computer networks homework download a large file5mb or large

computer networks homework:

download a large file(5mb or larger), once with a web browser and once with a download accelerator (internet download manager for example).

in each method, what kind of packets are being transferred? and in each packet what headers are there? whats the difference between these two methods?

use a software like Wireshark or Packet Capture to monitor the packet transferation and provide screenshots to prove your claim

you can also use telnet for your work ---> provide screenshots from the page the telnet process has been done in

PLEASE TYPE OUT YOUR ANSWER

thanks alot

Solution

There are various difference in downloading a file from web browser and from download accelerator like Internet download manager. The differences are given below:

i) Various web browsers are designed to give priority on browsing and to the security, than file downloading. That is why in web browser file downloading is slow as compare to internet download manager. In various download accelerator, priority is only on downloading the file.
ii) Web browsers also consume more RAM than download accelerator.
iii) In download accelerator, we have features like \"pause and resume the download\", which is not there in web browsers.
iv) If we talk about the packets, then the packets are the same, only the difference is the number of connections through which packets are being transfered.
v) In case of download accelerator, we have multiple connections to the server, to download the file, where in case of web browser we have a single connections.