quick question on RC5

[zzzz]

I having been running seti@home and I am going out of town for a month, so can I run RC5 for a month and then return all the results at once?
Thanks

 

[Russ]

ZZZZ,

Yes, but you'll need to make sure you buffer enough blocks to keep the cow from munching randoms. What CPU are you running?

Russ, NCNE

 

[Russ]

Damn forum!

 

[dennilfloss]

Hahaha! Russ is too quick on the trigger!

 

[dennilfloss]

Hahaha! Russ is too quick on the trigger!

[edit]Damn forum! [/edit]

 

[jinsonxu]

I've a question though, if using cable, wouldn't the client download the other WUs to fill the buffer after it has processed all the WU and uploaded them all? If so, how would it process randoms?

 

[Russ]

Yes, that's correct. But, since he won't be there to correct a connect problem, it's a good idea to be safe.

Russ, NCNE

 

[zzzz]

using a duron 600@1000..
I will try to install in tonight...
thanks..

 

[Russ]

zzzz,

A months worth of blocks for that puppy (assuming it's only doing RC5) would be about 33K.

Russ, NCNE

 

[JHutch]

33K???? D@mn!!!

All I want for Christmas is an unlocked Duron! Could someone talk to Santa for me? I've been a good little crack-addict! I swear!

JHutch

 

[narzy]

russ can you download that many blocks?

 

[Russ]

Narzy,

You bet. Just set the fetch/flush threshold at that level. If, for some reason, the dnet client won't allow it, you could always use use Polo's great little proggy, Sneaky

Russ, NCNE

 

[zzzz]

I installed dnet and configured it according to paulsons tutorial to get RC5 Wu's for 100 hours. now when I try to fetch work it says
input buffers are closed or project is full..
whats going on?

 

[sciencewhiz]

zzzz, (thats what I feel like doing right now )

The dnet program can't buffer more than 500 packets (I think). Each packet can contain different amounts of work-units (anywhere from 1 to 32). by my calculations, a 1000 mhz duron would need 4500 work units to buffer 100 hours worth. This means that each packet would have to average 10 workunits. About the only way to do this is to request the largest packet size. To do this, open the configuration screen in the client and select option 2 and then option 12. Set the value to 33. This means request 2^33 key packets which equals 32 work units.

It is still possible to get smaller packets than this. So, if you had already done this, or if you did this and it didn't help, you need sneaky (get from Russ' link above). Sneaky will allow you to get more than 500 packets into your buff-in file.