RC-5 64bit

[M. A. Dockter]

PC Mechanic stll has a RC5-64 team. You can view the stats @ http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/...hp3?team=13738

Anyone wanna make an Tutorial on how to join the team? I'll post it on your main page and put your name in lights! (pretty HTML colors)

[Jomama]

Where can I get more info on the RC5-64 effort. What it is,etc.

[M. A. Dockter]

http://www.distributed.net/rc5/

[Byte 2.0]

Dok, just wondering, can you make a small link in this forum only for each group. That could bring more attension to the RC5 Group. I am going to install the RC5 and see how it runs on my machine....

If I need some help with setting it up I will yell for you...If I don't have any problems and If I get enought time this week I will see if I can bang out a page for it, if no one else does and will then email you the HTML code, this time it will have the quote marks

[HAL9000]

Keep in mind that you can run SETI and RC5 at the same time, but it appears that SETI takes precidence over RC5 and really slows down the RC5 calculations while SETI doesn't seem to suffer at all.

[mhayes]

The RC5 Client is a breeze and hey, we could win some cash.

I have it running on a few machines some of which I have forgotten.............Oh well, who can catch me?

[Byte 2.0]

mhayes or Dok can you give me directions on setting up the RC5 program....I want to try it on my 800 mhz T-Bird

I really just can't get joined, if I could find the join, or new account I believe I could get joined in your group.

[Edited by byte on 10-11-2000 at 11:17 PM]

[mosquito]

It's simple, download the client, install it. Configure the options (especially email address), let it run for a day (make sure blocks are sent to server) then check your e-mail on http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/

You have to wait one day before you are in the database. Once you are registred, you can let the system send you your password (to the e-mail address you used during the setup) by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

When you received your password, click "edit your information" (you have to supply e-mail and password. this will make a cookie on your system).

When you want to join a team, go to the stats page of the team and click join.

that's it.

check http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/...php3?id=259855 to see my stats

[mosquito]

the more technical explanation.

download the zipfile

unzip the files to a folder (doesn't matter where, you only need dnetc.com and dnetc.exe)

start command prompt ("start", "run", "cmd" in WinNT, "command" in Win9x)
go to folder where you unzipped the files.

create an ini file ("dnetc.ini") with the following code (replace e-mail)

[parameters]
id=fdv_finarch@flashmail.com
frequent=0
nofallback=1
[rc5]
preferred-blocksize=33
randomprefix=163
fetch-threshold=500
flush-threshold=500

then run "dnetc -install" this will install the client on your machine.
to really start the client do
for WinNT/2K "net start dnetc"
for Win9x "dnetc -svcstart"

this way the client is installed as a service.

to flush and fetch new blocks, do dnetc -update. This way you receive new work units to process, and the results are sent to server.

all configurations can also be done by double-clicking on the dnetc.exe file.

to check your stats go to http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64 and enter your email-address in the "Participant Stats" search box. You will see the processed blocks below

[mhayes]

Don't forget to join our team. Hey Mosquito why aren't you on our team?

Once you are signed up and have your password go here http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/...hp3?team=13738 and click "I want to join this team".

[mosquito]

hehe, ok, ok you got me, I'll join.

[Byte 2.0]

I can't find the sign up section. I downloaded the client, I put in my email address and it run the first one of the 24 units in about 1 minute...Then it hung on the second one...

I have been all over the website, I can not find out how to sign up and get a user name and password, what am I missing?

[mosquito]

you have to wait until the stats are processed. (it happens overnight).
Once the stats are processed (on the distributed.net server) you will have an account (identified by your email address as specified when you installed the client)

[mhayes]

Wow! , welcome aboard Mosquito! you've crunched me in a single day. I guess it's time to fire up a few labs.......

[mosquito]

I'll check if I can find some extra idle clients. (we have to keep those processors hot. )

[Byte 2.0]

I am still not showing up in the PCMECH team I did turn One in a couple of days ago using my byte@pcmech.com address, however I can't find anything that I have turned in....

Any ideas???

[mosquito]

Did you enter your email address in the first input box on
http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/?

If so, check if you flushed the blocks you processed. Check your logfile if you got one. if don't have a logfile type "dnetc.exe -config" and enter a logfile or use "dnetc.exe -l log.txt".
check in the logfile for lines like this.

[Oct 18 11:18:57 UTC] Sent 1 packet (1 work unit) to server.

If there is a line like this from the day before, you should be able to find your email-address in the stats pages.

If you don't have a line like that try "dnetc.exe -update" that should flush the blocks.


For ease of use, you can automate the updating of the buffers by using one of the following options.

If you have a modem use "dnetc.exe -lurkonly", this way the buffers will be updated automatically when a modem connection is detected.
If you have a permanent connection, use "dnetc.exe -frequent". This will update your buffers when there is something processed.