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Newbie to RC5...Help

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BChico

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I downloaded the zipped client and it works fine on two of my computers, why does it download OGR and RC5, can you set it only to do RC5, well on my third computer it dosent download RC5 packets, any ideas?
 
There is a way to only request RC5 packets (although the OGRers here would still want you to do both if possible... 😉). The work is assigned randomly between the 2 projects when both are left enabled.

In the config, you would need to change your project priority to be:

RC5,OGR=0,DES=0,CSC=0

That is, choose:

Option #2 - "Buffer and Buffer update options"
Option #9 - "Load-work precedence"

And change it there.
 
BChico,
In your DNETC.INI file the following controls the project you work on:
[buffers]
frequent-threshold-checks=3

[misc]
project-priority=DES=0,CSC=0,RC5,OGR

The above two entries will cause the client to do RC5.

 
Hey BChico, welcome to the distributed computing field! Are you planning to join Team AnandTech? If so, welcome to the Team. 🙂
 
Yes, I second Joe O proposition. This way, if RC5 is finished then the client will automaticaly switch to OGR. With Poof's proposition it will continue crunching random RC5 packets even if the project is completed.
BTW, if it's your personnal machine then it's not difficult to manually switch and the two solutions are good. If it's a distant machine, Joe O's solution is the best.

Welcome to the TeAm ! 🙂 😀 😎
 
BChico,
Sounds like you haven't completed some work units yet. If you are wanting to do RC5, then stop the client (dnetc -shutdown from the command line), change the dnetc.ini file as Joe O suggested, delete the current buff-in.ogr, then restart the client. It should start up with RC5 work units. Let it process and flush the completed work units to distributed.net.

Wait 24 hours, then go Here and enter your email addy, and it should pull up your personal stats page. Go to the bottom and click on the "Mail Me My Password" link and your DNET password will be emailed to you.

Then go here to join Team Anandtech: Join Team Anandtech

Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "I want to join this team" link, and follow the instructions. you will need your email addy used in the dnet client and your dnet password.

Welcome to the Team! 😀
 
OK, thanks, i will have 3 comps running on it a dual Pii 400, Piii 866, and piii 1.0ghz, hope it helps...
 
Engineer,
You better watch it, I've got my one good eye on you 😛

/me waves his cane in what he hopes is a threatening manner.

😉
 
The program wants to connect to the internet everytime it finishes a packet how can i change it so it only connects when i want it to?
 
BChico - in the dnet.ini file, you can set the line "fetch-workunit-threshold=" to the number of hours you want it to run before trying to connect... If you set it for say 12 hours, it should approx. your crack rate and download enough units to crack during that time...
 
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