Hi all i have an internet connection with speed 4Mbps and my plan is offering free unlimited download from 2AM to 8AM but with a monthly limit of 2.5GB. Usually i download more than 50GB a month by not sleeping in the night. But nowdays i feel tired in the night and has to wake up early morning. But this week i have to download a lot especially the distros which may be as large as 4.5GB each.
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and turn off automatically.
Any way to do so? Even partial solution?
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On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Codename062 George codename062@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all i have an internet connection with speed 4Mbps and my plan is offering free unlimited download from 2AM to 8AM but with a monthly limit of 2.5GB. Usually i download more than 50GB a month by not sleeping in the night. But nowdays i feel tired in the night and has to wake up early morning. But this week i have to download a lot especially the distros which may be as large as 4.5GB each.
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and turn off automatically.
Any way to do so? Even partial solution?
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Hi George,
If you have GNU/Linux system, you can run a cron job with wget to download the distros automatically. but for that the laptop should be on. i am not sure how to automatically turn on the system at a particular time but i am happy to get a pointer for that.
Regards Karthikeyan R
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Codename062 George codename062@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all i have an internet connection with speed 4Mbps and my plan is offering free unlimited download from 2AM to 8AM but with a monthly limit of 2.5GB. Usually i download more than 50GB a month by not sleeping in the night. But nowdays i feel tired in the night and has to wake up early morning. But this week i have to download a lot especially the distros which may be as large as 4.5GB each.
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and turn off automatically.
Any way to do so? Even partial solution?
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On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Codename062 George codename062@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all i have an internet connection with speed 4Mbps and my plan is offering free unlimited download from 2AM to 8AM but with a monthly limit of 2.5GB. Usually i download more than 50GB a month by not sleeping in the night. But nowdays i feel tired in the night and has to wake up early morning. But this week i have to download a lot especially the distros which may be as large as 4.5GB each.
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and turn off automatically.
I don't think the solution involves turning on the laptop at 2 am and turning off at 8 a.m
The below is one way to do what you have in mind:
justin@thinkpad:~/powertop/powertop$ crontab -l # m h dom mon dow command #15 2 * * * wget -P /home/justin/debian_squeeze -c http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-dvd/debian-test... #15 3 * * * youtube-dl -b -c -o /home/justin/cycle_tourdefr.flv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVcKzzB-eF0 #15 2 * * * wget -P /home/justin/gregkh -c http://www.kernel.org/pub/media/talks/gregkh/2008_driver_writing_tutorial_gr... #00 8 * * * killall wget justin@thinkpad:~/powertop/powertop$
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and
turn
off automatically.
Please be aware that BSNL has a flaw in its timer to calculate the free download time. modem authentication time is used to determine whether you are using "free" time or not. For example, assuming that modem is always on and if your modem got authenticated at 1:59 AM, and your download starts at 2:05AM, you are in NON free time zone till the re-authentication happens for the modem. i.e. if your modem is re-authenticated at 2:29AM, whatever you have downloaded from 2:05AM till 2:39 is chargeable because this period is authenticated before 2AM.
Restarting the modem after 2AM will solve this issue. So in addition to scheduling the download job at 2AM, somebody can advice on how to restart modem using a software after 2AM.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:08 PM, justin joseph justinjoseph007@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Codename062 George codename062@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all i have an internet connection with speed 4Mbps and my plan is offering free unlimited download from 2AM to 8AM but with a monthly limit
of
2.5GB. Usually i download more than 50GB a month by not sleeping in the night.
But
nowdays i feel tired in the night and has to wake up early morning. But
this
week i have to download a lot especially the distros which may be as
large
as 4.5GB each.
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on
at
2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and
turn
off automatically.
I don't think the solution involves turning on the laptop at 2 am and turning off at 8 a.m
The below is one way to do what you have in mind:
justin@thinkpad:~/powertop/powertop$ crontab -l # m h dom mon dow command #15 2 * * * wget -P /home/justin/debian_squeeze -c
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-dvd/debian-test... #15 3 * * * youtube-dl -b -c -o /home/justin/cycle_tourdefr.flv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVcKzzB-eF0 #15 2 * * * wget -P /home/justin/gregkh -c
http://www.kernel.org/pub/media/talks/gregkh/2008_driver_writing_tutorial_gr... #00 8 * * * killall wget justin@thinkpad:~/powertop/powertop$ _______________________________________________ FSUG-Bangalore mailing list FSUG-Bangalore@mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsug-bangalore
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Muneer muneerch@gmail.com wrote:
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on
at
2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and
turn
off automatically.
Please be aware that BSNL has a flaw in its timer to calculate the free download time. modem authentication time is used to determine whether you are using "free" time or not. For example, assuming that modem is always on and if your modem got authenticated at 1:59 AM, and your download starts at 2:05AM, you are in NON free time zone till the re-authentication happens for the modem. i.e. if your modem is re-authenticated at 2:29AM, whatever you have downloaded from 2:05AM till 2:39 is chargeable because this period is authenticated before 2AM.
i dont think BSNL has such things ,as i used it for more than 3 years i have seen proper logs of my usage
Restarting the modem after 2AM will solve this issue. So in addition to scheduling the download job at 2AM, somebody can advice on how to restart modem using a software after 2AM.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:08 PM, justin joseph justinjoseph007@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Codename062 George codename062@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all i have an internet connection with speed 4Mbps and my plan is offering free unlimited download from 2AM to 8AM but with a monthly
limit of
2.5GB. Usually i download more than 50GB a month by not sleeping in the night.
But
nowdays i feel tired in the night and has to wake up early morning. But
this
week i have to download a lot especially the distros which may be as
large
as 4.5GB each.
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on
at
2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and
turn
off automatically.
I don't think the solution involves turning on the laptop at 2 am and turning off at 8 a.m
The below is one way to do what you have in mind:
justin@thinkpad:~/powertop/powertop$ crontab -l # m h dom mon dow command #15 2 * * * wget -P /home/justin/debian_squeeze -c
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-dvd/debian-test... #15http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-dvd/debian-testing-i386-DVD-3.iso#153 * * * youtube-dl -b -c -o /home/justin/cycle_tourdefr.flv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVcKzzB-eF0 #15 2 * * * wget -P /home/justin/gregkh -c
http://www.kernel.org/pub/media/talks/gregkh/2008_driver_writing_tutorial_gr... #00 8 * * * killall wget justin@thinkpad:~/powertop/powertop$ _______________________________________________ FSUG-Bangalore mailing list FSUG-Bangalore@mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsug-bangalore
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Muneer muneerch@gmail.com wrote:
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and turn off automatically.
Please be aware that BSNL has a flaw in its timer to calculate the free download time. modem authentication time is used to determine whether you are using "free" time or not. For example, assuming that modem is always on and if your modem got authenticated at 1:59 AM, and your download starts at 2:05AM, you are in NON free time zone till the re-authentication happens for the modem. i.e. if your modem is re-authenticated at 2:29AM, whatever you have downloaded from 2:05AM till 2:39 is chargeable because this period is authenticated before 2AM. Restarting the modem after 2AM will solve this issue. So in addition to scheduling the download job at 2AM, somebody can advice on how to restart modem using a software after 2AM.
muneer, maybe this was a problem in the past. but 'am assuming that the issue has been resolved. My modem is in bridged mode and I have a dedicated PC as firewall/ gateway/dailer. This PC is never shut down, unless absolutely necessary with uptimes averaging couple of months. With monthly downloads averaging above the permitted limits, I would have had to pay more than the normal bills. And in any case many people would have been effected.
But this could have been a bug previously, years back.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM, justin joseph justinjoseph007@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Muneer muneerch@gmail.com wrote:
I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on
at
2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and turn off automatically.
Please be aware that BSNL has a flaw in its timer to calculate the free download time. modem authentication time is used to determine whether you are using "free" time or not. For example, assuming that modem is always
on
and if your modem got authenticated at 1:59 AM, and your download starts
at
2:05AM, you are in NON free time zone till the re-authentication happens
for
the modem. i.e. if your modem is re-authenticated at 2:29AM, whatever you have downloaded from 2:05AM till 2:39 is chargeable because this period
is
authenticated before 2AM. Restarting the modem after 2AM will solve this issue. So in addition to scheduling the download job at 2AM, somebody can advice on how to restart modem using a software after 2AM.
muneer, maybe this was a problem in the past. but 'am assuming that the issue has been resolved. ....
But this could have been a bug previously, years back.
I was a victim exactly one year ago. I had scheduled download at 2:05AM and I was surprised by an excess bill of Rs. 4000+. I had to move to unlimited plan because of this issue. I am not sure whether they have fixed it by now or not. But still, This is not an issue on this subject as anybody can verify his usage online. Unfortunately I didn't do it that time.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Muneer muneerch@gmail.com wrote:
I was a victim exactly one year ago. I had scheduled download at 2:05AM and I was surprised by an excess bill of Rs. 4000+. I had to move to unlimited plan because of this issue. I am not sure whether they have fixed it by now or not.
Could be a problem with your system clock as well as the cron job would run based on your system time and not BSNL's system time. I have used BSNL for more than 2 years now and haven't seen this issue.
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