FAH as a service and dial-up

[enhanced08]

will it still work to set folding as a service if you have only 1 phone line and dial-up internet? what i'm asking is i'm not online 24/7 so will setting it to a service still work?

[Force Flow]

Yes, it will still work. F@H only need internet access for submitting and recieving WU's. That's only after a WU has been completed.

[Kov-Ice]

Each client also has a queue of up to 10 completed folds. You may want to use EMIII to monitor your clients, as it will tell you how many each client has in queue.

I don't know how easy it is to interact with clients when they are run as a service. I find with my dial-up I have to manually restart clients with a connection already made to get them to send their info sometimes. I have to turn EMIII off on the computer making the connection, as it automatically shuts down the connection when the second frame of a protein has been reached. This is usually before the results have been completely sent...

[enhanced08]

ok, thanks for the info guys. i decided not to run it as a service anyway.

[Kov-Ice]

I think it's probably better to just use the console versions. You could always use Hide-It or Tray-It to get rid of the box on your task bar if that's a consideration. It would still be easy to get back into the programs and manipulate them as needed. EMIII's still a good idea if you're not using it yet.

[enhanced08]

i do use EMII and its great. but is there some way to have it on one machine and be able to see other box's on other machines over a network other than putting the folding@home folder in the sharded docs folder or by sharring the F@H folder? or is that the only 2 ways?

[mikezel]

In EMIII, go into options, then click on the browse button next to the "box path" field. You can browse for your clients on other boxes in the network. Then just assign a name to the box and the CPU, and it should display for you.

Mike

[enhanced08]

yes, but you have to have the folder shared or the other computer wont see it. either that or share the whole HDD.

[lil Jimmie]

Yes, you have to share the folder and I don't think there is anyway around it, but don't share the HDD only the F@H folder.

[enhanced08]

i thought so. is there a way to hide the folding folder? i have a few younger bro's and sis's and they like to delete and mess up stuff on the computer lol. can i maybe lock it or put a password on it?

[lil Jimmie]

If you hide it EM won't see it also if there is a password you will have to logon with a password to access the folders on the network, but that is how I have mine. I'm running XP on all with set permissions on the folders so that only I or the true admin can make any changes to the folder.

[enhanced08]

o ok, well i don't want to have to go into all that, i'll just make sure no one goes into the folders, but thanks for the info.