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Asianet had migrated to a new system Mettle Wire few months back and here is how you can set up the Auto Login for night downloads.

For this you need the following

• Python ( Download )
• JIT Scheduler ( Download )
• Login Script ( Download ) – Thanks to Vijayaraj V R

First install Python to a location of your choice ( I used C:\login\Python ) Next extract the login script to C:\login. Open the login script with a text editor like Notepad and update the username and password. Do not use Microsoft Word as it may alter the file.

Now open JIT Scheduler and click the ‘New’ task button on top and enter the details as shown in the images below to login automatically at the specified time. Also repeat the process every 5 minutes in case you are automatically logged out by the system.

You may need to update the command in the first image depending on the location you installed Python and where you extracted the login script.

After creating the task, right click on the task and select ‘Task Properties’ and change the option in Window to Minimized in the System menu as shown in picture so that login script is run in the background.

Now you need to create another task to shutdown the system at 8 AM and can be done as shown below.

If you are facing any problems, leave a comment.

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Here are the updated instructions for Asianet Dataline Auto Login – Thanks to Vasu d’ evan

Step 1: Download and install Firefox –> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html

Step 2: Download and install Firefox add-on “Secure Login” –> http://securelogin.mozdev.org/

Step 3: After installing the add-on, open fiefox and in the address bar type “about:config” which will take you to the Firefox configuration settings after you click the “I will be careful, I promise!” warning.

Now, in the filter box you type “secureLogin”, which will give you the settings for the add-on, here you change the “extensions.secureLogin@blueimp.net.autoLogin” value to “true” by double-clicking it. In this way the username and password saved by you would be automatically used by “secure login” to login to your ADL account.

Step 4: Open the ADL login page (mine is “https://mwcp-tvm-02.adlkerala.com:8001/”) and type in your username & password to login. Secure login will check if you want it to remember the password, say Yes! (This method works even without the secure login add-on, however, I found secure login to be useful and makes life all the more easier)

Step 5: Download and install the Firefox add-in “Reload Every” –> http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/

Step 6: After installing Reload Every navigate to the ADL login address, secure login will automatically log you in. Now using the Reload Every, you can simply “refresh” the login, i.e., you can set Firefox to send the same information again after a specified time-interval (I prefer 5 mins)

Note: When activated, Reload Every immediately asks whether you would like to resend info (click on RESEND). Unlike other WebPages being refreshed, when refreshing the login page of ADL, you are asking Firefox to resend your Login info (POST DATA). Thus, Reload Every checks back (after the initial time interval specified by you, 5 min in my case), whether you are ok with this. Once you click on YES, it will work perfectly fine from then on.

Step 7: Reload Every fails sometimes if it does not get enough bandwidth/memory allocation. Thus to ensure that it works smoothly, set your max download speed to a little less than your actual max. speed. For example I have a max. speed of 29-30 kbps for downloads. So in my Bit Torrent client, I set a max download speed of “25 kBps”. This ensures that Reload Every works perfectly fine and I am never disconnected.

Ever wondered how to share your EVDO connection with multiple users using WiFi? This can be easily done using an EVDO Wireless Router.

The USB modem will be connected to the device as shown in the images. No software or drivers are necessary. The router will directly dial and establish the connection which you can access from your laptop using WIFi.

The problem with EVDO is that the signal may not be strong everywhere thereby reducing the speed. You can position this device at a location where the signal is great for example in the balcony and access the internet at good speeds from anywhere in the house.

Now this product is available in India for a price of Rs 4999 for the HM-432R model and Rs 5499 for the second HM-433R portable model which can be powered directly from your laptop’s USB port.

You can also purchase it from eBay US for a much lower price but you won’t get the warranty or support. I will be ordering one from eBay US, will post once I receive it.

This giveaway is now over, I only had few keys and have already given it to few of the people who have posted here. Sorry.

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All you have to do is leave a comment and one of you will get the key.

Today I got an invite for Google Wave ( Registered for the invite in June!!! ) Anyway now I have few invites that I can give away.

So if you want an invite leave a comment with the answers to these small questions. I will select 2 people and send you an invite soon.

Here are the questions

1. Why do you need a Google Wave Account?
2. How did you come to know about this blog?

So keep posting your comments and get yourself a free Google Wave Invite.

Here are the drivers for the TATA Photon ZTE AC 8710 USB Modem. Although the drivers in a CD along with the modem, this is for people who have misplaced or damaged the CD.

The driver works fine with Windows 7, Vista, XP etc and can also be used with the ZTE AC 8700 which is provided by BSNL for their EVDO Data Card.

Download Now

Note : Please check the latest article for updated instructions.

Asianet Dataline is an ISP which operates in Kerala. They now provide free night time usage from 2 AM to 6 AM for Plans WOW 249, Homenet 475, Homenet 950 and Homenet 1500.

ADL uses a web based login system so we need to automatically login at 2 AM to start the downloads. For that two softwares are required, and they are

• A good scheduler like JIT Scheduler ( Download )
• Curl which is used to automate the login process ( Download )

First extract the curl-adl.zip which you can download from the above link. After that edit the file curl1.bat using Notepad and enter your username and password. If your login URL is different please edit the IP too.

curl  -d “username=username&password=password “http://10.129.0.13/24online/servlet/CyberoamHTTPClient

Also install the JIT Scheduler from the link above.

Now open JIT Scheduler and click the ‘New’ task button on top and enter the details as shown in the images below to login automatically at the specified time. Also repeat the process every 5 minutes incase you are automatically logged out by the system.

Now create another task to shutdown the system at 6 AM. Do as shown in the images below.

The above process will automate the login and logout process. Now you need to use a download manager like Flashget to download the files and you can use the inbuilt scheduler in Flashget to start the downloads at 2 AM and stop at 6 AM.

If you are using torrents, µTorrent also has an option to schedule the downloads. You can find the option in Preferences.

If you are facing any problem please leave a comment.

UPDATE : I have posted the new instructions for configuring the automatic login thanks to Vasu d’ evan’s comment!