Recent content by gib

LANMAN, we may be misunderstanding each other a bit, so let me clarify what I meant. As far as I know, the bandwidth issues that that the provider experienced were not the, "Oops, we maxed out our bandwidth. Too bad we didn't plan ahead and buy more sooner," kind of problems. They...

In response to LANMAN's post, I don't think the current problems are distributed.net's fault. Their infrastructure is the most redundant and robust of any distributed computing endeavor to date. However, even the best laid plans can be thwarted by circumstances beyond ones control. As I am...

A couple thoughts and suggestions: If you are cracking RC5 on a pre-G4 Mac, you may want to consider going back to an older version of the client. The new client doesn't have very good yielding code, and as a result is slower than the old clients. (Yes, I know the idea of yielding code is...

The other folks here are right. Your version of Stuffit Expander is not recent enough to understand the newest .sit format. However, there are other options. You should be able to download the newest Stuffit Expander in .hqx format which the older version does understand. That way you can...

The file you download from distributed.net is called "dnetc-macos-ppc.sit." This will be decompressed with Stuffit Expander. The result will be a folder called "distributed.net PPC Client." Inside this folder will be the dnetc client. Double clicking this should bring up...

As far I my understanding goes, you don't need to fiddle with any such setting on the Mac client. It essentially always runs in an internet connection lurk mode, so to speak. Thus, if it is installed on a computer with an always on connection, the client effectively runs in "online...

Bummer. Too bad I wasn't reading the forums a couple hours ago. Anyhow, thanks for following up, even if it was bad news. :)

Russ, If no one on Team AnandTech wants them, might you considering waiving the 'must be a memeber of TA' requirement? Though I don't actually crack for AnandTech, I've been lurking this messageboard since just after the team was formed. I've even posted a few times with (I think) useful...