axelrc

# By default some status messages about the download are printed. You can
# disable this by setting this one to zero.
verbose = 1

# If you don't like the wget-alike interface, you can set this to 1 to get
# a scp-alike interface.
alternate_output = 1

# You can set the maximum number of connections Axel will try to set up
# here. There's a value precompiled in the program too, setting this too
# high requires recompilation. PLEASE respect FTP server operators and other
# users: Don't set this one too high!!! 4 is enough in most cases.
num_connections = 5