This Guide shows how you can Run Folding@home without a internet connection, but you will still need a PC with a internet connection to download the work units, this can be your Office PC.
This Guide is Written by .:fenix25:.
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Folding@home Sneakernetting Guide
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Sneakernetting is the process of download a work unit on one machine and then transfering it to another machine. This is handy if a machine does not have a connection to the internet, or for moving large units off slow machines.
For the purposes of this guide I will label our two machines as Machine A and Machine B
Machine A - Has internet.
Machine B - Has no Internet
1. Assuming Machine A is already folding, create another folder for downloading your units that you wish to sneakernet. Copy the client to this folder and set it up however you like. Make sure you use the -local flag on both your clients at this point.
2. Copy everything on machine A's sneakernet folder to machine B.
3. Now you must copy the registry key from machine A to machine B. Click Start->Run->"regedit" and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PandeGroup\
4. Right click "PandeGroup" and click export. Call it fold.reg
5. Now copy the key you exported from Machine A to Machine B
6. On machine B, double-click fold.reg and click Yes to add the key to your registry.
7. To download work, on Machine A run the client (with the -local flag and any others you wish. The client will download a core and a work unit. Once downloaded, it will start folding. Stop this process by pressing CTRL-C.
8. Now you must transfer your work to Machine B. There are several files which you will now need to copy (listed below).
FahCore_xx.exe -> The core. xx represents the core needed (ie 78, 7a etc)
\WORK -> The entire work folder. This is the work unit.
queue.dat -> The queue.dat file contains the deadline information as well other important information.
9. Transfer these files to machine B and start the client. The client will now fold the unit.
10. Once the unit is complete, you must copy the \work and queue.dat folder and file back to Machine A. It is not necessary to copy the core back to machine A. Make sure you transfer the work to the sneakernet client on Machine A and not Machine A's own folding client
11. To send the results, run the sneakernet client on Machine A with the -send all flag. The unit will now upload and a new unit will download another. Repeat this process. Make sure that if the unit downloads a new core that you move the core to Machine B as well.
It's important that you keep the files in their correct folders. This guide assumes two machines, one with connectivity and one without, however you can sneakernet to as many machines as you like. Its not necessary for the sneakernet clients on Machine A to have different Machine ID's either.
This Guide is Written by .:fenix25:.
Link
Folding@home Sneakernetting Guide
---------------------------------
Sneakernetting is the process of download a work unit on one machine and then transfering it to another machine. This is handy if a machine does not have a connection to the internet, or for moving large units off slow machines.
For the purposes of this guide I will label our two machines as Machine A and Machine B
Machine A - Has internet.
Machine B - Has no Internet
1. Assuming Machine A is already folding, create another folder for downloading your units that you wish to sneakernet. Copy the client to this folder and set it up however you like. Make sure you use the -local flag on both your clients at this point.
2. Copy everything on machine A's sneakernet folder to machine B.
3. Now you must copy the registry key from machine A to machine B. Click Start->Run->"regedit" and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PandeGroup\
4. Right click "PandeGroup" and click export. Call it fold.reg
5. Now copy the key you exported from Machine A to Machine B
6. On machine B, double-click fold.reg and click Yes to add the key to your registry.
7. To download work, on Machine A run the client (with the -local flag and any others you wish. The client will download a core and a work unit. Once downloaded, it will start folding. Stop this process by pressing CTRL-C.
8. Now you must transfer your work to Machine B. There are several files which you will now need to copy (listed below).
FahCore_xx.exe -> The core. xx represents the core needed (ie 78, 7a etc)
\WORK -> The entire work folder. This is the work unit.
queue.dat -> The queue.dat file contains the deadline information as well other important information.
9. Transfer these files to machine B and start the client. The client will now fold the unit.
10. Once the unit is complete, you must copy the \work and queue.dat folder and file back to Machine A. It is not necessary to copy the core back to machine A. Make sure you transfer the work to the sneakernet client on Machine A and not Machine A's own folding client
11. To send the results, run the sneakernet client on Machine A with the -send all flag. The unit will now upload and a new unit will download another. Repeat this process. Make sure that if the unit downloads a new core that you move the core to Machine B as well.
It's important that you keep the files in their correct folders. This guide assumes two machines, one with connectivity and one without, however you can sneakernet to as many machines as you like. Its not necessary for the sneakernet clients on Machine A to have different Machine ID's either.
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