F@H disconnects my DSL when trying to send work units

[glc]

This is starting to drive me nuts. More often than not, my DSL disconnects when F@H is trying to send completed work units. It's not dropping sync, it's disconnecting my PPPoE session. Details:

AT&T DSL
Modem: Actiontec bridge modem
Router: WRT54G v2, DD-WRT mini v23 SP2

XP, E8400, console client 5.04, 2 instances
Win7, E4700, console client 6.23, 2 instances

I do not get disconnects doing any other kind of uploads - FTP, email, AIM. It tries port 8080, disconnects, then tries port 80, disconnects, gives up till later, then same stuff all over again till it finally sends. Client.cfg files below.

XP core 1:

[settings]
username=glcpcmech
team=13761
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1
local=529

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no

[clienttype]
type=3

XP core 2:

[settings]
username=glcpcmech
team=13761
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=2
local=531

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no

[clienttype]
type=3

Win7 core 1:

[settings]
username=glcpcmech
team=13761
passkey=
asknet=no
machineid=1
local=21

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no

[clienttype]
type=3

[core]
addr=

Win7 core 2:

[settings]
username=glcpcmech
team=13761
passkey=
asknet=no
machineid=2
local=24

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no

[clienttype]
type=3

[core]
addr=

I don't know if my old single core machine is doing it too, because it's running a single GUI client. The Win7 box seems to be doing it a lot more than the XP box. They are both running the clients as services.

[Khalil]

I wonder if it you need to create a pinhole in the firewall built into the router. I had to do that when I setup the farm at home. I got the info on the F@H forum.

[glc]

Why would that disconnect PPPoE? It's not getting blocked because it eventually sends.

[MaxRat]

I do NOT put any faith in the Actiontec modem.....Verizon is giving those ouyt and I have burned up 2 of them...

I had to set the MTU to 1492 to even keep it from over heating and needing a hard reset...

as far as i am concerned those are crap at best...

I have NO issue with my DSL dropping sending WUs home...I have 6 PCs folding and 8 running total and those 2 are online gaming (monster-in-law) so I would hear 1st hand of any dropping (EverQuest) and I have no logs of dropping....

you might want to question the modem or try another one if you can...I'll bet it may not be liking the extra load...

and I have not had to forward any ports for folding at all...either in the routher (Dlink 704P) or in the OS...

[glc]

I have several modems around here, and the Actiontec works better than any of the rest of them. The Broadxent Broadband Blasters and Westell C90's I have here drop sync a lot more often than the Actiontec. F@H is not causing it to drop sync, it's disconnecting the PPPoE session. This is not the same model that Verizon gives out, it's a straight bridge modem. It's a ED800TA, part of the old AOL DSL kits. MTU is manually set to 1492 in the router. I can upload large files with FTP or AIM with no problem, at full advertised speed.

[Force Flow]

Maybe DD-WRT is contributing to the issue?

[MaxRat]

not sure g...

I checked my code and it looks just like yours....

[glc]

Oh well - the XP box is pretty much cooperating now, but the Win 7 box is hopeless. Both cores now have several work units in queue that refuse to send, and it still disconnects when trying. The Win 7 box is just a mobo sitting on the table anyway and I have decided that I cannot stand Win 7, so I took it offline. Maybe I'll put Linux on it and play with it.

[DSCHIEF]

Don't know if it's of any use to you, but I've been running with a Siemens Speedstream 4100. for over a year now with barely a hick-up. It's being fed 4 Linux SMP clients along with 4 GPU Clients. I've witnessed concurrent uploads of 2 SMP clients.
with no trouble. things do slow down though.