The main limitations of free users are the hourly limits of rapidshare download files and the time taken to countdown before the download gets ready. Also there are other factors like simultaneous download for free users is a nightmare.

Here we shall try to implement a possible way that can be helpful for downloading simultaneous files as a free user. This way dealt here is related with changing the proxy of user which is not guaranteed to work in all cases, but in few cases it will work leading to downloading multiple rapidshare files for the user. If you have 100 working IPs, you can download 100 files simultaneously

Proxy connection is a type of internet connection where you will gain access to the entire internet through the help of another server. There will be one proxy server which serves all your requests to related servers and serves their responses to your computer browser.

How it works?

If you download one rapidshare file on your computer with your original internet connection – your original IP will be logged into rapidshare servers and hence you will not be able to access another file to download. In this case, it is impossible to download simultaneous files from RS. If you make use of original IP to download one file and some proxy IP for another file, you are naturally be granted with permission to download files as the RS system sees the requests from different IPs. Don’t forget to clear the cookies before you attempt for second download

How to change proxy for downloading simultaneous rapidshare files?

There are different ways – lets talk separately -

Anonymizers:

These are the kind of services where you can see a google like text box where you enter the url to be browsed. The server gains your request and the server behind the anonymizer service transfers your request to concerned server and responds you by the response sent back from requested server. In turn to the service offered, they are supported by ads. Here there are no techie stuff related with them, but just enter the url and get the rapidshare file.

While using these services, be sure that you enable the javascript – because javascript is a requirement for downloading rapidshare files. But with these services, you cannot use the rapidshare javascript hack to cut down countdown timer delay.

Firefox Addon:

Even this is a quite easy possible for every user without any techie knowledge requirement. You will find different firefox addons which help you browse the web through proxy. The mode of operation with these addons is really an easy process because of its simplicity of switching proxy.

One such firefox addon is Phzilla and a mouse click can result you to browse with proxy.

Firefox – Manual way of changing proxy

First, google for a working, fast proxy server list. You will find a list of free proxy servers which you can use to download files without rapidshare premium account. So, here you got a good list of working proxy list. Now, its time to configure firefox to use proxy server instead of your normal internet connection.

In firefox, open Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Connection > Settings. Check the radio button – Manual proxy configuration.

You will now be asked to enter the proxy server you wish to use. Enter the proxy server which you found from Google.

Firefox proxy options

Proxy setting to download rapidshare files

Note 1: While you use the method of configuring proxy server of firefox manually, remember that no proxy server works for life time. Every time you use a proxy server, do search for working ones. Once a proxy server gets overloaded, it will be shut down of service and hence search manually for working one at the time of configuring.

Note 2: With this way of bypassing rapidshare limits, you can also use the rapidshare countdown javascript hack in the normal way.

Note 3: Always select a proxy server which is either Anonymous or High Anonymous – Transparent proxy servers are not expected to perform well because they show up your original IP

Disadvantages of using proxy to download rapidhsare files

1. The main disadvantage is there are many people who read this article (or think in the same way) – so, if someone else is downloading rapidshare file from the same proxy server, you will not be able to download a file from rapidshare.

2. Speed with proxy server is not always guaranteed.

3. If proxy server shuts down while you are downloading a bulky file, you will have to restart the entire process again and re-download what you have downloaded before increasing your bandwidth usage especially if you are using a limited internet connection.