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Windows 10 Can't add clients
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:29 pm
by daves_nt_here
I can't seem to add any clients to my Client Advanced Control list.
I enter the name and IP address then click [Save] it will show up on the list but not exit the config window.
Then after closing the Client Advanced Control and re-opening, the new client is gone.
I've checked the [C:\ProgramData\FAHClient] for the FAHControl.db file. It does not exist. This is where the config.xml file is located.
If I try and copy FAHControl.db made on another machine to this machine, it still doesn't show any clients.
Any ideas?
Version 7.6.21 for Windows 10
Re: Windows 10 Can't add clients
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:53 pm
by Joe_H
I haven't done this on a Windows machine, so am not familiar with the specific way settings are stored there. But the general steps you need to follow when adding remote clients is to configure the network settings, and password settings on each machine and save them. That will write out the changes to config.xml. Then restart the FAHClient process on each machine involved, that causes FAHClient to read the changed network and password settings. After that you should ba able to use FAHControl on one machine to monitor the other clients.
There have been some write ups here in the past on how to configure remote access. This post in the Welcome Topic outlines the process -
https://forum.foldingathome.org/viewtop ... f4#p327411
Re: Windows 10 Can't add clients
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:45 pm
by daves_nt_here
Remote clients may be in the config.xml in Linux but in Windows they live in SQL Lite FAHControl.db
Code: Select all
SELECT * FROM 'clients' LIMIT 0,30
name address port password
Home - Proxmox 192.168.5.148 36330
Spare-2 (Warehouse) 192.168.55.115 36330
Warehouse 192.168.55.104 36330
Scoop Display 192.168.55.110 36330
Zebra Print Server 192.168.55.57 36330
Boardroom 192.168.55.119 36330
Home - NAS 192.168.5.20 36330
Spare-4 (Eric) 192.168.55.111 36330
Karen 192.168.55.103 36330
Plex 192.168.52.30 36330
Back desk 192.168.55.107 36330
local 127.0.0.1 36330
Spare-3 (Cyril NAS) 192.168.55.118 36330
Kathy 192.168.55.106 36330
James 192.168.55.114 36330
Plexinator 192.168.52.35 36330
Reception 192.168.55.105 36330
Dennis 192.168.55.113 36330
Lead Hand 192.168.55.109 36330
Ana 192.168.55.102 36330
Scoop Shop 192.168.55.116 36330
Home - Office 192.168.5.40 36330
Kids Computer 192.168.55.117 36330
Proxmox [VAULT] 192.168.55.69 36330
Proxmox [PVE] 192.168.52.69 36330
Eric 192.168.55.108 36330
Re: Windows 10 Can't add clients
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:22 pm
by Joe_H
The network and password settings for the client live in the config.xml file, if you don't set them up and restart the client you can not set up remote clients.