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My Internet Service Provider charges me based on the amount of bandwidth I use. How can I control how much bandwidth is used for World Community Grid?
The most recent version of the World Community Grid/BOINC Software allows you to control how much data is transferred between your computer and our servers. You can set this by doing the following:
You can use this to say that you only want World Community Grid to use at most 500MBytes of bandwidth every 7 days (which would then limit you to 2GBytes/month). Or you could put 1024MBytes every 31 days which would limit you to 1GB per month.
How will World Community Grid software affect people who use a VPN for telecommuting?
The software will not have any effect. The software communicates without problems with, or without, VPN Client Software. Our server site is an external internet address. The bandwidth usage is minimal and equivalent to visiting a few web pages once a week or every few days on more powerful computers.
Why do I have to opt into AfricanClimate@Home in order to participate?
The AfricanClimate@Home downloaded work unit size is anticipated to be approximately 77MB, which means it is approximately 150 times larger than a typical FightAIDS@Home or HPF2 work unit. Thus, a 756kbps network connection will take approximately 12-15 minutes to download the work unit. We have estimated that only about 33 percent of registered computers have enough bandwidth to be eligible to participate in this project.
Is there a way to manage network bandwidth usage?
You can control the maximum rate at which BOINC will transfer data. You can set this on our website through your device profile. Your device profiles may be changed here. After logging in, select the profile that you wish to customize. (Usually the 'Default' profile) After selecting the profile you wish to change, select 'Custom Profile'. You will be presented with many option, which include a category called 'Network Usage'. You may change your bandwith use there. Remember to save your changes when you are finished customizing your profile.