Best download manager

I prefer using Opera's inbuilt download manager for everything. Works like a charm and it also acts as a BitTorrent client!

I've been using Internet Download Manager . Had no prblms so far

Alligator 1.35 and Fresh Devices FTP also work well... and are free.

personally i like flashget, only because i use it with the flashgot/get extension for firefox.

Internet download manager all the way, fastest download manager I have ever used, and i have used a lot, incl: Download Accelerator Plus 8.1, GetRight 6.2, FlashGet 1.8.1, Internet Download Accelerator 5.1.2.1051, etc.

Pros:
- Very fast downloads
- Resumes broken downloads
- Pause downloads for later use
- Download multiple files simultaneously
- Easy to configure files
- Download different file categories in different folders for easier selection
- Create your own file categories
- Virus scanner (IDM can use your anti-virus program to automatically scan downloaded files before they get onto your computer)
- drag and drop
- scheduler (not that i ever use it)
- Easy to select which browser you want to integrate IDM into
- And many more

Cons:
- Not free - 30 day trial.
- Not very easy to set up automatic virus scanning after completed downloads.
- and probably one or two more things, but nothing major

Edited for legal reasons.

Does it work with Firefox and Opera?

yes, I'm using it with Firefox now, never used Opera but there is an option for that.

But does the cost make up for the slight differences in performance, when there are so many good, free ones?

I agree with _FAKE_
IDM is beyond the best

+1 for Flashget, its the only one that works for me

Asus Ap WL 330 Router

Hi everybody, Tha my first time at this site. Ineed to reset the defaut passord on my router Ausus AP WL 330....Anyone know how do I reset it??
have ben trying for almost 10 hrs, THE WIRELESS SETTING UTILITY, WHEMi PRESS CONFIGURE, IT SAYS THE DEFAOUT IS "admin" but it always says it;s wrong password.

Admin for user, and Password for password, unless you changed it.

I have to reset it to te defaut defaout mode, please where do I reset it. I already tryed enter "password" it didn'y work also.

Than you Ray bay.

+2 for FlashGet!! i m using it since long, i also tried DAP, Gozilla, etc but Flashget work fine for me, i like its browser function the most.

no download manager seems to work for me, none of em seem to increase my speed

i shud be able to download at 200 - 400 kbs but im only doin a max of 40kbs (thats 40kbs max with a download accelerator)

Download managers will help, overtime, with any system that has flakey speeds and pauses, or shuts down intermittently... halting lost downloads.
They make a difference on Satellite connections, and phone line modem connections... but their main use is for reliability.
However no download software will speed up the internet connection you have.
On some systems they break up the download into a number of pieces that are downloaded at the same time... but still that ethernet or modem connection is what controls speed.

yea i kno that but theres sumit wrong with my pc, before i reinstalled windows xp i was getting a max of 200 - 400kbs with and without download accelerators and now its a max of 40kbs with and without download accelerators

Didn't read the whole thread, don't know if anybody mentioned it, but I use Free Download Manager. It is much more than just an "accelerator", it downloads with multiple threads, has a manager, lots of features, drag and drop URLs, automatic pasting of URLs in the clipboard when adding a new download, fits in with IE and FF real well. And also you don't "have" to use it. When you click something to download, this pops up, if you cancel, it proceeds to your browser's normal download method.

I've used it a long time, it queues things up, let's you launch automatically when downloaded, or you can launch manually when done, history of downloads, the whole nine yards and the kitchen sink, check it out:

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/