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Message 2714 - Posted: 23 Jan 2006, 3:49:05 UTC
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I have a laptop that keeps telling me "BOINC Needs to Connect".

While the laptop has several configured network interfaces available (dialup, wireless, wired), only the wired interface is active. Power management for the interface is disabled, so that's not the problem.

However, in Options/Options/Connections, when I click the "Use my Local Area Network(LAN) connection" it doesn't "stick". Instead, the next time I look, it's reverted back to "Automatically detect network settings"

Operating system is WinXP Home. Any clues?
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Message 2889 - Posted: 31 Jan 2006, 3:58:20 UTC - in response to Message 2714.  

Okay, I realize I'm talking to myself - but thought I'd pass this on for anyone else who might experience the same problem.

The registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\\BOINC Manager

contains a value titled "NetworkConnectionType" which, when set to 2725 (Hex) corrects the problem. I still don't know why it wouldn't take when selecting the radio box in BOINC Manager, but this registry edit seems to be working.
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Message 2890 - Posted: 31 Jan 2006, 4:14:56 UTC

Which BOINC version?

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Message 2891 - Posted: 31 Jan 2006, 4:20:49 UTC - in response to Message 2890.  
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Which BOINC version?

First appeared with 5.2.13, and has continued up through several developer versions - from 5.3.6 through 5.3.12 that I'm sure of.
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