Not sure if this is intentional or a bug.

Have a time to compute set, I do not have a time for network access set (no check mark.) While the compute time is suspended, network access is also being suspended.

Windoze 7, BOINC 7.16.5 (x64)

I had allowed compute, by menu selection Run Always, and some tasks came up "waiting for network access" even though the network preferences have no time of day restriction. I do have transfer rate restrictions.


What I was setting up was for summer, on hot days suspend in the afternoon, but on forecast cooler days, allow crunching via the menu.

Make sure it's not set on a project web site either. Because that's what BOINC will fall back to if no option is set in local preferences.

I just tested it on my 7.16.5, set to run only between 00:00 and 09:00 (it's 17:40 here).
22/04/2020 17:40:53 | | Suspending computation - time of day

That's the only line it wrote.

So check your global_prefs.xml file and global_prefs_overide.xml files for

   <net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour>
   <net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour>

And else put them into global_prefs_override.xml underneath the <end_hour>0.000000</end_hour> line.

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Make sure it's not set on a project web site either. Because that's what BOINC will fall back to if no option is set in local preferences.

I just tested it on my 7.16.5, set to run only between 00:00 and 09:00 (it's 17:40 here).
22/04/2020 17:40:53 | | Suspending computation - time of day

That's the only line it wrote.

So check your global_prefs.xml file and global_prefs_overide.xml files for

   <net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour>
   <net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour>

And else put them into global_prefs_override.xml underneath the <end_hour>0.000000</end_hour> line.

Present in both files with zero values. Not set on any web site.
The suspending entry, and a resume entry where I set run always are the only items I see in the log.

IIRC it was on LHC jobs, and they need to be talking to home all the time they run.
I do see where many up/down loads happened. Perhaps the error isn't in BOINC but in the science code?
I'll get a screen shot of the task list next time I see it.

Which ones of LHC? Standard Sixtrack, or the ones running in a VM? Because if the latter, it could be a setting in the VM and I am not sure if BOINC sets that or the project.

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