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AOL problem

Hi.
Two days ago i tried to download a file using free download manager and Rapidshare but only 5413b downloaded out of 100Mb and download manager said file complete. I have tried different files on lots of sites the same thing happens.
This only happens with AOL if i use IE the files download ok. I have contacted AOL live help twice and as usual they blame the software. Live help said Rapidshare and download manager maybe incompatible with AOL. Strange since i have been using both programmes for a long time.
Anyone had this problem ? or knows how i can solve it ?
 
sounds like something wrong with AOLs browser, personally l never installed it.. and l was with AOL..
 
Thanks for the reply timeless. I have reconfigured my router and got the speed up a bit but still cannot use any download managers its got to be as you say an AOL problem.I have noticed a huge drop in download speed from 650 to 300Kbps in the last three weeks. Another isp ripping people off with not having enough bandwidth. AOL has got far worse since the CPW took over.:mad:
 
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what are you using to connect? PPPoE or PPPoA? and do you restart your modem regularly? you see the trick with ADSL MAX (the up to 8meg connections) is to not turn off or restart, the more you do so the more likely your speed will go down..
 
what are you using to connect? PPPoE or PPPoA? and do you restart your modem regularly? you see the trick with ADSL MAX (the up to 8meg connections) is to not turn off or restart, the more you do so the more likely your speed will go down..


Its PPPoE connecting through Netgear DG834Gv4 i think it may need a firmware upgrade.
 
might be worth changing to PPPoA and l personally think that going to netgear and cleaning AOLs firmware off might be well worth it... might not help but l believe at least changing to PPPoA will possibly provide a more stable connection, it did for me.
 
what are you using to connect? PPPoE or PPPoA? and do you restart your modem regularly? you see the trick with ADSL MAX (the up to 8meg connections) is to not turn off or restart, the more you do so the more likely your speed will go down..

Well that's not strictly true at all.

Yanking the power cable may likely cause issues as that's not graceful way to come off the internet, but a manual PPP drop from the routers/modems interface will give no trouble at all.
 
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that depends on the router tho... l had a belkin that would only allow me to restart, meaning it powered the router down and untidily dropped the connection which l now know was the reason my sync dropped every time l did it, it even went as far as lowering my IP profile about 1000 after reading l realised.. in any case what your talking about is power cycling (or have l got my terms wrong) best way to explain is in my netgear it has a disconnect button which drops the connection like logging off without interrupting it (if that makes any sense)
 
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