Too many incoming connections freeze my pc

Cheekykid

Cheekykid

Cheekykid

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Hi there.

Using Flashget on XP to download stuff and I can't use it for more than few minutes before the whole system freezes, lan goes bust and I need a hard reset.

If I dont use flashget to download something from rapidshare for example my lan is fine. It appears i get flooded with too many connections. Am with Virgin 50mbit. How do I know how many connections i need to allow?
 
from memory flash get uses 5 connections by default per file surely that cant be enough to freeze your pc unless its ancient, even bittorrent on my pc with several hundred allowed connections causes no issues must be something else?
 
A bit short on details. Which version and how do you run it; integrated to a browser; which?

The official forums don't provide much resource given that everything appears to be in Chinese.

Have you tried an alternative application with success? I'd just drop FlashGet if it doesn't behave how I'd like.
 
I use flashget 1.9.6.1073. The problem ONLY occurs with flash get whenever i download something. My lan card really gets stuck and refuses to work.
 
are you using the latest drivers for your network card directly from the manufacturer? if it's onboard, check the site of whoever makes your mobo.
 
Good idea to stay on top of the drivers, but I get the impression FlashGet can be overly aggressive towards the Windows TCP/IP stack.

Does the problem occur if you limit Options -> Connection -> Max simultaneous jobs = 1?

As above plus restricting the download to one 'Jet'. I can see this is done by setting 'Threads From main site' = 1 when manually adding a new download but I'm not sure if there's a Site Manager setting which controls this for multi-part downloads captured from the clipboard (i.e. highlight and ctrl-C in a browser).

The inconsistent nomenclature in this program bugs me.

edit: I presume you're trying all this with no other programs running or simultaneously downloading, e.g. a bittorrent client.
 
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I can't recall the name of the option now, but it appeared that an XP hack was enabled by default during the FlashGet installation routine.

Also, I question why people start suggesting installing various other, shall I say, non-mainstream programs onto users' computers to get, in this case, a task done which can be accomplished by downloading a pre-patched file or the patching utility - in this case from the writer himself. It's the same with other tweaks which can be made via the registry or existing Windows components such as the Policy Editor snap-ins :(

If you're worried about running something then first pass it through Sandboxie. 32-bit OS required.

On the topic of multi-threaded downloads, half-open connections, etc, I wonder just how far people have to go to get decent utilisation of their bandwidth. In one example I maxed my connection out by downloading a single file with just two 'Jets' in FlashGet. Default program settings can be unnecessarily aggressive towards your computer and router hardware.

The TCP connection limit was removed since Vista SP2 and yet there are torrent-related forum threads advocating lowering the max half-open and connection rate settings irrespective of OS.
 
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