I downloaded a new version of boinc the other day and now the communications don\'t work. I went to advanced and options there is nothing under connections. Tied seting default and nothing happened. Can anyone tell me how to reconnect?

Thanks

Have you tried \'advanced / select computer\', and then just clicking OK and leave everything blank?

Does it say anything in the lower-right hand corner of the Boinc manager? (i.e., connected or disconnected). This is the communication between the Boinc manager and the Boinc client (which does the work).

The other kind of connection is the connection from the Boinc client back to the project servers at Oxford. Problems in this area would usually show up in the \'messages\' tab (things such as \'http error\').

It may be worth looking at the readme file called \'crashes and other problems\', in the \'network\' section to see if there is anything which sheds light on your problem.

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The usual cause of this is a firewall setting, which is blocking the connections to the net. This may have been changed with installing the new BOINC version, although it shouldn\'t have.

The connected is showing in the right hand corner but the message I am getting is

\"Scheduler request failed:couldn\'t resolve host name\"

Have you tried \'advanced / select computer\', and then just clicking OK and leave everything blank?

Does it say anything in the lower-right hand corner of the Boinc manager? (i.e., connected or disconnected). This is the communication between the Boinc manager and the Boinc client (which does the work).

The other kind of connection is the connection from the Boinc client back to the project servers at Oxford. Problems in this area would usually show up in the \'messages\' tab (things such as \'http error\').

It may be worth looking at the readme file called \'crashes and other problems\', in the \'network\' section to see if there is anything which sheds light on your problem.

OK still having problems:

22/02/2008 23:19:10||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.30 for windows_intelx86
22/02/2008 23:19:10||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
22/02/2008 23:19:10||Libraries: libcurl/7.17.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
22/02/2008 23:19:10||Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
22/02/2008 23:19:11||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 9]
22/02/2008 23:19:11||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx
22/02/2008 23:19:11||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
22/02/2008 23:19:11||Memory: 447.36 MB physical, 1.03 GB virtual
22/02/2008 23:19:11||Disk: 226.88 GB total, 206.49 GB free
22/02/2008 23:19:11||Local time is UTC +0 hours
22/02/2008 23:19:12|climateprediction.net|URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 687461; location: home; project prefs: default
22/02/2008 23:19:12||General prefs: from climateprediction.net (last modified 08-Oct-2007 20:30:58)
22/02/2008 23:19:12||Host location: home
22/02/2008 23:19:12||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
22/02/2008 23:19:12||Reading preferences override file
22/02/2008 23:19:12||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 223.68MB
22/02/2008 23:19:12||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 402.62MB
22/02/2008 23:19:12||Preferences limit disk usage to 4.66GB
22/02/2008 23:19:13|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:19:16|climateprediction.net|Restarting task hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1 using hadcm3i version 540
22/02/2008 23:19:25|climateprediction.net|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
22/02/2008 23:19:27|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip: can\'t resolve hostname
22/02/2008 23:19:27|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:19:31|climateprediction.net|Scheduler request failed: Couldn\'t resolve host name
22/02/2008 23:20:27|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:20:29||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
22/02/2008 23:20:29|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip: can\'t resolve hostname
22/02/2008 23:20:29|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:20:32||Access to reference site failed - check network connection or proxy configuration.
22/02/2008 23:20:42|climateprediction.net|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
22/02/2008 23:20:47|climateprediction.net|Scheduler request failed: Couldn\'t resolve host name
22/02/2008 23:21:30|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:21:31|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip: can\'t resolve hostname
22/02/2008 23:21:31|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:22:31|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:22:32|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip: can\'t resolve hostname
22/02/2008 23:22:32|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip
22/02/2008 23:22:59|climateprediction.net|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
22/02/2008 23:23:04|climateprediction.net|Scheduler request failed: Couldn\'t resolve host name
22/02/2008 23:23:33|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadcm3inct_co6n_1920_160_45871547_1_10.zip

An error keeps being flagged up to say to go to advanced/options/connections and set default, there is not default?
Any suggestions

Hi,

It looks very much like a firewall problem (preventing the Boinc client talking to the project servers). Which firewall do you use?

What sometimes happens after updating the Boinc manager+client is that because it is a new executable, you need to set up the firewall rules to permit the new version to access the internet. For example, if you have the Windows built-in firewall, you\'ll need to select \'settings\', \'control panel\', \'windows firewall\', \'exceptions\', and then make sure both the Boinc manager and the boinc client are listed (boincmgr.exe and boinc.exe).

-- Edit: A very belated \'snap!\'

I\'ve been spending from 11PM to now (1:40AM) trying to sort out my own networking issues, just updated the device drivers for my chipset...

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You need to create a default.
(I don\'t have anything in the default either, and it works.)

So I think that you should check that your firewall is still letting BOINC through to the net after the upgrade.
Also, sometimes Window\'s monthly update can mess this up.

edit
Mike beat me to it again. :)