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Download timeout in terminal?

Posted: 05 Jan 2013, 21:43
by Bogdan
I'm using mobile broadband internet and my connection speed is really low sometimes. So when i'm trying to download package via terminal command downloading starts and then freezes somewhere in progress. I think I have a limited time to download package or i got kicked. Can this be solved somehow or it is just system issue?
Note that this is not happen once so i should just try again, this happens always and always stops for multiple files.

Re: Download timeout in terminal?

Posted: 05 Jan 2013, 22:00
by Hamza
Have you tried to ping a remote computer/server? If yes, what was the result? I wouldn't suggest to download a big through 3G/EDGE modem.

A list of IPs you can ping:

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a.root-servers.net
b.root-servers.net
c.root-servers.net
d.root-servers.net

Re: Download timeout in terminal?

Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 08:50
by fanthom
@Bogdan

try

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wget -c file
so wget will resume downloading once net is available again.

Re: Download timeout in terminal?

Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 11:00
by Bogdan
Yeah i know 3G modem sucks, but i'm constantly on the move, that's the main reason i use portable OS and 3G modem, perhaps the best solution is that i install everything next time i get to stable wired network and then just use prepared system.

Re: Download timeout in terminal?

Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 11:37
by Hamza
You may have some packets lost or broken. I don't think wget detects this.

Re: Download timeout in terminal?

Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 14:29
by Bogdan
i solved this, i'm downloading packs manually via browser. i just use "slackyd -g <pack>" without forcing download just to see the exact name of the package and then i search for the same package on slackware repository via browser.