This tutorial will help you get the most out of your connection while downloading from rapidshare premium account. As I see a lot of user are not downloading at full speed.
Now there are alot of download accelerator out there but I found that this one works the best.
Download Internet Download Manager 512 latest release:
http://rapidshare.com/files/92721910/IDM512.7z
~1st
Install the program and patch/crack it.
Launch the program.
~2nd
Now we need to tweak it a bit.
Go to DOWNLOADS > OPTIONS
GENERAL:
You can setup anyway you want it. From monitoring your browser to not at all. This is the way i set mine up as it gives me fast access to the download links which I will explain through out this tutorial. So I suggest you copy my settings and see how it works first then you can play around once you get the hang of it.
FILE TYPE:
I set mine to default. Here you can set which file type the download manager will catch when you click download.
SAVE TO:
Set the directory where your file will be saved.
DOWNLOADS:
Now this is important. Make sure you check "Start downloading immediately while display.... " You want this because when you start a link, the manager will check and see if it's broken or not. If it's broken you will get a dialog that shows a broken .html link. If the link is good then you get the file type and size. More on this a little later on...
CONNECTION:
This will determine how fast you will download. Make you sure you select your correct Connection speed. I have mine on Lan/10mb because I'm on a 10mb connection. Set your approriate speed. If you don't know your speed then run a test here at speedtest.net. Next set the "Default Max Conn. number to 16. If you have connection issue with 16 then set it to 8. But so far I have found no problem. 16 will defenitly be your best bet for a fast download speed.
PROXY:
No need to set proxy since we have a premium account already.
SITE LOG IN:
Here you will enter your username and password. Click on NEW then select http , enter rapidshare.com and enter your login info
DIAL UP:
Who the hell is still on Dial Up? I left this tab untouch.
SOUNDS
I don't care too much about sounds. But you can customize your own if you like.
Ok you're ready to start downloading. Lauch IE or Firefox
~3rd
Now for the downloading part. Highlight all the links then right-click and select Download with IDM
Next you will get a window like this. Remember how I said Make sure you check "Start downloading immediately while display.... ". This now acts as your broken link checker. If the link is dead then you'll get that 512kb of html document. If the link is good then you should get the size of all the files. It should look something like this.
Now Select where you want it to download and check select all or just the file that you need.
Now click ok and your download manager will look like this:
Ok we are ready to download...almost. Click on the "Schedule" icon at the top and go to the "File in queue" tab. Here you can select how many files can be downloaded at the same time. The Ideal setting is 2-3 since 1 connection won't always use all the bandwidth. But you should select 1 first to see how fast it's downloading compare to your regular download speed. Click Apply and close when you're done.
Alright let's start downloading at MAX speed! Click on the Start Queue Icon and BAM! You're downloading as fast as your connection can give you!
I hope this tutorial will help some of you get the best out of your connection. I normally get 250-500k kb/sec while downloading regular. But with IDM I get a stable 1.3MB Kb/sec on a 10mb cable.
