News server related queries

[Mr Feesh]

Did the file have .par files? If it did DL QuickPar-0.9.1.0 and try a repair, there is sometimes some blocks missing and you cannot extract it.

Used quick par, and it said blocks missing,

 

[therock]

can anyone tell me why im downloading in spikes from news.saix , instead of a contant stream like http download?im not complaining just interested

 

[LazyLion]

check your Anti-virus... turn off any text download monitoring in your anti-virus... esp. Kaspersky.

 

[Schwartz]

Yes -> news.saix.net

that doesnt work on the WA trial for me

 

[therock]

im using avast , i turned off the scanning of incoming news but im still downloading in spikes.do you guys get a constant stream?thanks for the help Gary

 

[therock]

i decided to turn off avast completely and i went from downloadind i spikes of 300KB/s to a constant stream of 38KB/s and im not sure which one is better

 

[LazyLion]

i decided to turn off avast completely and i went from downloadind i spikes of 300KB/s to a constant stream of 38KB/s and im not sure which one is better

ja, maybe one of the guys can help you with which setting exactly it is in Avast, or you might have to use a different AV program.

is what you are downloading cached or uncached. The speed sounds about right for uncached material.

I don't use the local servers so I can't really say. One of the other guys will be able to advise us.

The spikes of 300 kb/s are not a true reflection of you speed. The news server always spikes when you connect, but because you are constantly connecting and disconnecting it is not good for your system or the server.

 

[therock]

thanks again Gary, i dont want to damage my precious system or the server so ill try another AV.

 

[therock]

one more thing guys how do i know which stuff is chached which is not?

 

[Schwartz]

I cant connect to saix on the WA trial.. are you sure it is possible? There one aint great

 

[Kaufies]

one more thing guys how do i know which stuff is chached which is not?

You can usually tell by the speed. If you belong to a local NZB site, you can see how many other users who use your server have downloaded a particular NZB but that doesn't necessarily mean it's cached.

 

[Sirus_the_virus]

I have just read this for the first time. I am also getting spikes like every 20 seconds and inbetween i get nothing. I have 4mb Line and on saix i get full line speed. I am now running webafrica local trial and using wa news server. I disabled my antivirus and i am now getting no more than 20k per second. Is that normal?

 

[therock]

Sirus it looks like the AV causes connects and disconnects which is what causes the spiked downloads but 20KB/s is too slow for 4 meg line i would think.

 

[LazyLion]

I have just read this for the first time. I am also getting spikes like every 20 seconds and inbetween i get nothing. I have 4mb Line and on saix i get full line speed. I am now running webafrica local trial and using wa news server. I disabled my antivirus and i am now getting no more than 20k per second. Is that normal?

on uncached material, yes it is normal.

 

[fbman]

20k a second,

Rather get a saix based account, I get around 200 to 250k on uncached material from saix news server,

 

[Sirus_the_virus]

Yes. I am just waiting on telkom to activate my winston account! Cause that only reason why i am gonna use them. I am gonna use the international and local on there account for news servers.

 

[Globetrotter]

that doesnt work on the WA trial for me

You can't access the SAIX or IS news server if you're using a WA trial account.

 

[snail112]

I used an AstraWeb account to DL om the WA trial account. Only problem now is according to the usaged I still have 514MB left over but it does not want to work.

 

[Radikill]

Help

When I try to download a nzb file and load it up with GrabIt the threads connect to the newsserver(news.is.co.za) but then just get stuck on "grabbing article from news.is.co.za" and they dont download

Whats the problem?

 

[ph4t3]

When I try to download a nzb file and load it up with GrabIt the threads connect to the newsserver(news.is.co.za) but then just get stuck on "grabbing article from news.is.co.za" and they dont download

Whats the problem?

Uncached content perhaps. IS is quite slow on uncached content.