A note about download speeds:

Download rates may vary, depending on different factors:

• Similar to home ISPs, seedboxes may also be susceptible to slower download speeds during Internet "peak times", for reasons that the overall network is affected. Thus, speeds may vary slightly during different times of the day.
• FTP downloading may be faster than HTTP (or vice-versa).
• FTP may be faster than SFTP.

Troubleshooting & Tips:

• Blocked FTP — If you find that FTP does not work to transfer files from your seedbox to your home PC, it's possible that your ISP is blocking FTP traffic. This is especially true when trying to transfer files from a public location (library etc), from the workplace, or from a university or school. The latter is particularly important here, since many colleges are now known to block FTP. The solution? Try downloading through SFTP (if you're the owner of the seedbox), or simply download the files via HTTP (ideally, this should work just about anywhere). TorrentFlux is very versatile in that it allows for multiple-protocol downloading (FTP, SFTP, HTTP and even RSYNC), unlike most other BitTorrent seedbox GUIs.
• Speeding Up Transfers (HTTP Downloading) — If single-file transfers seem a little slow, it's always possible to download more than one file simultaneously using multiple HTTP downloads. Most browsers support this, including Firefox.
• Speed Up Transfers (FTP Downloading) — The use of a multi-tasking FTP program (such as FileZilla) will allow for multiple FTP downloads. Below is an example of how to change multi-task in FileZilla (the default setting allows for just 2 simultaneous FTP transfers).

Note about FTP multithreading & multi-tasking: Depending on how the seedbox server was set up, there may be limits to the number of connections that you can make. If you are limited you to one connection, then it doesn't matter how high you set the client. You'll still be limited to just one connection.

Using FlashGet and FlashGot for TorrentFlux Downloading

If you're a TorrentFlux seedbox user, you probably already know there aren't too many options for downloading your completed torrent files back to a home PC through a browser. Natively in TFlux, files need to be downloaded one-by-one with the option to download full folders - also done one at a time.  When used in unison, both FlashGet and FlashGot are very TorrentFlux-friendly; entire directory contents can be scanned & imported (and downloaded) without all the excess junk - as long as the FlashGot filter is applied correctly. You can find the full FlashGet/FlashGot tutorial here.

Why FlashGet/FlashGot offer unparalleled advantages for seedbox downloading:

• If you're suffering from a slow Internet connection, you'll be able to queue up a virtually unlimited number of files in FlashGet from one or multiple TorrentFlux directories.

• In TorrentFlux web downloading, when a file is interrupted in the middle of a download you'll need to start from zero again. Which is particularly painful when downloading full folders & large files. FlashGet will re-try the incomplete files for you.

• FTP transfer speeds are often less than optimal from a seedbox back to home PC. Worse yet, some hosting providers don't allow FTP multithreading, or may even limit the number of simultaneous FTP connections.

• FlashGet supports multithreading, meaning if you only download 1 file at a time - it will pull 5 threads on that one file simultaneously, the same as 5 downloads running at once.