Barrie wrote:Ahh, mine says "remove" rather than "detach", but is greyed out anyway.
The error is as above :
10/11/2011 13:07:58 | World Community Grid | update requested by user
10/11/2011 13:08:00 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
10/11/2011 13:08:00 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA GPU
10/11/2011 13:08:01 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request failed: HTTP error 0
It was working fine, and is still working fine on my other PC, so maybe a local firewall issue...
Hi Barrie,
I've just caught the end of this "tale" so, I thought I'd put my two-pennarth in...
1) If your PC and this "other" PC share the same router connection, then I doubt it is a firewall issue in the router.....which implies it might be down to some security/firewall software on the specific PC - so, as a check, I'd disable these and then give it another go.
2) It could be that a specific port (required to upload/download project data) is blocked, either by security/anti-virus software or an issue with the networking protocols on the PC itself. If you have access to the router admin page, you can use your "other" PC to monitor the ports used when the "other" PC contacts a project.
Then all you need do is to fire up this PC and monitor what happens to the port accesses....
3) Port 80 is used for web browsers, so accessing the website is no guarantee that you can upload/download stuff, as they will use different "ports".....
You can download free network monitoring software that shows you directly (in a small windowed screen) what is happening, in real time, with your ports....this might help you to figure this out, *IF* 1) and 2) haven't worked....if I can remember the right software, I'll update this thread with a URL link....
UPDATE: Try this Windows software (it's free !!)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html
Once it's running, and you set the Menu command "Options> Auto Refresh > Every 1 Second", then you can monitor your ports.
Then start up BOINC Manager and then once it's got going, click on the WCG in the "Projects" tab and then quickly switch windows to the CurrPorts window.
WCG uses port 80 for normal use and port 443, when it communicates for data....so, you are looking in the "Remote Host Name" for "grid.worldcommunitygrid.org".
Also: If you can use the Windows Command Prompt, then try the command:
ping 198.20.8.241
and see if it returns any results....
regards
Tim