Since upgrading to 5.8.x I have noticed I can't suspend network activity. The message tab shows it suspending OK, but then within seconds it is resumed.

This is really annoying - it means there is no way to stop the client trying to contact the outside world when I know the network is dead.

This is even more annoying because of the way the client starts to ignore the gui and sometimes even kill apps when it can't get a DNS resolution (discussed in other threads).

Am I missung somnething here, or should I still be able to set netowrk status suspended from (say) BoincView ?

River~~

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extract from messages as seen via BoincView - only the suspend was asked for

	Host	Project	Date	                Message

k2	k2	---	21/03/2007 11:47:53	Suspending network activity - user request
k2	k2	---	21/03/2007 11:47:54	Resuming network activity

R~~

In some cases, "It's not a bug, it's a feature". The feature is that if you suspend network communication, and click to update a project, network will be automatically re-enabled for a few minutes. If I had a credit card, I would pay to have that stupid feature removed.

Your problem seems to be different, network resumes *immediately* after suspending it?

I had this same problem with BoincView on one remote linux box. I had to go to the remote box and use BOINC Manager to set the network to suspended to stop the on/off loop. After setting it locally, BV was able to change it remotely without further problems. I was unable to deduce what caused the loop to begin.

Also, which version of BV are you using? I believe BV 1.4.1 or higher is recommended for the 5.8.x clients.

I had this same problem with BoincView on one remote linux box. I had to go to the remote box and use BOINC Manager to set the network to suspended to stop the on/off loop. After setting it locally, BV was able to change it remotely without further problems.

Not for me, tried that

(edit) I mean, tried with local boinc_cmd, I can't try with a local manager as no X on that box

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Also, which version of BV are you using? I believe BV 1.4.1 or higher is recommended for the 5.8.x clients.

v1.2.2 - I installed an 1.4.x but couldn't get the config file to transfer from the old version, not even by pasting in the [path0] segments manually into the new one - no idea what was wrong. Haven't had time to set up all 17 locations individually again, nor time to sort out what I was doing wrong, so went back to 1.2.2. That is clearly a BV issue, not a BOINC one, so I am not expecting answers here.

OTOH, I don't see that the network resumption is a BV issue, the client gets the message and acts on it. The resume is different from a BV resume, there is no "at user request" tagged on the back of it.

I've pretty much reproduced the same behaviour though with project preferences not by manually suspending the network.

I'm running Boinc 5.8.16 and BV 1.2.5
I had 2 pc's both with prefs that said connect only between 2 and 12 but while bv was watching them neither would suspend or suspend on startup and then immediatley reconnect

Breddo

I've pretty much reproduced the same behaviour though with project preferences not by manually suspending the network.

I'm running Boinc 5.8.16 and BV 1.2.5
I had 2 pc's both with prefs that said connect only between 2 and 12 but while bv was watching them neither would suspend or suspend on startup and then immediatley reconnect

I'm not sure I understand this: how do you check wether network connectivity is suspended or not?

Generally you have 3 possibilities: suspended, based on preferences and always active. I believe that you need to set it to based on preferences. You probably won't be able to see BOINC CC actually to suspend networking but rather you should be able to notice lack of any network activity outside allowed time frame.

There's one exception: if you manually start an action that involves network activity (such as project update), then network connectivity will be enabled for a minute (or so). This might mean that your BOINC will contact also other projects apart from the one you wanted and it might report and/or request new work.

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