wierd seti problem

[magneto125]

I've been runnin seti for awhile now and i just hit a hundred wu's and all of a sudden both my comps
say 0 wu's completed when i try to transmit......what gives? And i can't connect either....it just sits there and
does nothin.

 

[Poof]

If you're connecting directly to Berkeley, then you're hitting a peak traffic period on their network right now. It sounds like you uploaded okay but lost the connection to download (and downloading brings an updated user_info.sah file with it that contains your updated stats, along with a new WU). You might want to consider a WU caching program if you don't already use one.

 

[magneto125]

I use seti driver....I think it is a caching prog? Isn't it? I know I got it setup to download like 20 work units so I
can crunch on them.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[JHutch]

Yeah, like Poof said, it is just a temporary result of the flaky connection to the SETI servers. It isn't getting the information it needs to properly display you total completed work units. Don't worry though, it is all still in the main server database and it'll fix itself later.

JHutch

 

[Poof]

I use seti driver....I think it is a caching prog? Isn't it? I know I got it setup to download like 20 work units so I can crunch on them.

Yes, Setidriver is a caching program. However Setidriver relies on the client's timing for connecting in order to upload/download. There's no "automatic" way to shift the time for trying to connect to Berkeley using Setidriver, to some low network usage time period. You'd basically have to do that manually (stopping/starting transmit at the time you want - ie., early a.m. PST).

JWMiddleton just posted a thread here that has a link to the latest from Berkeley. They have noted the sudden lack of connections since yesterday and give some explanations as to why.