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Dropbox not allowing me to download
so, for almost a year now I've been having a problem with dropbox where it does not allow me to download anything directly from the site, I would have to save the file I want to download in my dropbo...
Hi E-Dragon,
Changing URL since you hit Enter in address line till moment actual file gets download is something normal. That's part of redirection process Dropbox uses.
Actual trouble seems DNS problems (i.e. your ISP service DNS can't resolve all domain associated IP addresses). Try change your DNS server in use with Google's someone for example. This change can do the trick for you. Possible servers, which could be used freely, are "8.8.8.8" or "8.8.4.4". To be sure you have access, open a terminal and type there:
ping 8.8.8.8 ping 8.8.4.4
Change your system network setting uses those server(s) which respond properly.
Good luck!
Lusil (edited reply to add the tag cause it didn't seem to pick up your name the first time) clearing cache doesn't seem to be doing the trick here
also, I might have worded things a little bit wrong
what I meant is pretty much that dl=1 is not doing what it's supposed to do which is instantly download like you just said, but just gives me a "this site can't be reached" chrome page error thingy
this is what I get when I open a redirected link from youtube and changing the dl=0 when the tab is open will not give me the dropbox site with the file where I can just click download
and here is just a simple link that leads to the page where I can hit the download button but
so this link leads somewhere but I can't download from it, and if I try to make it dl=1
I hope these screenshots will help
Lusil
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