Thread: DAP is fastest

DAP acceleration is achieved by two factors:
1. locating the most responsive servers from which the file will be downloaded
2.Implementing multi-connection downloading from those servers.

Downloading from the most responsive servers - DAP executes a proximity check to determine which of the available mirror sites are most responsive in relation to the specific user's location. The file is then downloaded from the most responsive server(s).

Multi-connection downloading - the file is downloaded in several segments through multiple connections and reassembled at the user's PC. This results in better utilization of the user's available bandwidth.

If you're using broadband this may not be noticable but, when using a dialup connection, have you ever tried downloading 2 or 3 files at the same time? Each new download slows down the others proportionally because they have to share the connection. You can only get a finite amount of bandwidth through the modem.

What DAP does is immediately hogs 4 channels for itself, checks for fastests servers, splits the file into 4 pieces(default one), and begins downloading the separate pieces, which it reconstructs as one whole file when it is done. This appears to be downloading faster and, in fact, in some cases it might, because it pings servers for response times and picks the fastest four.Thus download at maximum speed.You can configure it`s settings i the Option menu.

To download go to:

Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) - Free Download Manager

DAP is fastest

IDM says its the fastest...

how can i get the fastest downloading with the slowest modem, a thing i atleast cannot find easy to understand...

DAP has a lot of flashy features. I liked it before seeing IDM. But IDM looks and work like a professional piece of work. Using IDM since last Jan.

^^but you know, i liked dap more...

right now i am using FDM (Free download manager) which is also good, but lacks some features...

i will like to go back at dap..

I too used FDM for around 2 months. The best download manager without ads. Somehow feels it is inferior to IDM.

I have have too switched to DAP......
Because of it`s good features.

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

I have have too switched to DAP......
Because of it`s good features.

I used DAP for 1 month.

Now on IDM.

IDM -DAP -FDM ---------all of them give same speed
only difference is the ease of use and the lightness of the application

DAP is heavy but free
IDM is light and very user friendly but commercial(I liked the scheduler)
FDM is neither light nor heavy but is free with average features
net ants is free and very light but is very poor in terms of features

and so on
but they all work on the same download strategy

1. HTTP and FTP link resolution
2. multi link downloads

Very well put, puchu.

In my slow internet dap is very good

Originally Posted by Aman

In my slow internet dap is very good

I was too using DAP when i had slow connection that is Edge.

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

I was too using DAP when i had slow connection that is Edge.

"EDGE chota nahi, logon ke dil chote hote hain"

Originally Posted by mickey

"EDGE chota nahi, logon ke dil chote hote hain"

Kya bakwas he???

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

Kya bakwas he???

edge ko slow kaise kahan tune??

Originally Posted by mickey

edge ko slow kaise kahan tune??

It is 9-10 times slower than my 2 Mbps

Originally Posted by puchu

IDM -DAP -FDM ---------all of them give same speed
only difference is the ease of use and the lightness of the application

DAP is heavy but free
IDM is light and very user friendly but commercial(I liked the scheduler)
FDM is neither light nor heavy but is free with average features
net ants is free and very light but is very poor in terms of features

and so on
but they all work on the same download strategy

1. HTTP and FTP link resolution
2. multi link downloads

Actually you are partially right only, all dont give same speed you know how dap gives more speed than default download manager? by splitting the file and choosing the best server and you might also know that there is a dap premium version too it gives you more speed than free one how?

The answer is in dap free version it splits a file into 7 connections while in dap premium it cuts into 10 connection downloading much faster. Accepted?

Now if u change the setting in IDM you will have 16 connections which is a lot more than even Dap premium!!!

So IDM clearly wins, but a tip for slow connection users they say fro slow connection dap is best. If you think so then why dont u do one thing, go to idm setting and change the connection from 16 to 10 and it will perform better than dap.

But i have not feel it's advantage

Last week was experiment week. Tried Flashget, FDM and IDA, all three are good and free, but from what I saw, IDM remains the best. Back to IDM now.

I purchased IDM two months ago.It is the best download manager in my opinion.