Thread: Automate Download at Night

while you sleep

It is quite easy to download during off peak hours as the speed will be better and it does not affect you browsing. If you own a BSNL connection, you can also avail the night unlimited facilty. Go through the following

1. Switch ON at 2.00 am (or any time you prefer)
Your BIOS may have this feature. If you are not an advanced user, better option will be to leave your PC ON on minimal power management mode. Like switch off the monitor and hard disk.
2. Connect to internet
Once your PC is ON, you need to connect to internet. Use a dialler for this purpose. If you connect to internet by simply switching ON your modem, you are using PPPoE mode and you need to change it to Bridge mode in your modem.
You can use any reliable auto dialler for this purpose. There are no. of methods for this function. Let us discuss a few.
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Method 1:* For PPPoE mode
Imrans’s Broadband Helper Utility
More details : http://imran-utilities.synthasite.com/
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Method 2: For Bridge mode
Create batch files for connecting and disconnecting internet. Use this to connect and reconnect at desired timings.
More details : http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post154907 (NU Configuration)
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3. Connect back to the net
It is all well done for a good sleep. But ISPs are not efficient enough to guarantee this. Our process may be disrupted if internet connection disconnects due to some line problems. Not to worry, not to worry. We can fix that too.
Imran’s Broadband Helper Utility automatically redials if there is a connection failure. Let us see a few other tools too.
ReConnect 1.5
More details: Download ReConnect 1.5 - ReConnect is a free utility that will automatically reconnect an internet connection when it disconnect - Softpedia
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4. Schedule it
Now we need to find softwares that can download effectively during desired time slot. Files can be downloaded as two types,
1. Directly from websites,
2. As torrent downloads from seeds and peers.
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Our regular download falls in the first category. If you are planning download bigger files, it is wise to choose torrents.
For regular downloads, we can use a download manager to automate the process. You can choose either Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) or Free Download Manager (FDM) for this purpose. Both can pause and resume downloads.
For torrents, utorrent is the best client. It is light and consumes lesser resources. It also provides search facility for torrent. utorrent was recently adopted by Bitorrent (Bittorrent invented Peer to Peer transfer).
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5. Disconnect Internet
Imran’s Broadband Utility can disconnect your internet at any prescribed time.
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6. Shutdown
You can either schedule a shutdown or use Imran’s Broadband Utility to shutdown at a prescribed time.
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1 Step tip s
If you have an unlimited internet connection, simply download utorrent, DAP or FDM and schedule your downloads on a desired time.
Go here to download the latest version of utorrent.
µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client
Go here to download the latest version of Download Accelerator Plus (DAP).
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) - Free Download Manager
Go here to download the latest version of Free Download Manager (FDM).
Free Download Manager - absolutely free download accelerator and manager

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making batch files is the easiest

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Query:
no one has mentioned about the OS
asking for User ID and Password, whenever the computer goes into hibernation/locked /standby etc
please clarify.

Thanks essbebe. I will be happy to know which articles you wrote.

I have posted a similar kind of, but different approach for download automation, this may help somebody. This is specifically for night unlimited users.

http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post153503 (NU downloading time)

I switch off my comp & use bios alarm.. But i keep my modem on,since i am switching off my comp, my ethernet port is off, so no billing should take place but it shows 70kb used at times which is fine, but it showed approx 100mb once.. Dont know why such variations!!

Originally Posted by NrN Kill

I switch off my comp & use bios alarm.. But i keep my modem on,since i am switching off my comp, my ethernet port is off, so no billing should take place but it shows 70kb used at times which is fine, but it showed approx 100mb once.. Dont know why such variations!!

Are you using your modem in bridge or PPPoE mode ?

What puchu indirectly means that if you modem is ON all the time and it is configured in PPPoE mode, it will continue to exchange small packets all the time to keep the connection alive. So even when idle, the modem is still consuming usage.

When in PPPoE, always switch off the modem when not in use.

Originally Posted by just4kix

What puchu indirectly means that if you modem is ON all the time and it is configured in PPPoE mode, it will continue to exchange small packets all the time to keep the connection alive. So even when idle, the modem is still consuming usage.

When in PPPoE, always switch off the modem when not in use.

So if you are using your modem for only 1 PC, then better turn off the PPP mode in modem config. After all dialing can be done automatically too in numerous ways.

http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...html#post64168


simple and powerful steps of mine.

for downloading i use utorrent /download accelerator both has scheduler options

Originally Posted by puchu

Are you using your modem in bridge or PPPoE mode ?

PPPoE..... But the usage has drastic differences as i mentioned before..

To wake up from Hibernation.

http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post249936 (Easiest way to automate night 2-8 downloads....... without any software....)

Wow this is a really well made list of steps. Truly a good money saver. How much money will you save on an hourly basis, even though you're using the computer during the day anyway? Unless you are downloading like crazy

Originally Posted by meetdilip

To wake up from Hibernation.

http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post249936 (Easiest way to automate night 2-8 downloads....... without any software....)

good post........

Hi,
I use PPPoE mode...
I downloaded Imran's Broadband Helper Utility...
What next????

Originally Posted by sparta

Hi,
I use PPPoE mode...
I downloaded Imran's Broadband Helper Utility...
What next????

RELAX.
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.Application may not be needed.
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Only Download Manager to be programmed.
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Check usage now at data.bsnl.in
seems BSNL meter stops and starts around 0200AM .
(since 15th December 2009 )
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Test by starting modem at 0745 surf till 0830
Also around 0145AM to 0215AM surf or download
check details next day.
Your usage 0745-0800 may not be listed.
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Post screen shot here , to confirm.

Anyway, what's the use of this Download ReConnect 1.5 - ReConnect is a free utility that will automatically reconnect an internet connection when it disconnect - Softpedia ?

Normally, Windows dialler is having an automatic option to re-dial if the line drops ?

Originally Posted by meetdilip

To wake up from Hibernation.

http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post249936 (Easiest way to automate night 2-8 downloads....... without any software....)

Really good one...........

Thanks ..................

I use utorrent for most of my downloads, especially ones which are likely to break due to a long time period.

A recent useful application posted in this forum.http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post275413 (Broadband Scheduler)

Originally Posted by essbebe

A recent useful application posted in this forum.http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-b...tml#post275413 (Broadband Scheduler)

Thanks essbebe. From the post, link for latest version

Download here

BB Scheduler - BroadBand Scheduler

@meetdilip
http://bbscheduler.codeplex.com/
Should/may become popular.
tried and found easiest auto scheduler for both DIALER mode And "Always On " mode.
try and give detailed comments.

Code:

http://pcgyaan.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/auto-connect/

I Use This Auto-Connect Software.It Has Reboot Modules For People Who Have An Always On Connection.

Set The Timing And Minimize The Window And Hibernate The System.Then Sleep Peacefully.