Sneakernetting is the ability to transport a work unit from an Internet connected computer to a stand-alone computer for processing and back again to be transmitted!
To do this type of operation you need to: |
- Have the console client setup (would not recommend using the graphical (GUI) client) on the Internet connected computer to receive the work unit.
- Shutdown the client once it has started processing a WU.
- Zip the "entire" FAH folder, on to a removable media (e.g. floppy).
- Un-zip it on the stand-alone machine and start it up for processing.
- Once the WU is complete, just reverse the process to transmit the completed WU and to receive a new one. Make sure it is put in it's original folder, just in case you have multiple clients!!
- Once the client is on both machines, there is no need to copy the "FAH2console.exe" and "Core_65.exe" back and forth each time! The critical files are the "queue.dat", "client.cfg", and the entire contents of the "work" folder.
Note: You will need to change the "asknet=no" in the client.cfg to "asknet=yes"! To be safe, use the -config switch to accomplish it.
Please see the updates in the FAH Wiki before trying this ---> Sneakernetting.