I didn't persue it last time, because I was using an old version of BOINC, and saw no reason to upgrade at the time - this was 2008 BC (before CUDA). I did ask if anyone could confirm my observation with a current BOINC, but answer came there none.
I am, however, glad that I posted on a message board rather than a mailing list: when the subject came up last night, it was easy to link back to the report so that everyone could see it (even if changes in highlighting conventions since then rather obscured the point I was trying to make). Anyway, I've been back through my logs this morning, and look what I've found: even the version numbers at the top. And eight lines up from the bottom, a smoking gun. Here is the network info from the host (today, but my network hasn't changed since last month). 192.168.173.1 is a DrayTek Vigor 2600 Plus DSL router. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxx Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 9: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-25-2B-47-86 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.12 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 19 July 2009 10:39:54 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 22 July 2009 10:39:54 StartServiceCtrlDispatcher being called. This may take several seconds. Please wait. 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.6.36 for windows_intelx86 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, cpu_sched, sched_op_debug, http_debug 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Running as a daemon 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Data directory: C:\BOINCdata 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Running under account boinc_master 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 7] 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.85 GB virtual 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Disk: 74.52 GB total, 56.90 GB free 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Local time is UTC +1 hours 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] CUDA device: GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (driver version 18585, compute capability 1.1, 512MB, est. 86GFLOPS) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home Beta Test] Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Not using a proxy 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [a...@home] URL: http://aqua.dwavesys.com/; Computer ID: 17302; location: (none); project prefs: default 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [climateprediction.net] URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 919740; location: home; project prefs: default 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [CPDN Beta] URL: http://cpdnbeta.oerc.ox.ac.uk/; Computer ID: 351; location: school; project prefs: school 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [einst...@home] URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 1226365; location: home; project prefs: default 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [lhcathome] URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID: 9681553; location: home; project prefs: default 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [or...@home] URL: http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/; Computer ID: 3666; location: (none); project prefs: default 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4292666; location: school; project prefs: school 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home Beta Test] URL: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID: 28361; location: home; project prefs: home 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] General prefs: from s...@home (last modified 04-Apr-2009 20:08:29) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] Computer location: school 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] General prefs: using separate prefs for school 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 2047.23MB 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2047.23MB 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 37.26GB 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] File 02mr09ad.5238.7434.4.8.114 exists already, skipping download 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] [error] File 06ap09ab.20174.13978.14.8.198 has wrong size: expected 375335, got 0 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::init_get(): http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/166/06ap09ab.20174.13978.14.8.198 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(): ca-bundle 'C:\BOINC\ca-bundle.crt' 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(): ca-bundle set 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] Started download of 06ap09ab.20174.13978.14.8.198 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] [error] File 06ap09aa.20163.19295.14.8.138 has wrong size: expected 375328, got 0 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::init_get(): http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/234/06ap09aa.20163.19295.14.8.138 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(): ca-bundle 'C:\BOINC\ca-bundle.crt' 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(): ca-bundle set 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [s...@home] Started download of 06ap09aa.20163.19295.14.8.138 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [a...@home] [cpu_sched] Starting 23jun09-160-3M-64-a_24_1_0(resume) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [a...@home] Restarting task 23jun09-160-3M-64-a_24_1_0 using AQUA_CUDA version 329 25-Jun-2009 12:27:50 [einst...@home] [cpu_sched] Starting h1_0943.80_S5R4__1330_S5R5a_0(resume) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [einst...@home] Restarting task h1_0943.80_S5R4__1330_S5R5a_0 using einstein_S5R5 version 305 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] [cpu_sched] Starting 06ap09ac.28056.22976.11.8.57_0(resume) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] Restarting task 06ap09ac.28056.22976.11.8.57_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] [cpu_sched] Starting 05ap09aa.27705.24612.16.8.64_1(resume) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] Restarting task 05ap09aa.27705.24612.16.8.64_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] [cpu_sched] Starting 05ap09aa.27705.24612.16.8.39_0(resume) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] Restarting task 05ap09aa.27705.24612.16.8.39_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] [sched_op_debug] Starting scheduler request 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] Requesting new tasks for CPU 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] [sched_op_debug] CPU work request: 193862.88 seconds; 0 idle CPUs 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [s...@home] [sched_op_debug] CUDA work request: 0.00 seconds; 0 idle GPUs 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::init_post(): http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(): ca-bundle 'C:\BOINC\ca-bundle.crt' 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] HTTP_OP::libcurl_exec(): ca-bundle set 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#0] info: timeout on name lookup is not supported 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#0] info: About to connect() to boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu port 80 (#0) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#0] info: Trying 13.240.68.208... 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#1] info: timeout on name lookup is not supported 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#1] info: About to connect() to boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu port 80 (#1) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#1] info: Trying 13.240.68.208... 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#2] info: timeout on name lookup is not supported 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#2] info: About to connect() to setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu port 80 (#2) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#2] info: Trying 208.68.240.20... 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connected to setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu (208.68.240.20) port 80 (#2) 25-Jun-2009 12:27:51 [---] [http_debug] [ID#2] Sent header to server: POST /sah_cgi/cgi HTTP/1.1 _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.