You can't. Give up now; you're wasting your time! Data transfer restrictions are imposed on your ISP's side of operations, not yours, so there is absolutely nothing you can do to bypass such measures. Even if this were possible they'd likely be alerted to your misdemeanour and terminate your account. For more information refer to this Speed Guide article.
Showing posts with label internet access. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet access. Show all posts
Sunday, 26 September 2004
Monday, 16 December 2002
To browse or not to browse, that is the question
Here's a good tip for anyone who still pays for their time online by the minute (you silly people you!). Have you ever found a really interesting, information packed web site which you'd love to read from start to finish, but couldn't concentrate on it because you were constantly watching the clock? Well the ideal solution is to download the pages to your hard drive so you can read them offline at your leisure without running up a huge phone bill.
While you can save individual pages one by one using your browser's save button, this isn't exactly very convenient when you want to download a whole web site, which could include thousands of pages, images, movies and sounds.
So what's the alternative? Spidersoft's Web Zip will quite happily crawl through every page of a target web site and save an exact copy of it including its directory structure to your hard drive. Once you have given the program a few simple instructions regarding what exactly it is you wish to save, the transfer process is completely automated.
Just one word of warning though; before hitting the start button remember to restrict the level of external links you want Web Zip to follow - specifying no exclusions at all is the equivalent of asking it to download the internet per se, rather than just the particular site you're interested in!
While you can save individual pages one by one using your browser's save button, this isn't exactly very convenient when you want to download a whole web site, which could include thousands of pages, images, movies and sounds.
So what's the alternative? Spidersoft's Web Zip will quite happily crawl through every page of a target web site and save an exact copy of it including its directory structure to your hard drive. Once you have given the program a few simple instructions regarding what exactly it is you wish to save, the transfer process is completely automated.
Just one word of warning though; before hitting the start button remember to restrict the level of external links you want Web Zip to follow - specifying no exclusions at all is the equivalent of asking it to download the internet per se, rather than just the particular site you're interested in!
Friday, 24 May 2002
How do I find out if my IP address is static or dynamic?
Having this information to hand is especially useful if you intend to set your computer up as a web or FTP server. If you've got a static IP address you can redirect your domain name to point to your own computer instead of a remote host to enable people to access your data or web site. This can also be achieved with a dynamic IP address, but it's a bit more fiddly.
There are various ways of identifying your IP address, but I find the easiest method is to use IP Agent, available from the Gibson Research Corporation (click on the 'Shields Up' button, proceed to the freeware section and then click on the download link near the top of the page). You'll need a microscope to see this program as it's absolutely tiny - no bloatware here folks!
Once downloaded, if you simply double-click on the program's icon you will find that your IP address is staring you in the face - no searching through menus is required - that's all there is to it.
If you make a note of this number, disconnect from the net and then reconnect you can see whether or not you have been assigned with a new number.
There are various ways of identifying your IP address, but I find the easiest method is to use IP Agent, available from the Gibson Research Corporation (click on the 'Shields Up' button, proceed to the freeware section and then click on the download link near the top of the page). You'll need a microscope to see this program as it's absolutely tiny - no bloatware here folks!
Once downloaded, if you simply double-click on the program's icon you will find that your IP address is staring you in the face - no searching through menus is required - that's all there is to it.
If you make a note of this number, disconnect from the net and then reconnect you can see whether or not you have been assigned with a new number.
Saturday, 19 January 2002
Relief for idle hands
Modem users, have you ever found yourselves downloading something you didn't really need just to keep your connection alive? Unfortunately this is a scenario more common than you'd expect for those of us still lumbered with a dial-up internet account who wish to evade those infuriating enforced idle disconnections.
For example, you'll be surfing the net when an email arrives in your inbox. If this is a particularly long email and you decide to reply to it there and then, it may take you ten minutes or more. In between the time it takes you to type and send your message it's very likely that you will have been booted offline by your ISP in order to free up an extra connection for another subscriber. There are a million and one other reasons you might want to leave your PC for ten minutes or so to take care of something which simply cannot wait, and it's no fun having to reconnect to the internet each time you return to your PC, especially if you are regularly confronted with busy tones.
And they expect us to put up with this sort of treatment? Ha, not likely! No, what we need is a program which can be set to connect to various web sites at specified intervals to make it look like we're making use of our connection and hence avoid being dropped like a hot potato. It could even sit unobtrusively in your task tray, blinking and flashing to indicate its current activity status. Eureka, I think we've got something here! Let's call it... oh I don't know, say Stay Connected.
Maybe you'd prefer a minimalist, 18kb, free alternative? If so Connection Monitor is the task tray gadget for you.
For example, you'll be surfing the net when an email arrives in your inbox. If this is a particularly long email and you decide to reply to it there and then, it may take you ten minutes or more. In between the time it takes you to type and send your message it's very likely that you will have been booted offline by your ISP in order to free up an extra connection for another subscriber. There are a million and one other reasons you might want to leave your PC for ten minutes or so to take care of something which simply cannot wait, and it's no fun having to reconnect to the internet each time you return to your PC, especially if you are regularly confronted with busy tones.
And they expect us to put up with this sort of treatment? Ha, not likely! No, what we need is a program which can be set to connect to various web sites at specified intervals to make it look like we're making use of our connection and hence avoid being dropped like a hot potato. It could even sit unobtrusively in your task tray, blinking and flashing to indicate its current activity status. Eureka, I think we've got something here! Let's call it... oh I don't know, say Stay Connected.
Maybe you'd prefer a minimalist, 18kb, free alternative? If so Connection Monitor is the task tray gadget for you.
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