you should be able to accept the default values.
Timeouts
| • | Timeout connection attempts after XX seconds: GetRight will return an error if it does not get a response from the server in the entered amount of time. Change the default if your Internet connection needs more time to make connections. |
| • | Stop and Resume if no data received...: Sometimes a download will stop without being disconnected. Enable this option and set a number of minutes so that GetRight will automatically stop and reconnect to the server. This is very useful to "kick-start" a stalled transfer without you having to do anything. This "kick-start" timeout can be set differently for servers that will resume transfers vs. ones that must be restarted from the beginning. If the server resumes, there is no reason not to have a pretty short time. |
For XX minutes if the server does resume:
For XX minutes if the server does not resume:
Retrying
| • | Assume server login or timeout error means server is busy: Many popular FTP sites have a limit on the number of users who may be downloading files at the same time. This allows you to set GetRight to automatically "redial" the server until it successfully connects or reaches the maximum number of times it should retry. If this option is not set, GetRight will prompt you to see if your username or password is not correct. |
For some error replies (like "Password not accepted"), GetRight will be able to tell that it is a bad login, and will prompt you even if this is checked.
NOTE: With this option set, if your username or password are not correct, GetRight will NEVER connect and will continue attempting until it reaches the maximum number of times it should try to reconnect.
| • | Try to reconnect after XX seconds: Enter the number of seconds that GetRight should wait before attempting to contact the server again. |
NOTE: While you can enter a value as low as 5 seconds, it is more friendly to other Internet users (and the server you are trying to download from) if you set this to a larger value and are not continually trying to connect to a busy server. If a server is busy, you may be much better off just waiting and trying at a different time of day when the Internet is less busy. The GetRight scheduling options can help you by scheduling downloads at times that are less busy.
| • | Try to reconnect up to XX times: You may set the total number of times that GetRight will try to reconnect to a busy server. Set this option so that GetRight will give up and not attempt to reconnect forever. GetRight may attempt up to reconnect up to 9999 times. |
WARNING: You should set these numbers to a reasonable combination if you are using GetRight's scheduled downloading features--otherwise GetRight could try to connect all night if a server was down or very busy!
| • | If the server sends a delay time, use that value: Some FTP servers will send in their busy message something like "retry in 2 minutes". And sometimes if you don't obey that delay, they will block you from connecting at all for some time. With this item turned on, GetRight will try to find any delay time sent by the server and use that for the delay between retries. |
Miscellaneous
| • | Rollback XX K on resumed connections: Because some data may have been corrupted when GetRight was disconnected, this allows you to backup a little bit and re-get a small amount of data to be sure that no errors are in the file on your computer. It is suggested that this be the about number of kilobytes (K) downloaded in 2 seconds, which will depend on the speed of your Internet connection. For most modems, the default of 4K is fine. |
NOTE: This will not always prevent you from being disconnected; but it may help some users whose Internet Service Provider disconnects after a period of inactivity--where somehow it doesn't detect that downloading in progress means it is active.