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djBon2112

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Sorry if this question has been asked before, but the search results were not very helpful.

I want to fold on two computers on my network (my main computer and my puny little server). However, I can (obviously) only forward the Folding@Home listen port (8080) to one of the computers. Is there a way to change the default listen port to allow it to run on more than one machine? Also, how would this work together with dual FAHs (GPU and CPU) on my main machine?

EDIT: Also, does anyone know why the GPU clients keep closing connection and stopping? It's been doing this to me for awhile. It'll get a WU, do some crap, then stop and say "Thank you for contributing". Below is a pic, it just keeps doing this over and over.

 
you shouldnt have to forward any ports - i'm behind 2 routers and it hasnt caused any problems for any of my 6 machines.. If it IS causing problems, look for a port "triggering" fucntion in your router setup.. it will forward to any machine that needs port 8080.. and about the GPU client.. it doesnt work with the latest Catalyst drivers, you need like 6.11 drivers or something, otherwise you'll get Early Unit Ends (go read the GPU Folding FAQ here in the forums, im too lazy to search for it sorry).. Fold on!
 
I have to agree with Moose here (/shiver) but what you are getting on your GPU client according to the screenshot is EUE (Early Unit Ends) which means you have something bombing out on your PC. It could be a nonstable overclock, incorrect driver series (right now there are only a few sets of Catalyst drivers that work correctly if I recall correctly), or you just have something else configured wrong (I dont know I dont GPU fold because I dont buy ATI).. Not sure why you are trying to forward ports however. Just set the client up on each machine and let em have at it
 
I pulled this straight from the Stanford FAQ

How does Folding@Home work?
From the point of view of the computer, Folding@Home acts exactly like a web browser. It downloads files from the internet (with security checksums to ensure that they came from the official site). Indeed, it uses only port 80 (or 8080 if available) and talks to the servers via HTML, just like a web browser. From here, Folding@Home is different: it performs it's scientific calculation and then resends the data back. If you are running Folding@Home, you will see network traffic on port 8080 or 80. Only idle CPU time will be used by the client.
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It seems that the first preference for the software is 80, and 8080 is only used if it needs to be.

 
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