I thought that I had better create a little thread on what dimes is and its requirements.
It doesn't require any CPU power, so it works well running with D2OL or FAH or any other project. It requires Java, but since D2OL also requires it, everyone probably already has it installed.
The goal is to map the internet. The client sends out traceroutes to various IPs and maps them. I'd like to warn people who have bandwidth usage limits, even though this project doesn't use a lot of bandwidth, it might not be for you, but I still encourage you to at least try it. The client itself seems pretty stable and the project admins are really into it and seem to communicate well. Sometimes the client may respond a little slowly, but I think that is just the nature of java.
The installation of the client is nice and easy, just choose a username and password, choose to join Xtremesystems in the team list (interesting to find as its not alphabetical....) and hey presto watch your points and the teams climb.
The only thing to be aware of is that if you have download/upload limits on your connection this will take some of your traffic. I think its about 20-35mb a day from what I remember seeing, Im uncapped so it doesnt really affect me.
The official site is here:
http://www.netdimes.org
Free-DC of course has stats here:
http://stats.free-dc.org/new/projpage.php?proj=dimes
The client is limited to one per machine irrelevant of CPUs, but it does run great on low end systems (PII etc) as all you really need is an internet connection that is always on and a connection to that (if more than one rig).
The client can be tweaked to work 4 times a minute (or less) and also the amount of bandwidth used, the less you use the less you score.
Points are uploaded every hour so its a nice project to watch your stats rocket up.
When I first started running this project I was worried that my internet connection would lag, but after running for a couple of weeks no one at home has complained ( 5 of us using it) my usenet access is exactly the same and my gaming ping hasnt changed.
Currently the XS team is about to enter the top 20 overall, we are 6th highest producer overall and me and helhiem are starting to spend alot of time in the top 10 producers also...!
Any questions give me a shout and I will do my best to answer them.
Edit:
Here is the link to create Dimes sigs:
http://sigs.canyonlake.net/dimes/dimessetup.php
Edit:
VMware Guide
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...37#post1050037
Edit:
Control Panel Link----Use This to upgrade your clients to newer versions----Great for people running VMs
https://www.netdimes.org/DIMESControlCenter/login.html
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