software and patch downloading help

[bhupesh m]

Hi,
a simple question.
when i download big softwares, tools, applications and patchs, the connection will broke after one or two hours.
i asked my friends and they told about software downloading managers something like that.

since u also might have downloaded big softwares like oracle and all, can u tell me which software can i use for downloading..

thanks...points given...

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

you could use mozilla instead of IE, for example - mozilla/firefox has this feature.

HTH
Volkmar

[Jaime Bolanos Rojas.]

Bhupesh,

This one is really good, but you got to pay for it, that's the only "bad" thing.

http://www.getright.com/

It will resume your dowload if you lost the connection.

Regards,

Jaime.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

For patches,

Choose the ftp option if permitted by your network administration. It is much more reliable than anything browser based.

There is another tool called snarf which does the same thing. The HP scripted version actually contains patch sets with dependencies, which is quite nice.

For applications and such the downloads are short enough that a download manager should not be needed.

SEP

[bhupesh m]

can anybody suggest me other tools or applications..
free applications is better. i cant buy. something like "download manager" kind of things..

how u will download oracle 10g db [ 1GB size ] or do you know the ftp site for oracle10g version2 software download.

thanks..

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

why don't you use google or wikipedia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_download_managers

HTH
Volkmar

[GBR]

Why not try using a more reliable connection, maybe you have a Windows box, Linux box. Then, once downloaded, move the software, patches, etc... over to your Unix box at your convenience.

This will save you from buying a download manager.

GBR