Internet

You can setup different values for Proxy servers or Login information for each Windows Dial-Up Networking connection. This is very useful if you have a number of different ISPs that all use different settings. You can put in the different values here, then GetRight will use the right ones for the connection you are using.

• Dial-Up Connections: Select any of your Windows Dial-Up Networking connections to set different settings GetRight should use with the connection.
• Username and Password: Enter the username and password needed to log into your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you leave these fields blank, GetRight will use the username and password entered on the main Internet configuration page.
• Use different proxy server settings for this connection: Check this if the the connection has different proxy settings than on the main GetRight Proxy configuration page. When checked, tabs identical to the main GetRight Proxy configuration will be shown.

Proxy

A Proxy server is needed by users who are behind a security Firewall. The Proxy server enables these users to access the internet through the Firewall. These settings are most commonly needed by businesses, though some ISPs will also use proxy servers. If you are using proxy servers, and GetRight is not working correctly, the most likely problem is that something is not correct in these proxy settings. (And it can often take a bit of trial and error to figure out what it is if you can't get your network administrator to help get these settings correct.)

• Use PASV mode for FTP transfers: This setting is needed for some types of network connections (especially with some firewalls and proxy servers.) If FTP transfers are not working, try changing this value. If FTP transfers work fine, you don't need to change this.
• Use proxy servers: This checkbox is marked to indicate that you need to use proxy servers to connect to the Internet. (If you use proxy servers and GetRight doesn't work) If this is not checked, the Proxy Server sub-tabs will be hidden.

Proxy server settings can be quite complex, and generally require more knowledge about how your network is setup. Hopefully you'll be able to accept the default entries, but if not, it may take some fiddling around to get a set of options that works best for your proxy servers.

If you use a proxy server and no servers will resume downloads for you.

HTTP Proxy

• server:port: If you use a HTTP proxy server to access the web, enter its address here. It must be of the form: server.name port 8080 By clicking the Find button, GetRight will attempt to automatically determine this information from your web browser's configuration. You should be able to accept the value filled in for you. (Or you can ask your network administrator.)
• Use HTTP Proxy for FTP addresses: This allows you to have GetRight use your HTTP proxy server for getting both HTTP and FTP addresses. Try using this setting if GetRight is not able to download FTP addresses but is able to download HTTP addresses. (But try using the Use HTTP protocol with FTP Proxy server option before trying this one.) If this option is set, the FTP Proxy tab is not available. NOTE: Depending on your Proxy server, GetRight may not be able to resume FTP downloads with this option set.
• Tell HTTP Proxy server to not use caches: Proxy servers may save data in case someone else makes the same request. The proxy server may believe that a request to resume a download at another point is the same as a previous request and return the wrong data. Turn on this option to tell the proxy server to not use its cache and go get the data from the server again.
• Login to HTTP Proxy server: Some HTTP proxy servers require the use of a username and password. If yours does, check this. You may then enter the username and password. You must check the checkbox for Password in order for your password to be saved since it is not highly encrypted. If you do not fill in the username and password, GetRight will prompt you each time it is needed.
  • TIP: If your proxy server does require a username, but not a password, then you should enter some text as a fake password so that you are not prompted each time GetRight would need the password.
  • NOTE: The stored password will be scrambled so it is not easily readable, but is not highly encrypted.

FTP Proxy

• server:port: If you use a FTP proxy server to access the web, enter its address here. It must be of the form: server.name port. 2121 By clicking the Find button, GetRight will attempt to automatically determine this information from your web browser's configuration. You should be able to accept the value filled in for you. (Or you can ask your network administrator.)
• FTP Proxy type: This drop-down list lets you select from different FTP Proxy server types. Most FTP Proxy servers use type "USER with no login". Ask your network administrator if this setting does not work.
  • NOTE: The "CONNECT Address" type is really for use if you are using an HTTP Proxy server as an FTP Proxy. If you set this option, you should make sure that the server:port entered is for an HTTP Proxy. With this option, you should also check the "Use alternate (PASV) ftp download method" option.
• Use HTTP protocol with FTP Proxy server: This allows you to have GetRight use the HTTP protocol when downloading FTP addresses through your FTP proxy server. Try using this setting if GetRight is not able to download FTP addresses.
  • NOTE: Depending on your Proxy server, GetRight may not be able to resume FTP downloads with this option set.
• Login to FTP Proxy server: Some FTP proxy servers require the use of a username and password. If yours does, check this. You may then enter the username and password. You must check the checkbox for Password in order for your password to be saved since it is not highly encrypted. If you do not fill in the username and password, GetRight will prompt you each time it is needed.
  • TIP: If your proxy server does require a username, but not a password, then you should enter some text as a fake password so that you are not prompted each time GetRight would need the password.
  • NOTE: The stored password will be scrambled so it is not easily readable, but is not highly encrypted.

SOCKS Proxy

• server:port: If you use a SOCKS proxy server to access the web, enter its address here. It must be of the form: server.name port. By clicking the Find button, GetRight will attempt to automatically determine this information from your web browser's configuration. You should be able to accept the value filled in for you. (Or you can ask your network administrator.)
• SOCKS Proxy type: This drop-down list lets you select from different SOCKS Proxy server versions.
• Use SOCKS Proxy with HTTP/FTP Connections: These let you control if GetRight should just use the SOCKS proxy for either HTTP or FTP connections, but not both. For example, if you have a HTTP proxy and a SOCKS proxy available, you might just want to use the SOCKS proxy for FTP connections.
• Login to SOCKS Proxy server: Some SOCKS v5 proxy servers require the use of a username and password. If yours does, check this. You may then enter the username and password.

Connections

This allows you to setup several options for what to do if there are problems with the connection to a server while GetRight is downloading. For most of these, you should be able to accept the default values.

Timeouts

• Timeout connection attempts after XX seconds: GetRight will return an error if it does not get a response from the server in the entered amount of time. Change the default if your Internet connection needs more time to make connections.
• Stop and Resume if no data received...: Sometimes a download will stop without being disconnected. Enable this option and set a number of minutes so that GetRight will automatically stop and reconnect to the server. This is very useful to "kick-start" a stalled transfer without you having to do anything. This "kick-start" timeout can be set differently for servers that will resume transfers vs. ones that must be restarted from the beginning. If the server resumes, there is no reason not to have a pretty short time.
  • For XX minutes if the server does resume:
  • For XX minutes if the server does not resume:

Retrying

• Assume server login or timeout error means server is busy: Many popular FTP sites have a limit on the number of users who may be downloading files at the same time. This allows you to set GetRight to automatically "redial" the server until it successfully connects or reaches the maximum number of times it should retry. If this option is not set, GetRight will prompt you to see if your username or password is not correct. For some error replies (like "Password not accepted"), GetRight will be able to tell that it is a bad login, and will prompt you even if this is checked. NOTE: With this option set, if your username or password are not correct, GetRight will NEVER connect and will continue attempting until it reaches the maximum number of times it should try to reconnect.
• Try to reconnect after XX seconds: Enter the number of seconds that GetRight should wait before attempting to contact the server again. NOTE: While you can enter a value as low as 5 seconds, it is more friendly to other Internet users (and the server you are trying to download from) if you set this to a larger value and are not continually trying to connect to a busy server. If a server is busy, you may be much better off just waiting and trying at a different time of day when the Internet is less busy. The GetRight scheduling options can help you by scheduling downloads at times that are less busy.
• Try to reconnect up to XX times: You may set the total number of times that GetRight will try to reconnect to a busy server. Set this option so that GetRight will give up and not attempt to reconnect forever. GetRight may attempt up to reconnect up to 9999 times.
  • WARNING: You should set these numbers to a reasonable combination if you are using GetRight's scheduled downloading features--otherwise GetRight could try to connect all night if a server was down or very busy!
• If the server sends a delay time, use that value: Some FTP servers will send in their busy message something like "retry in 2 minutes". And sometimes if you don't obey that delay, they will block you from connecting at all for some time. With this item turned on, GetRight will try to find any delay time sent by the server and use that for the delay between retries.