HOW 2 DOWNLOAD DURING NIGHTs

Hi people,

Here's another way to download without u having to get up at 2 am to switch off/on your router.( Shajul's software dataonemanager is the other one)

However that s/w has a few shortcomings. (the code not being open source is chief among them ), so i figured there could be a better way to do the same thing.

so this is how to do it:

1. If your router is a router, i.e. it is the one that authenticates your access to your ISP's network, then you would have to change it to a bridge router.
Hey no worries, folks! no need to go out and buy a new one. Looks like your existing modem can be converted into one:

Here's how you do it:
(Disclaimer: I have only a Nokia Siemens C2110 router with me. So I can show you how to configure a bridged router for that model only. Most probably other routers wouldn't differ too much from this.)

1. Connect to your router page (usually) at 192.168.1.1. Login to it. Chances are your username/password would still be admin/admin.
Click on Configuration -> Internet Connection on the left pane. This is the page you would get:


huh! you might be wondering the last line in your page differs from what you see in the image. Yours would be saying something like "PPoE_0_35" under the PVC Name column. Relax! this is the configuration we are going to have when we finish reconfiguring your modem.

2. Click on the edit button (the icon with a pencil image). Click "Next" on the page you get.

3.In the second page, click on "Bridging". Click "Next".

3. Click "Next" for the third page too.

4. Finally click "Apply" on the last page. Close the browser window.

Thats all you set, well.....almost!

Now go to Control Panel ->Network Connections -> Click on File-> New Connection....


4. Now select "Connect to the internet". Then select "Set up my connection manually", then, "Connect using a broadband modem that requires a user name and password". Type in any name you want to call your connection. Then type in the user name and password for accessing your broadband connection.

Make sure your computer connects to the internet using the above settings. Test it by clicking on the connection you just created and then clicking "Connect".

If your connection works then the hard part is (almost!) over.

What we are now going to do is create two batch files...( those .bat files you see occasionally).

1.First open Notepad.Then type in the following line:

rasdial "" "user name" "password"

Save the file as Connect.bat .i.e change the file type to bat.

2. Now open Notepad again and type the following:

rasdial /disconnect

Save the file as Disconnect.bat.

ok. now open scheduled tasks. For Windows XP it is "Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tasks->Scheduled Tasks"

1. Click on Add scheduled task and click Next to start the wizard.

2. Click on Browse. Select "Connect.bat".

4. Now configure the task as how you want to connect to the Net. I selected "Daily,Start time: 2:08", Perform this task: Daily,"Start Date: <...>".

5. Add another scheduled task this time for Disconnect.bat.
for 500C, 500C+ users, Start time : 2:08 for Connect.bat and 7:50 for Disconnect.bat is very safe. but sync ur computer clock with time.nist.gov to be doubly sure.

6. Add as many scheduled tasks for your torrent clients or download managers with Start time after that of Connect.bat.

THATS ALL..

If u plan to leave your computer on during the night, this is okay.

however for scrimpers and misers like me, i plan to have my computer switching on just before the connecting time. Seems there's a way in ur BIOS to do dat too. there's smething called a wake up on alarm and a couple of options after that, prob'bly in the Power Configuration menu. Just look around in your mobo manual, it isnt hard.

This method has a number of advantages....:
1. no fixed IP.
2. the time to connect can be as u please. so its flexible.
3. everything's transparent and simple.
4. the s/w didnt work for me.. yeah, i'm a dumbhead. it could be something i did or did not, so i found this little workaround.


So thats probably it. Please feel free to reply if u get into any problems. i'll be only too happy to help.

ok, i think this method has been suggested by someone a long time back. my apologies to him!

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