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spencer

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I used it to fetch some blocks for a Pentium 166 that has no internet connection and there was a space to type in the size of blocks to download, I left it at the default of 00 cause I don't have a clue about block sizes. Do I need to type in a block size or will the default work fine?

 
you would want to type in about 200 blocks for a 166, that would take it about 3 days i think, i dont remember what mine got, but if you leave it at 00, it could get a small number, then you have to do a lot of disk swapping to keep it from running out of blocks
 
Ya, I set it for 200 packets to download. I just don't know what I need to type in for the size. I guess it's not that big of a deal cause it's crunching on some blocks right now so whatever I did, it must have worked.
 
00 stands for the actual size set in your DNETC.INI.
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[rc5]
preferred-blocksize=31
---------------
If not set, the client uses the default size.
You can indicate another size to fetch some packets for another machine. It's to allow you to fetch 2^33 packets on machine actually crunching 2^31 blocks.
2^28 packet = 1 WU
2^29 packet contains 2 WU
2^30 packet contains 4 WU
2^31 packet contains 8 WU
2^32 packet contains 16 WU
2^33 packet contains 32 WU

Larger packet takes longer to compute. The size of the packet is the same, regardless of the number of WU it contains --> 124 bytes. So using larger block allows you to download less and helps the proxy that you're flushing at, because there is less traffic and less log. Logfile on a proxy can be very huge. Using a large packet (2^32 or 2^33) is recommended when using Mika's PProxy.

Hope this helps. If not, feel free to ask for more. 😉
 
How would I change my packet size with this edit my randomeprefix=??

[parameters]
id=xxxxxxx@.xxxxx.net

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

[triggers]
restart-on-config-file-change=yes
exit-flag-filename=

[rc5]
fetch-time-threshold=6
randomprefix=239

[networking]
autofindkeyserver=no
keyserver=mika.dhs.org
 
[rc5]
preferred-blocksize=33



Another thing you'll want to change is from mika.dhs.org to something else, because Mika has stated that he won't be supporting it for that much longer....
 
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