Not getting any Work Units.

[Babba]

Got an connection issue, the computer can access the internet properly but it seems it cannot talk with assign4.foldingathome.org:80
Are there something i can do or should i just wait?
It has been like this for like 15 hours.
Running prime 95 instead and it feels wasteful.

16:08:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign4.foldingathome.org:80
16:08:13:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign4.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
16:08:13:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment

Irrelevant info:
I'm running this machine when i need some extra heat in my house.
It create alot of heat and do alot of work
I can only do CPU work, got no GPU to use.
It is a former node from a calculation cluster that got thrown out because of being "broken", i got a new set of PSUs and it worked just fine.

[Joe_H]

The folding client should be trying to connect to several assignment servers, but you haven't provided enough of the log to see what is going on. If you could post the first 100 or so lines of the log which will show the hardware and software configuration of the client and a WU request from where it first starts that would be useful.

[Babba]

i did cut out some seemingly identical log details regarding connection attempt.
If needed i'll provide the complete log

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*********************** Log Started 2024-12-31T15:12:13Z ***********************
15:12:13:******************************* libFAH ********************************
15:12:13:         Date: Oct 20 2020
15:12:13:         Time: 13:36:55
15:12:13:     Revision: 5ca109d295a6245e2a2f590b3d0085ad5e567aeb
15:12:13:       Branch: master
15:12:13:     Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
15:12:13:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
15:12:13:     Platform: win32 10
15:12:13:         Bits: 32
15:12:13:         Mode: Release
15:12:13:****************************** FAHClient ******************************
15:12:13:      Version: 7.6.21
15:12:13:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
15:12:13:    Copyright: 2020 foldingathome.org
15:12:13:     Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
15:12:13:         Date: Oct 20 2020
15:12:13:         Time: 13:41:04
15:12:13:     Revision: 6efbf0e138e22d3963e6a291f78dcb9c6422a278
15:12:13:       Branch: master
15:12:13:     Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
15:12:13:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
15:12:13:     Platform: win32 10
15:12:13:         Bits: 32
15:12:13:         Mode: Release
15:12:13:       Config: C:\ProgramData\FAHClient\config.xml
15:12:13:******************************** CBang ********************************
15:12:13:         Date: Oct 20 2020
15:12:13:         Time: 11:36:18
15:12:13:     Revision: 7e4ce85225d7eaeb775e87c31740181ca603de60
15:12:13:       Branch: master
15:12:13:     Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
15:12:13:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
15:12:13:     Platform: win32 10
15:12:13:         Bits: 32
15:12:13:         Mode: Release
15:12:13:******************************* System ********************************
15:12:13:          CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5690 @ 3.47GHz
15:12:13:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
15:12:13:         CPUs: 24
15:12:13:       Memory: 95.98GiB
15:12:13:  Free Memory: 93.17GiB
15:12:13:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
15:12:13:   OS Version: 6.2
15:12:13:  Has Battery: false
15:12:13:   On Battery: false
15:12:13:   UTC Offset: 1
15:12:13:          PID: 3440
15:12:13:          CWD: C:\Windows\system32
15:12:13:Win32 Service: true
15:12:13:           OS: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Evaluation
15:12:13:      OS Arch: AMD64
15:12:13:         GPUs: 0
15:12:13:         CUDA: Not detected: Failed to open dynamic library 'nvcuda.dll': The
15:12:13:               specified module could not be found.
15:12:13:
15:12:13:       OpenCL: Not detected: clGetPlatformIDs() returned -1001
15:12:13:***********************************************************************
15:12:13:<config>
15:12:13:  <!-- Folding Core -->
15:12:13:  <core-priority v='low'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
15:12:13:  <cause v='HIGH_PRIORITY'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
15:12:13:  <allow v='127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/8'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- Network -->
15:12:13:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
15:12:13:  <password v='*****'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- Slot Control -->
15:12:13:  <power v='FULL'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- User Information -->
15:12:13:  <passkey v='*****'/>
15:12:13:  <user v='Babba'/>
15:12:13:
15:12:13:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
15:12:13:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
15:12:13:    <paused v='true'/>
15:12:13:  </slot>
15:12:13:</config>
15:12:13:Trying to access database...
15:12:13:Successfully acquired database lock
15:12:13:FS00:Initialized folding slot 00: cpu:24
15:12:13:ERROR:Exception: Failed to register systray icon: Unspecified error
15:14:16:18:127.0.0.1:New Web session
15:14:16:19:127.0.0.1:New Web session
15:14:17:27:127.0.0.1:New Web session
15:14:26:42:127.0.0.1:New Web session
15:14:43:FS00:Unpaused
15:14:44:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
15:14:46:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:14:46:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign2.foldingathome.org:80
15:14:48:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign2.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign2.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:14:48:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign3.foldingathome.org:80
15:14:50:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign3.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign3.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:14:50:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign4.foldingathome.org:80
15:14:52:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign4.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:14:52:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
15:14:53:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
15:14:55:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:14:55:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign2.foldingathome.org:80
15:15:16:Removing old file 'configs/config-20240117-043932.xml'
15:15:16:Saving configuration to config.xml
15:15:16:<config>
15:15:16:  <!-- Folding Core -->
15:15:16:  <core-priority v='low'/>
15:15:16:
15:15:16:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
15:15:16:  <allow v='127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/8'/>
15:15:16:
15:15:16:  <!-- Network -->
15:15:16:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
15:15:16:
15:15:16:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
15:15:16:  <password v='*****'/>
15:15:16:
15:15:16:  <!-- Slot Control -->
15:15:16:  <power v='FULL'/>
15:15:16:
15:15:16:  <!-- User Information -->
15:15:16:  <passkey v='*****'/>
15:15:16:  <user v='Babba'/>
15:15:16:
15:15:16:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
15:15:16:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
15:15:16:</config>
15:15:53:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
15:15:55:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:15:59:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign4.foldingathome.org:80
15:16:01:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign4.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:16:01:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
15:17:30:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get IP address for assign2.foldingathome.org: No such host is known. 
15:17:30:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get IP address for assign4.foldingathome.org: No such host is known. 
15:17:30:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
15:17:32:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:17:32:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign3.foldingathome.org:80
15:17:34:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign3.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign3.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
15:17:34:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
15:52:37:FS00:Paused
15:52:44:FS00:Unpaused
18:53:15:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign4.foldingathome.org:80
18:53:18:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign4.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
18:53:18:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
18:57:37:69:127.0.0.1:New Web session
19:53:07:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
19:53:10:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
19:53:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign2.foldingathome.org:80
20:53:18:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign4.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
20:53:18:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
******************************* Date: 2024-12-31 *******************************
21:53:07:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
21:53:10:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign1.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign1.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
21:53:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign2.foldingathome.org:80
21:53:13:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign2.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign2.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
22:53:15:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign4.foldingathome.org:80
22:53:18:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': Failed to connect to assign4.foldingathome.org:80: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
22:53:18:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment

[Joe_H]

It looks like either something is blocking the response from the Assignment Servers (AS) or they are blocking your system as not meeting requirements. I will have to check, but the X5690 processors only support calculations up to those requiring SSE4.2. I know projects and folding cores have been moving towards requiring AVX, but still were able to run a bit slower using SSE operations. The other possible issue may be that there are no CPU projects that can use 24 CPU threads. For that possibility try setting the thread count to 12 or 16.

Firewall or anti-malware software can block use of HTTP transfers over port 80 by unknown browsers. For that an exception would need to be made to allow the fahclient process to do file transfers over ports 80 and 8080. Some internet gateway boxes such as the Fritz!Box will do the same on their default settings.

[Babba]

I'm somewhat leaning towards user error, i might have done something i have forgot or simply lack the skills to diagnose the issue.
I tried setting thread count to 12, 16 , 1 and 2 threads.
Also tried to completly disabling the firewall.
Tested to do telnet, i can telnet to assign4.foldingathome.org using Linux on another machine, but not from the windows machine running FAH.
However i cannot telnet to anything at all exept port 21-22 even with the firewall disabled on the windows machine.
It is possible to paste assign4.foldingathome.org into a browser and get a webpage saying "folding@home assignment server".
This works on all machines.
i will rest and see if i come up with any new ideas
Btw, the client 7.6.21 aint obsolete or something?

[toTOW]

Something is preventing the client from connecting ... it can't resolve host names.

Is it installed as a service ? Does it start after network services ?

[Babba]

According to my understanding it can resolve hostnames.
It is started manually and not as a service, so after network services.
I can do traceroute to assign4.foldingathome.org from all machines including the one i'm having trouble with.

[toTOW]

Is there some security software installed that could prevent unknown software from connecting ?

Can you try to remove this from config file ?

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15:15:16:  <!-- Network -->
15:15:16:  <proxy v=':8080'/>

[Babba]

I might have found the error, i think it was me pressing keys in the wrong order a while back and thereby forwarding ALL traffic for the computing network related to port 80 to another computer.
Then i forgot about it.
All my doing, PEBKAC error
I'll verify after sleeping but i'm pretty sure this was it.

However i noticed it is only using two cores now, i did set 2 cores but changing that setting does not seem to use any other amount of cores.
Can i get it to use more cores in the existing work unit?
Thanks for all the help btw

[Joe_H]

However i noticed it is only using two cores now, i did set 2 cores but changing that setting does not seem to use any other amount of cores.
Can i get it to use more cores in the existing work unit?

A WU downloaded with a setting for number of core threads will never run using more than that number. You can change the number to a lower one and back to the original just fine though. An increase in the number of threads will be used for the next WU downloaded.

[Babba]

Great, thanks

Btw now i have verified and it was me who had forwarded port 80.