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Dougiebabe2003

Dougiebabe2003

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Hi,

Might be a dumb question but is there a program like Fahmon for Seti@Home?

Only wondering as I have a few pc's linked that I can't always check so being able to check them from my main PC would be a bonus.

Not a killer if there isn't but would be nice.

The only prog I could find is Seti@Boincwatch but this didn't seem to do what Fahmon does and crashed before I could even set it up.

Cheers in advance, Doug.
 
I use BoincView, which offers the same functions as the standard BOINC Manager but with the added bonus of being able to add all your networked PCs for viewing.
 
TheTross said:
I use BoincView, which offers the same functions as the standard BOINC Manager but with the added bonus of being able to add all your networked PCs for viewing.
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This looks exactly like what I was looking for... except i'm to dumb to understand it lol:D

I got my main PC working on it but don't understand how to add more.

It said something about not communicating on port 31416.

Any help or a link to a guide would be very welcome.

Thanks very much, Doug.
 
Ok, here goes :D

1. Open the Locations setup and click Add Location. Give it a name.

2. To add a remote PC, choose the 'Get data via network access' option. The Hostname or IP address and BOINC password text boxes then become enabled. Enter the IP address or (better) the hostname of the PC you're adding. Now this is where it gets a little awkward...

3. Each PC has its own 'BOINC password' that must be entered within BOINCView. Within the BOINC folder on each PC there should be a file called gui_rpc_auth.cfg - this file contains the BOINC password for that particular client on that particular host. Open the file using wordpad, notepad or some other text editor, write the string inside it down on a bit of paper or whatever and enter that string as the BOINC password within BOINCView. If there isn't a gui_rpc_auth.cfg file in the BOINC folder on the remote PC, create one and write any password in it (one line only), then use that in BOINCView.

4. Also within the BOINC folder, you'll need to create a file called remote_hosts.cfg. This tells BOINCView that it has access rights to that remote PC, and simply needs to contain the hostname of that PC (I also add the hostname of the main PC to it, on a separate line, but I don't know if that's necessary).

5. Once you've entered the relevant hostname and BOINC password for that location in BOINCView, click Close. Hopefully you'll have just successfully added a remote host to BOINCView, and should be able to see all the work that that PC has on it for all the BOINC projects it's attached to.

6. Repeat 1-5 for each PC you want to add.

It sounds more complicated than it is, really! It's just getting the remote_hosts.cfg sorted and inputting the correct BOINC password for each PC that's the slightly tricky part, but there's not much to it. Give me a shout if you need any further help sorting it :)
 
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TheTross said:
Ok, here goes :D

1. Open the Locations setup and click Add Location. Give it a name.

2. To add a remote PC, choose the 'Get data via network access' option. The Hostname or IP address and BOINC password text boxes then become enabled. Enter the IP address or (better) the hostname of the PC you're adding. Now this is where it gets a little awkward...

3. Each PC has its own 'BOINC password' that must be entered within BOINCView. Within the BOINC folder on each PC there should be a file called gui_rpc_auth.cfg - this file contains the BOINC password for that particular client on that particular host. Open the file using wordpad, notepad or some other text editor, write the string inside it down on a bit of paper or whatever and enter that string as the BOINC password within BOINCView. If there isn't a gui_rpc_auth.cfg file in the BOINC folder on the remote PC, create one and write any password in it (one line only), then use that in BOINCView.

4. Also within the BOINC folder, you'll need to create a file called remote_hosts.cfg. This tells BOINCView that it has access rights to that remote PC, and simply needs to contain the hostname of that PC (I also add the hostname of the main PC to it, on a separate line, but I don't know if that's necessary).

5. Once you've entered the relevant hostname and BOINC password for that location in BOINCView, click Close. Hopefully you'll have just successfully added a remote host to BOINCView, and should be able to see all the work that that PC has on it for all the BOINC projects it's attached to.

6. Repeat 1-5 for each PC you want to add.

It sounds more complicated than it is, really! It's just getting the remote_hosts.cfg sorted and inputting the correct BOINC password for each PC that's the slightly tricky part, but there's not much to it. Give me a shout if you need any further help sorting it :)
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Cheers very much for all the help!

I will admit that I must be thicker than I first thought:confused:

Basicly I keep getting a message that says:

There seems to be no BOINC client responding at port 31416. Use port anyway?

I don't have any firewalls installed other than windows firewall which I have tried turned off to see if it was that but the problem is still there.

I have added both hostnames (Mine & other PC's) to the remote_hosts.cfg file which I then put into the Boinc folder on the other PC...

Normally I get this stuff quite quick but my brain isn't working as well as it normally does:D

Cheers for all the help anywho The Tross ;)
 
Did you add the password from the remote host's gui_rpg_auth.cfg file into the location as well? Won't work without that. If so then check the BOINC version you're running, should be 5.8.x for the latest version of BoincView (1.4.2); I've found that not all versions of BoincView play nicely with all versions of BOINC.

Edit: Hmm, seems v1.4.2 doesn't have the 'Get data...' options outlined in Step 2 above. Sorry if that caused any confusion, only just updated to the latest version :o. Everything else remains the same though, so just check you're inputting the correct password for each host and everything should be fine.
 
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TheTross said:
Did you add the password from the remote host's gui_rpg_auth.cfg file into the location as well? Won't work without that. If so then check the BOINC version you're running, should be 5.8.x for the latest version of BoincView (1.4.2); I've found that not all versions of BoincView play nicely with all versions of BOINC.

Edit: Hmm, seems v1.4.2 doesn't have the 'Get data...' options outlined in Step 2 above. Sorry if that caused any confusion, only just updated to the latest version :o. Everything else remains the same though, so just check you're inputting the correct password for each host and everything should be fine.
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:D

Don't worry about the 'Get Data' part, I just went to the computers tab instead and it had basicly what you were talking about.

Just checked what version of Boinc I have running & I have:

5.10.30 version

Should I get 5.8.x?

Cheers again, Doug.

Edit: Just to let you know. I have my main PC with BoincWatch installed on it which is Vista 64, two more PC's that are Vista 64 and another that is WinXP 32.

Don't know if that will help but thar we go:D
 
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It might help - certainly won't do any harm, anyway. Like I said, the latest versions of BoincView don't always seem to be compatible with earlier versions of BOINC, so it may well work after the update :)
 
Hmm, seems that 5.10.30 IS the latest stable version - me getting my wires crossed :o. Forget installing 5.8.x then, as it's not the latest version - stick with 5.10.30 sorry.

Dougiebabe2003 said:
Edit: Just to let you know. I have my main PC with BoincWatch installed on it which is Vista 64, two more PC's that are Vista 64 and another that is WinXP 32.

Don't know if that will help but thar we go:D
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Shouldn't make a difference - as long as the main PC can communicate with all the others on the network then BoincView will work fine.
 
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Hi again,

Did quickly try the 5.8.x but had the same error about no BOINC client on the 31416 port.

I then reinstalled the latest 5.10.x

Going to stop trying for tonight but will try again tomorrow probably.

Just to let you know every PC can see each other for files or VNC etc it just seems to be BoincView which leads me to feel that I may need to change the ports or something is blocking it.

Will troubleshoot some more tomorrow.

Cheers very much, Doug.
 
I have little idea what I'm talking about here but is it maybe a case that you need to set up port forwarding for port 31416 on your router?
 
Just to add to the Tross's fine instructions.

You have to close the boinc client after making the changes to the

Remote host.cfg & gui_rpc aurh.cfg files. not sure if you have to re-boot aswell

best of luck, it took me several goes to get it right, but its a very fine tool,

can't live without it.
 
Hey again guys.

To answer a few questions:

I have forwarded the 31416 port on my router and switched off all firewalls while I was trying and still got the error that there is no Boinc Client repsonding on the 31416 port.

I was closing and re-opening Boinc but not resetting the PC's. I now have tried resetting the PC's but again, still have the port message.

Going to try running BoincView from a different PC and see if this helps now.

Cheers for the help, Doug.
 
Hmm. Are you sure you've entered the correct password for each location? That's the only thing I can think of as to why it's not working. Either that, or it doesn't like Vista for some reason, though there's no mention of that on the BoincView website :confused:
 
Reviving this because I am having exact same issue as the OP. I've tried remote from boinc manager and through boincview. I have the remote_hosts.cfg set up on both sides for the other's IP. I'm pasting the password contained in the other's auth cfg file. Boinc manager just tries connecting over and over. Boincview gives the same error as the OP was getting: no client responding at port 31416.

I restarted the boinc managers on both sides after cfg file changes.

This is all within the same LAN (within which ALL other communications work like folder sharing and remote desktop apps). There is no software firewall getting in the way.

Running latest version of Boinc on both PC's. The connecting PC is Vista and the target PC is Win2K. The target PC is an old xp2800 cruncher which is why it's running Win2K.

I don't understand this. This should work.
 
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