change in IP adress/network segment impact Bonus forecast ?

[ChristianVirtual]

Normally I'm folding with Linux but in the last days I added a Windows client folding on a nV 970 under Win 8.1 Pro

The new config file contained my regular donor ID, team and passkey. The first few WU on that system went normal; I could see the bonus points and all went fine. Today I fixed some network setting in OS (change to different DHCP and network segment) to be able to remote control via FAHControl the new Windows client in the same way I do for the other clients.

Now I realised that the Bonus calculation prediction is wrong; I got 9712 (8,6,152) assigned; estimated credit = base credit; even after 25% progress.

Given that I double checked the passkey can it be that the change of the IP-adresss/segment influence the ability of the client to forecast bonus points ?

Could a mod/admin please have a look if I still might have a typo in my passkey ? I hope there is only one active passkey right now for my donor ID (ChristianVirtual).

for your reference the log file:

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*********************** Log Started 2016-05-07T00:47:43Z ***********************
00:47:43:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
00:47:43:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
00:47:43:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
00:47:43:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
00:47:43:         Args: 
00:47:43:       Config: C:/Users/Christian/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
00:47:43:******************************** Build ********************************
00:47:43:      Version: 7.4.4
00:47:43:         Date: Mar 4 2014
00:47:43:         Time: 20:26:54
00:47:43:      SVN Rev: 4130
00:47:43:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
00:47:43:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
00:47:43:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
00:47:43:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
00:47:43:     Platform: win32 XP
00:47:43:         Bits: 32
00:47:43:         Mode: Release
00:47:43:******************************* System ********************************
00:47:43:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600S CPU @ 2.80GHz
00:47:43:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
00:47:43:         CPUs: 2
00:47:43:       Memory: 8.00GiB
00:47:43:  Free Memory: 6.64GiB
00:47:43:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
00:47:43:   OS Version: 6.2
00:47:43:  Has Battery: false
00:47:43:   On Battery: false
00:47:43:   UTC Offset: 9
00:47:43:          PID: 3824
00:47:43:          CWD: C:/Users/Christian/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
00:47:43:           OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
00:47:43:      OS Arch: AMD64
00:47:43:         GPUs: 1
00:47:43:        GPU 0: NVIDIA:5 GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
00:47:43:         CUDA: 5.2
00:47:43:  CUDA Driver: 7050
00:47:43:Win32 Service: false
00:47:43:***********************************************************************
00:47:43:<config>
00:47:43:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
00:47:43:  <allow v='127.0.0.1 192.168.88.0/24'/>
00:47:43:
00:47:43:  <!-- Network -->
00:47:43:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
00:47:43:
00:47:43:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
00:47:43:  <password v='***********'/>
00:47:43:
00:47:43:  <!-- Slot Control -->
00:47:43:  <pause-on-start v='true'/>
00:47:43:  <power v='full'/>
00:47:43:
00:47:43:  <!-- User Information -->
00:47:43:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
00:47:43:  <team v='33'/>
00:47:43:  <user v='ChristianVirtual'/>
00:47:43:
00:47:43:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
00:47:43:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
00:47:43:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
00:47:43:  </slot>
00:47:43:</config>
00:47:43:Trying to access database...
00:47:44:Successfully acquired database lock
00:47:44:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:1 (by user)
00:47:44:Enabled folding slot 01: PAUSED gpu:0:GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] (by user)
00:54:51:Saving configuration to config.xml
00:54:51:<config>
00:54:51:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
00:54:51:  <allow v='127.0.0.1 192.168.88.0/24'/>
00:54:51:
00:54:51:  <!-- Network -->
00:54:51:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
00:54:51:
00:54:51:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
00:54:51:  <password v='***********'/>
00:54:51:
00:54:51:  <!-- Slot Control -->
00:54:51:  <pause-on-start v='true'/>
00:54:51:  <power v='full'/>
00:54:51:
00:54:51:  <!-- User Information -->
00:54:51:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
00:54:51:  <team v='33'/>
00:54:51:  <user v='ChristianVirtual'/>
00:54:51:
00:54:51:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
00:54:51:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
00:54:51:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
00:54:51:  </slot>
00:54:51:</config>
00:56:22:FS01:Unpaused
00:56:22:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:80
00:56:23:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 171.64.65.98
00:56:23:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] from 171.64.65.98
00:56:23:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 171.64.65.98:8080
00:56:23:WU00:FS01:Downloading 7.55MiB
00:56:28:WU00:FS01:Download complete
00:56:28:WU00:FS01:Received Unit: id:00 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:9712 run:8 clone:6 gen:152 core:0x21 unit:0x000001a3ab40416255b9a7691240b0f8
00:56:29:WU00:FS01:Starting
00:56:29:WU00:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/Christian/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/web.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/NVIDIA/Fermi/beta/Core_21.fah/FahCore_21.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 3824 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor nvidia
00:56:29:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 4556
00:56:29:WU00:FS01:Core PID:4560
00:56:29:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0x21 started
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:*********************** Log Started 2016-05-07T00:56:29Z ***********************
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Project: 9712 (Run 8, Clone 6, Gen 152)
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Unit: 0x000001a3ab40416255b9a7691240b0f8
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:CPU: 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Machine: 1
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file core.xml
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file integrator.xml
00:56:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file system.xml
00:56:31:WU00:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file state.xml
00:56:32:WU00:FS01:0x21:Digital signatures verified
00:56:32:WU00:FS01:0x21:Folding@home GPU Core21 Folding@home Core
00:56:32:WU00:FS01:0x21:Version 0.0.17
00:57:02:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 0 out of 1280000 steps (0%)
00:57:02:WU00:FS01:0x21:Temperature control disabled. Requirements: single Nvidia GPU, tmax must be < 110 and twait >= 900
01:00:11:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 12800 out of 1280000 steps (1%)
01:03:30:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 25600 out of 1280000 steps (2%)
<snip>
02:09:48:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 294400 out of 1280000 steps (23%)
02:12:58:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 307200 out of 1280000 steps (24%)
02:16:07:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 320000 out of 1280000 steps (25%)

[toTOW]

Everything looks fine : Hi ChristianVirtual (team 33), your WU (P9712 R8 C6 G152) was added to the stats database on 2016-05-07 09:06:33 for 25974.9 points of credit.

[bruce]

Obviously FAHClient needs to be able to communicate with the FAH servers, but the particular IP address that the client uses is unimportant.

You didn't mention moving any of FAH's files, but don't try to do that. When FAH is installed, it is assigned a client ID which is closely tied to the assigned WUs and to the hardware configuration that it takes to run them.

[ChristianVirtual]

@toTOW, thanks. Glad to hear nothing wrong with my passkey.

@bruce, Nope, didn't moved any files manually, even the config was entered via FAHControl.

Is there any sharing possible on what information goes into the client ID ? like MAC address, memory footprint, CPU signature or device serial numbers ? Since this Windows run as a VM (QEMU/KVM) and I rebooted both host and guest between there might be dynamic changes influencing that client ID and eventually PPD prediction. Since I stil tweak around on the VM setup the PPD is a great first-glance indicator of changes in system performance.

[bruce]

The first time a new FAH installation connects to Stanford, it is assigned an ID. (Stanford calls it a UserID, but it's not related to anything you've entered and it's normally not visible to you.) Each slot adds it's slot number to that UserID giving each slot a unique identifier. The server keeps track of the work that has been assigned to that unique ID.

No, it's not based on MAC address, memory footprint, CPU signature or device serial numbers.