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vm1990
 
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2011-09-17 19:15:52

everytime i change a bit of hardware in my computers i get a warning
http://bam.boincstats.com/:Notice from BOINC
Message from account manager: can't resolve hostname

it gets really anoying even just upgrading the RAM in the computer gets me the warning
would be great if someone sorted it out as i dont get credits to each computer but yet i still get credit in total...
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2011-09-18 09:51:39

Which operating system? Which DNS IP's do you use?
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2011-09-18 20:13:50

i use windows 7 and dont know which DNS i use as i dont pay that much attention to what Boincs doing
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2011-09-18 20:14:53

DNS isn't a BOINC thing, it's in your networks IP settings.
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2011-09-18 20:24:53

ok so which dns am i after or is just the ip address sorry im not great with dns and ip addresses
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2011-09-18 20:29:48

i think i might have found the problem, would it be caused if all computers are using the same ip address?
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2011-09-18 21:35:15


Sounds like you are having internet connection issues.

vm1990
 
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2011-09-18 22:02:47

Sid2 wrote:

Sounds like you are having internet connection issues.


well sort of. i dont leave boinc connected to the internet all the time as the only way i can get the internet is with a usb 3G dongle. just wounderd if its because the dongle asigns all computers with the same static ip address
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