Trying to download a zip file from the web, but the server disconnects. What can I do?

Question

I am trying to download a 6gig zip file over a connection speed of 1Mb/s, which is pretty slow, but from what I have been doing has been consistent. When I get to about 4.1Gb downloaded the dropbox server disconnects and I get the following message "curl: (18) transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining". I have tried a firefox, chrome and IE to see if I get different results but it is always coming out the same. How can I get this zip file? I cannot speed up my connection. I have noticed that each download attempt will disconnect at 1 hour of downloading. Please let me know what I need to do to increase the timeout on the dropBox server end so I can get the zip file locally.

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@digb150 wrote:... I get the following message "curl: (18) transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining". ... Hi @digb150, Seems you are using curl to download your file. Curl provides option to continue download because of broken connection, for example. I don't know what command options you are using, but if you have something like: curl -C - -o -L https://www.dropbox.com/s/123456asdfghjthghy/?dl=1 ... then you would be able download your file with resuming download using the same command as many times as need. 😉 Hope this helps.