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Fred De Condappa
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Establishing a connection

Hi all,
I just started using WCG about 3 months ago and I run it on my desktop and my laptop which I use for work.
The desktop is fine but I have an issue with connecting to the Internet on my laptop.
I use the laptop at my work place and I am connected to the net here and can access most stuff but BOINC cannot establish a connection. Checking my network connection, everything is set to automatic and I have to use a proxy URL for firefox and IE and that is it.

So, why can I not connect? At the moment, I am having to take my laptop home every few days to get new tasks. I would prefer not to.

Sorry if there is a simple fix to this, I am not very computer literate and I am confused.

Thanks,

Fred

[Feb 3, 2011 4:12:11 AM]

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Re: Establishing a connection

Please next time in office and the client refusing to connect, do open the BOINC manager > Messages tab and copy them all from the top. and paste them in your next reply. Proxies and BOINC are not friends because there is a secure connection to be established (only for WCG).

There are some proxy settings in the "options" screen of the advanced menu (client 6.10.58 and before), but of course you need to have the proxy info to complete the fields correctly.

ttyl

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[Feb 3, 2011 9:27:21 AM]

Fred De Condappa
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Re: Establishing a connection

Thanks a lot SekeRob,
I will do that when I am back at work.

[Feb 3, 2011 10:10:11 AM]

Fred De Condappa
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Re: Establishing a connection

I am using version 6.10.58 of the Boinc manager
At the moment, I don't specifiy a proxy in my internet connections, but I have to use an automatic proxy configuration URL in the form http://proxy/proxyxxxx.pac

Here are those messages

04/02/2011 08:43:59 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_intelx86
04/02/2011 08:43:59 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Running under account Fred
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Genuine Intel(R) CPU T1300 @ 1.66GHz [Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8]
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Processor: 2.00 MB cache
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pni nx vmx tm2 pbe
04/02/2011 08:43:59 OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Memory: 2.99 GB physical, 4.83 GB virtual
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Disk: 149.04 GB total, 107.64 GB free
04/02/2011 08:43:59 Local time is UTC +9 hours
04/02/2011 08:43:59 No usable GPUs found
04/02/2011 08:44:00 World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 1389792; resource share 100
04/02/2011 08:44:00 World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 11-Nov-2010 18:34:19)
04/02/2011 08:44:00 World Community Grid Computer location: work
04/02/2011 08:44:00 General prefs: using separate prefs for work
04/02/2011 08:44:00 Reading preferences override file
04/02/2011 08:44:00 Preferences:
04/02/2011 08:44:00 max memory usage when active: 1531.02MB
04/02/2011 08:44:00 max memory usage when idle: 2755.84MB
04/02/2011 08:44:00 max disk usage: 10.00GB
04/02/2011 08:44:00 (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
04/02/2011 08:44:01 Using proxy info from GUI
04/02/2011 08:44:01 Not using a proxy
04/02/2011 08:44:01 Suspending computation - initial delay
04/02/2011 08:44:01 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 08:44:01 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 08:44:22 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:44:22 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 08:44:22 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:44:22 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 08:44:22 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430310200511291027_0_0
04/02/2011 08:44:22 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430340200511291026_1_0
04/02/2011 08:44:30 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
04/02/2011 08:44:43 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430310200511291027_0_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:44:43 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430310200511291027_0_0
04/02/2011 08:44:43 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430340200511291026_1_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:44:43 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430340200511291026_1_0
04/02/2011 08:44:52 BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration.
04/02/2011 08:45:43 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 08:45:43 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 08:46:00 World Community Grid Restarting task faah13919_ZINC31889887_xEyeSiteXtl5NI_01_0 using faah version 607
04/02/2011 08:46:05 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:46:05 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 08:46:05 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:46:05 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 08:50:48 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 08:50:48 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 08:51:10 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:51:10 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 08:51:10 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 08:51:10 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 09:36:43 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 09:36:43 World Community Grid Started upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0
04/02/2011 09:37:05 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 09:37:05 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430096200511291031_0_0
04/02/2011 09:37:05 World Community Grid Temporarily failed upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0: connect() failed
04/02/2011 09:37:05 World Community Grid Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of X0000061430112200511291030_1_0

[Feb 4, 2011 1:36:29 AM]

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Re: Establishing a connection

I was wondering if anyone can help me on this.
I would really appreciate it.

On a side note, it would avoid the following. I went home a few days ago and got some new projects and then left my laptop running at work for 5 days.
I didn't realise that I had been given some high priority work units that took me 70 hours to crunch but needed to be in by the 11th. Now I doubt I will get the points for that.

[Feb 14, 2011 6:17:53 AM]

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Re: Establishing a connection

I have to use an automatic proxy configuration URL in the form http://proxy/proxyxxxx.pac

04/02/2011 08:44:01 Using proxy info from GUI
04/02/2011 08:44:01 Not using a proxy

Sounds like you need to configure Boinc to use your works proxy server.
If your system automatically detects these then you will probably have to contact your systems administrator and get the settings. Look in your browser to see if the settings are visible.

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[Feb 14, 2011 9:04:10 AM]

Fred De Condappa
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Re: Establishing a connection

Ok, so this what I have for settings in my network connection and my browser.

I have ticked the box for using a HTTP proxy and entered the pac address. What do I do with the port? Ihave it as 0 but I still can't connect.
Would this have anything to do with it?
Sorry if this is such a simple question, but I am not very computer savvy.

[Feb 15, 2011 1:52:08 AM]

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Re: Establishing a connection

Hi again,

Plz tell or look inside BOINC Manager > Advanced Menu > Options > HTTP Proxy and Socks Proxy. The log suggests something is entered there:

04/02/2011 08:44:01 Using proxy info from GUI

Normally 6.10.58 will, if that's your client version, try to auto-configure a proxy though. In *Help* there are 1 or more articles on proxy configuration for BOINC and I think there's discussion somewhere on the forums on a proxy url.

ttyl

[Feb 15, 2011 6:43:39 AM]

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Re: Establishing a connection

Try port 80 or 8080, but it could be any port; a specific proxy setting.

[Feb 15, 2011 12:34:18 PM]

Fred De Condappa
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Re: Establishing a connection

Try port 80 or 8080, but it could be any port; a specific proxy setting.

OMG OMG. I love you! love struck

I put pot 8080 in and it worked. I am so happy now.

Now to go about installing WCG on other computers at work!

Thank you all soo much for helping me out.

Fred

[Feb 15, 2011 11:34:26 PM]

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