The invention provides a download method and a download system based on a home gateway, and the home gateway, and the home gateway, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a download request message, including the document address and the document name of at least one document to be downloaded, sent by a user terminal is received by the home gateway; if the downlink data in the network access process does not appear within the preset time of a first downlink channel used for performing the network access, the document corresponding to the document address and the document name is downloaded through the first downlink channel, and the downloading of the document is stopped until the downlink data occur on the first downlink channel. Through the download method and the download system based on the home gateway, and the home gateway provided by the invention, the document can be downloaded through the home gateway when the user terminal does not perform the network access, thereby the network bandwidth is more fully and reasonably utilized, the download in the prior art when the user terminal performs the network access is avoided; and the occupation of a large quantity of bandwidths can influence the normal network access business of a user.