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Can I increase the number of downloads greater than 6?

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PlasteredSurfer
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I am downloading a bunch of short films roughly 25 to 40 minutes each. I am using Time Warner Cable with a download speed of 30 mpbs.

I noticed that I can only download 6 films at one time using Firefox. When one of them is finished, then I can download another clip.

Is there a way that I can increase the number of downloads to a new maximum amount?

I am downloading a bunch of short films roughly 25 to 40 minutes each. I am using Time Warner Cable with a download speed of 30 mpbs. I noticed that I can only download 6 films at one time using Firefox. When one of them is finished, then I can download another clip. Is there a way that I can increase the number of downloads to a new maximum amount?

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There's a "hidden" setting for that.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server - default = 6

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the-edmeister
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There's a "hidden" setting for that.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server - default = 6

ideato
ideato
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Hello, note that too many connections to a server, may lead to you being banned from the server. As the kb said Anything above 10 is excessive.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server

btw, i have it 22, and i'm ok ! (.....i think !) :-)

thank you

cor-el
cor-el
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By increasing this pref and download many files simultaneously you block other visitors from accessing that server and that is considered bad practice.