How to set download speed limits in aria2?

Published on Aug. 22, 2023, 12:19 p.m.

To set download speed limits in aria2, you can use the --max-download-limit flag followed by the maximum download speed you want to set in bytes per second. Here’s an example command:

aria2c --max-download-limit=512K http://example.com/file.zip

In this example, we’re setting the maximum download speed to 512 kilobytes per second for a download of file.zip from http://example.com using aria2c and the --max-download-limit flag.

You can also set a maximum overall download speed limit for all downloads using the --max-overall-download-limit flag, like this:

aria2c --max-overall-download-limit=1M http://example.com/file.zip

In this example, we’re setting the maximum overall download speed limit to 1 megabyte per second for all downloads.

Note that setting a download speed limit may affect the total time it takes to download a file or files, depending on the download speed and the size of the file being downloaded.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions or if there’s anything else I can help you with.

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