Fast and Efficient ? WebClient or FtpWebRequest

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Hi,

Which of the following method to retrieve a file from server is fast and efficient ?

1- FtpWebRequest
2- WebClient

Thanks for your time.

Regards.

Posted 21-Nov-13 5:10am

Umer Asif

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Ron Beyer · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21T05:22:00

They are both limited by network speed and YOUR handling of the stream. On top of that, FtpWebRequest can only get data from FTP's, and web request can only get them from a web server (http), so which one you use depends on where the file is located more than speed.

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Both FtpWebRequest and WebClient.DownloadFile use the same underlying class to download data from the internet, WebRequest. So both methods are exactly the same after the transfer starts.