Cannot connect

[k6xt]

I have done everything in FAQ and manual but have no connection. Situation:
BoincTasks runs on 192.168.1.13 a Windows 7 32 bit PC.

I am not successful ADDing laptop 192.168.1.11 a Windows XP 64 bit machine on which BOINC runs as a service. BoincTasks is not installed on this PC. The two required files are present in BOINC Data directory D:\BOINC. BOINC program is installed in C:\ProgramFiles(x86). I've established a BOINC exception in Windows Firewall (desperation measure - not sure this is necessary). There is no BoincTasks indication it has seen the BOINC installed on laptop.

I've given BoincTasks the ip address (x.x.x.11). I cut and pasted the password found in laptop's gui_rpc_auth.cfg into BoincTasks.

The two PC's see each other in Browser service on my WiFi network. I have not shared the C: drive on either PC. The user for both PCs is an administrator.

BoincTasks FAQ says "More information about why a connection is lost can be found in the computers tab." I did not see a "Computers" tab in the FAQ. "Adding Computers" in the manual was not helpful to my issue.

Summarizing -- I'm out of ideas to find the problem. Please suggest.

[fred]

Summarizing -- I'm out of ideas to find the problem. Please suggest.

Try to use BT V 0.84, so we all have the same version.

The local computer should always be called localhost in the Computers tab and you don't need a password for the localhost.

Next select the Computers tab in BT and select from the menu Computers->Find computers.
Address should be the first address of the net normally 192.168.1.1 the second is the end address 255 should be fine.
Type the password, but that isn't essential.
Press Scan address range.
If the right computers are found, select than and press Add.
If not, check all the BOINC message logs (message tab) and see if there is a warning there.
And at the start look for lines Config: GUI RPC allowed for. Make sure the right computers are there.

[k6xt]

Thank you.

On Laptop, the PC I'm trying to view, BOINCmgr says:
Config:GUI-RPC allowed from: 192.168.1.13
which is the PC on which BT runs. There are no error messages of any kind on Laptop in BOINCmgr (again, BT is not installed on Laptop per your guidance).

ON x.x.x.13, the computer running BT, Laptop remains disconnected. There are no error messages about networking. Startup messages pasted below.

Repeating, where is the "Computer" tab that is supposed to contain more information about connection errors?

Any hints appreciated.

BR Art

Office

1         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Starting BOINC client version 6.10.56 for windows_intelx86   
2         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Config: use all coprocessors   
3         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task   
4         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3   
5         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Data directory: D:\Boinc   
6         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Running under account Art   
7         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9650  @ 3.00GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]   
8         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Processor: 6.00 MB cache   
9         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 nx lm vmx smx tm2 pbe   
10         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Ultimate x86 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)   
11         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Memory: 3.00 GB physical, 6.00 GB virtual   
12         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Disk: 238.24 GB total, 234.43 GB free   
13         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Local time is UTC -6 hours   
14         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 275 (driver version 26099, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 1.3, 880MB, 708 GFLOPS peak)   
15         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce 8500 GT (driver version 26099, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 1.1, 498MB, 29 GFLOPS peak)   
16   Milkyway@home   11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform   
17   SETI@home   11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform   
18   Collatz Conjecture   11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   URL http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/; Computer ID 19418; resource share 50   
19   Milkyway@home   11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 100603; resource share 50   
20   SETI@home   11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5451708; resource share 33   
21         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   General prefs: from http://bam.boincstats.com/ (last modified 26-Aug-2010 08:31:10)   
22         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Host location: none   
23         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   General prefs: using your defaults   
24         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Preferences:   
25         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM      max memory usage when active: 2303.38MB   
26         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM      max memory usage when idle: 2917.62MB   
27         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM      max disk usage: 100.00GB   
28         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM      (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)   
29         11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Not using a proxy   
30   Milkyway@home   11/6/2010 6:51:56 PM   Restarting task de_separation_82_2s_10_2_1093640_1289046060_0 using milkyway version 20   

[fred]

Thank you.

On Laptop, the PC I'm trying to view, BOINCmgr says:
Config:GUI-RPC allowed from: 192.168.1.13
which is the PC on which BT runs. There are no error messages of any kind on Laptop in BOINCmgr (again, BT is not installed on Laptop per your guidance).

ON x.x.x.13, the computer running BT, Laptop remains disconnected. There are no error messages about networking. Startup messages pasted below.

Repeating, where is the "Computer" tab that is supposed to contain more information about connection errors?

Any hints appreciated.

046060_0 using milkyway version 20   

Tab Computers, Menu view -> Selection bar checked.
Menu -> Show -> Computers.
Info about the connection is in the Status tab.
But did you use the Find computers menu?
Is the Laptop on the same net and on a STATIC ip address.

You might want to install TThrottle on the laptop. And remove it afterwards when you don't need it.
TThrottle is especially useful in the Find computers dialog. It connects directly without any permission files.

[k6xt]

Thanks again...I use TThrottle as well. I'd also like to view all PCs in BT.

Yes I used both Find and Scan. All PC's are DHCP. Do I need static IP, even where I know the correct IP? I can do this if required.
Thanks
Art

[fred]

Thanks again...I use TThrottle as well. I'd also like to view all PCs in BT.

Yes I used both Find and Scan. All PC's are DHCP. Do I need static IP, even where I know the correct IP? I can do this if required.
Thanks
Art

That may be the problem, Dynamic addresses can change at any time and are highly unpredictable.
But again what happens when you use "Scan address range". Do you see the LT?