ReGet Deluxe 4.2 - User Guide and FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions - ReGet Deluxe

1. How does resume in HTTP work?
   The special field ("Range: bytes nnn-") have to be supplied in the file request form. If WWW-server supports resume, it returns code 206 and specified part of the file. If it doesn't, it returns the whole file (as in regular request).
   
   
2. How does resume in FTP work?
   Most FTP-servers support "REST nnn" command. When client passes this command to server, server sends file from the specified position. Most known server with no broken downloads resume is Microsoft IIS. To be correct, it supports "REST nnn" but requires nnn to be equal 0.
   
   
3. What is the PASV mode (passive mode)?
   Usually, when retrieving files over FTP, two connections are used: for commands and for data. Command-connection is set by client, data-connection is set by server. In some cases (when using firewall for instance) both connections have to be set by client. In such a cases server goes to passive mode when "PASV" command is sent from client.
   
   
4. How to force ReGet to download only one file at same time in order to get each queued file faster?
   You should set value of option 'Number of simultaneous downloads' in 'General Settings' to 1. Default value of this option is 0, which allows ReGet not to limit the number of files being downloaded simultaneously, which helps download the whole queue quicker.
   
   
5. Why isn't the file size displayed when downloading files from FTP via Microsoft Proxy Server?
   MS Proxy doesn't provide sizes of files from FTP. It isn't ReGet bug, it's a bug of MS Proxy. Also, as ReGet is not aware of actual file size, it cannot determine the connection breaks. So, if MS Proxy broke connection, for ReGet it would look like successful download.