waiting for 2am to start downloading??? sleep cool!

[mario_pant]

FOR DATAONE USERS
hey i recently figured out a method to start my bittorrent downloads automatically at 2am and end at 8am.......i'll tell u how to schedule the dial up and schedule a shutdown.....
i know many of u wake up at night destroy ur sleep just to be happy in the happy hours of BSNL Dataone........ ok now u can sleep cool.... here is how to schedule it......

STEP 1: fire up notepad, paste "rasdial <connection name> <Username> <password>"
eg. rasdial dataone_broadband mario_pant mario
this is the format... i mean without "" and <>
connection name is the name u see on the dialer...
now, save the file as "dialup.bat" in a new folder (eg. c:/dataone_sched)
just to make sure u dont overwrite something

STEP 2: make another file named "disconnect.bat" and type in it "rasdial /disconnect" (there is a space between rasdial and /disconnet and no "") and save it in that directory as the first file....

STEP 3:Goto Start>All Programs>Accesories>System Tool>Scheduled Tasks
when opened click on "Add scheduled task" click next (it will hang for a moment or two) then a list of progs will be displayed.. don't panic that ur files arn't listed.... click on browse and point to the dialup.bat file..... then set the schedule by following the instructions.... do the same for disconnect... give the time values correctly (ie. in my case 2:10AM to 7:50AM....the BSNL clock is 2 mins behind)......

STEP 4:"add scheduled task"> then chose the prog u wish to run from the list and follow the instructions....

in my case i use azureus.... azureus just starts up and starts downloading..... make sure u leave ur computer on or otherwise select "wake up compy to comp. this task" in the bottom of advanced settings....

if u use azureus the n make sure u check for updates before sleeping other wise if u make azureus start later it make ask for an intruction on updating if it fonds an update... another alternative is that u leave azureus on and just schedule the dialup and disconnect.......
actually this method is a bit insecure as ur username and password is displayed clearly in the .bat file..... but anyways this does the trick.....
make sure htat the torrent u want to download is on the red smiley when u are disconnected and eave the computer...... this method will definitely work on winXP...... can't say anything about the other OS......
Happy Downloading and a Sound Sleep

PSO TEST THE DIALUP AND DICONNECT SCHEDULING FIRST WITH AN INTERVAL OF ONE MINUTE OR SO JUST TO CHECK THAT THE DIALUP AND DISCONNECT ARE WOKING PROPERLY...... U CAN THEN RESCHEDULE THEM LATER!!!

[QwertyManiac]

but wont the dial up bill go to 20000 ?

[expertno.1]

good post
i will try my gprs with it

[whim_gen]

Isnt the good old scheduler from Windows good enough?

[mario_pant]

mann..... dialip bill?? dont u know that dataone is free in the happy hours ie. 2am to 8am??...... they do not charge that data transfer!

[shwetanshu]

may be in disconnect u have to use "rasdial <connection name> /disconnect". The one suggested by mario didnt work for me, so i searched the net in college and found the above mentioned method, though not sure about this. will try wen i reach home.

[mario_pant]

ok ok..... please tell which windows are u using??

cause the command i specified will terminate ALL active connections and works pretty well for me.... but please gemme the specifications of ur box....

[jimit_jan]

thanks for imforming us for night downloading.

are u sure bsnl dataone dont charge 2am to 8am.i got a bill of rs.15000.can u believe it

[anubhav_har]

i dont think so they charge so the free downloads since i receieved my august 2005 bill and their was nothing absurd in it...

[godsownman]

Can anybody please tell me what is Rasdial . Please I have not heard of it .

[mario_pant]

it is a DOS network command....

[goobimama]

The scheduled task did not run because no user account password was entered.

What do I do? I don't have a windows username password..

[rachitar]

Originally Posted by goobimama

What do I do? I don't have a windows username password..

then create one and do it
thats how i run the scheduler

[goobimama]

As in, I have a username "Alvareses" but I don't have a password for it. Do I have to create a password too?

[shwetanshu]

i dont thin so goobi

[goobimama]

Okay, here's the problem. In the task properties, one must select "Run only if logged on" otherwise it doesn't work..

[mario_pant]

u have to keep ur comp logged on... for that just make sure u uncheck take to logon screen after screensaver in disp properties.....

[casanova]

@expert no1
which gprs u use and if it works for u let me know how u configured it

[vijay_7287]

ok understood this thing partially !!!

[Sathyan A. S.]

Thank you mario_pant. I was looking for something like this and this one really works.
Thank you very much.

Regarding security; if you do not want the username and password to be shown on the window just add '@ echo off' before the command given by mario.

So the code will be

@ echo off
rasdial <connection name> <Username> <password>

[coolendra]

nice info dude ...........

a good help

[mr_356]

In my services record they list night unlimited download(is't it free?).
and total download reach at 700MB in one day.

[yrana2002]

One thing i wanna ask:
Where is the dialer for bsnl broadband? I mean, i already had a connection named LAN that i had to config.
Rasdial isn't working for that.

[mario_pant]

ahemm...... it is when u use PPPoE...
what modem/router do u have?

[yrana2002]

Its SmarAX MT882, provided by the bsnl guys

[mr_356]

yes, you can.
first of all you need to edit modem setting(MT882).
set the WAN setting of the modem to FC2684Bridged(not ppp).(If you never edit the setting than no need to do this)
than in XP follow,
start>control penal>Network connection>create new connection.

than
conncet to the internet-next
setup my conncetion manualy-next
connect using a broadband that requires a username and password-next
ISP name-next
username etc.-next

to disable LAN go to the property of LAN(in network conncetion)
select internet protocol(TCP/IP) than select properties.
and select obtain IP address automatically and obtain DNS server automatically.

press OK Done.

[mario_pant]

thats right... it shud work then...
thx to mr_356

[yrana2002]

Thanks for the reply, but when i try to connect with the dialer it says:
Error:769 The destination could not be reached.

Do i have to plug in a phone cabel in my cpu? Or is there some config. to be done in the 192.168.1.1? Can you explain it step by step.

[mario_pant]

is the ADSL link coming? and if yes please check your DNS servers...