Hi I am also getting the same errors. I have not made any changes since I started about 2 months ago. This is the first problem that I have had.

12/5/2005 11:53:33 AM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0: 500
12/5/2005 11:53:33 AM|SETI@home|Backing off 11 minutes and 6 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0
12/5/2005 11:55:41 AM|SETI@home|Started download of 21mr05ab.11361.26240.547146.106
12/5/2005 11:56:47 AM|SETI@home|Started upload of 15ap04aa.22158.5474.248590.138_0_0
12/5/2005 11:56:57 AM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 15ap04aa.22158.5474.248590.138_0_0: 500
12/5/2005 11:56:57 AM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 14 minutes, and 27 seconds on upload of file 15ap04aa.22158.5474.248590.138_0_0
12/5/2005 11:58:50 AM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed download of 21mr05ab.11361.26240.547146.106: 500
12/5/2005 11:58:50 AM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 28 minutes, and 55 seconds on download of file 21mr05ab.11361.26240.547146.106
12/5/2005 12:04:40 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0
12/5/2005 12:05:32 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0: 500
12/5/2005 12:05:32 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 19 minutes and 49 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0
12/5/2005 12:09:20 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 19mr05ab.19371.8272.715898.16_4_0
12/5/2005 12:14:27 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 19mr05ab.19371.8272.715898.16_4_0: 500
12/5/2005 12:14:27 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 36 seconds on upload of file 19mr05ab.19371.8272.715898.16_4_0
12/5/2005 12:16:32 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0
12/5/2005 12:19:43 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0: 500
12/5/2005 12:19:43 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 18 minutes and 46 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0
12/5/2005 12:25:22 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0
12/5/2005 12:26:55 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0: 500
12/5/2005 12:26:55 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 45 minutes, and 51 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.11632.215926.246_3_0
12/5/2005 12:38:29 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0
12/5/2005 12:39:31 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0: -106
12/5/2005 12:39:31 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 11 minutes, and 47 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0
12/5/2005 1:11:25 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 15ap04aa.22158.5474.248590.138_0_0
12/5/2005 1:14:36 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 15ap04aa.22158.5474.248590.138_0_0: 500
12/5/2005 1:14:36 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 3 hours, 44 minutes, and 36 seconds on upload of file 15ap04aa.22158.5474.248590.138_0_0
12/5/2005 1:27:46 PM|SETI@home|Started download of 21mr05ab.11361.26240.547146.106
12/5/2005 1:29:19 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed download of 21mr05ab.11361.26240.547146.106: 500
12/5/2005 1:29:19 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 4 minutes, and 2 seconds on download of file 21mr05ab.11361.26240.547146.106
12/5/2005 1:30:55 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 24my03aa.11260.31378.436076.217_1_0
12/5/2005 1:31:16 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 24my03aa.11260.31378.436076.217_1_0: -106
12/5/2005 1:31:16 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 47 seconds on upload of file 24my03aa.11260.31378.436076.217_1_0
12/5/2005 1:51:19 PM|SETI@home|Started upload of 13au01aa.6597.11536.884652.203_3_0

Rocky

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would info on who connects via which ISP help?
incase it's a problem with a major ISP, or a backbone?

Yes but from the diversity of the responses it's not a specific ISP. I don't think it's with a Peering Company, because most of the peering connections are multiple OC-3 or OC-12 connections. That leave the local Cogent loop and Berkley itself.

Money at this point is Berkeley.. All dem classic people coming to terms.. :)

Had to change the title :)

Everybody is getting them now and Berkely is on it.. Lets give them a chance, but keep feeding me the data it has been extremely helpful

It seems there's a major network problem somewhere in the western U.S. In addition to the BOINC connection problems I'm having some major problems with accessing eBay pages. I wonder if the level3-cogent peering dispute has started up again.

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Yes but from the diversity of the responses it's not a specific ISP. I don't think it's with a Peering Company, because most of the peering connections are multiple OC-3 or OC-12 connections. That leave the local Cogent loop and Berkley itself.

True.
CW, did you you notice in my post, that i get a 500 on upload, but a system I/O on download!

I wonder if the level3-cogent peering dispute has started up again.

apparently they've reached a "temporary" agreement, not heard any change since then

same here in germany, just a few of the entrys in the log.
since yesterday I have about 12 WU#s to upöoad here

05.12.2005 17:42:19|SETI@home|Backing off 2 hours, 54 minutes, and 23 seconds on upload of file 19mr05ab.18039.25280.903384.194_0_0
05.12.2005 17:47:01|SETI@home|Started upload of 20mr05aa.6043.16194.136088.177_3_0
05.12.2005 17:47:35|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 20mr05aa.6043.16194.136088.177_3_0: 500
05.12.2005 17:47:35|SETI@home|Backing off 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 47 seconds on upload of file 20mr05aa.6043.16194.136088.177_3_0
05.12.2005 18:44:31|SETI@home|Started upload of 13au01aa.6597.6016.672144.66_2_0
05.12.2005 18:46:48|SETI@home|Started upload of 21mr05ab.11361.26434.248590.179_1_0
05.12.2005 18:47:52|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.6016.672144.66_2_0: 500
05.12.2005 18:47:52|SETI@home|Backing off 3 hours, 0 minutes, and 9 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.6016.672144.66_2_0
05.12.2005 18:50:10|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 21mr05ab.11361.26434.248590.179_1_0: 500
05.12.2005 18:50:10|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 32 minutes, and 39 seconds on upload of file 21mr05ab.11361.26434.248590.179_1_0
05.12.2005 19:03:38|SETI@home|Started upload of 15oc03aa.1719.15890.161058.43_3_0
05.12.2005 19:05:15|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 15oc03aa.1719.15890.161058.43_3_0: 500
05.12.2005 19:05:15|SETI@home|Backing off 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 54 seconds on upload of file 15oc03aa.1719.15890.161058.43_3_0
05.12.2005 19:11:36|SETI@home|Started upload of 15ap04aa.22158.10048.940902.212_3_0
05.12.2005 19:14:58|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 15ap04aa.22158.10048.940902.212_3_0: 500
05.12.2005 19:14:58|SETI@home|Backing off 3 hours, 51 minutes, and 39 seconds on upload of file 15ap04aa.22158.10048.940902.212_3_0

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It seems there's a major network problem somewhere in the western U.S.

Sorry. I live in Switzerland and I have the same problem (500 or I/O err).
It seems to be a global problem.

Bye,
Franz

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It seems there's a major network problem somewhere in the western U.S.

Sorry. I live in Switzerland and I have the same problem (500 or I/O err).
It seems to be a global problem.

Bye,
Franz

i live in va usa and i also have d/l and u/l problems along with losing results i completed

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It seems there's a major network problem somewhere in the western U.S.

Sorry. I live in Switzerland and I have the same problem (500 or I/O err).
It seems to be a global problem.

Bye,
Franz

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It seems there's a major network problem somewhere in the western U.S.

Sorry. I live in Switzerland and I have the same problem (500 or I/O err).
It seems to be a global problem.

Bye,
Franz

The problem is on Berkeley's end. Lets give then a chance to fix it.

If its any help. Here's a VisualRoute trace......
I am on AOL UK and I think hops 1-4 are all AOL getting
traffic across the pond.

Peter

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=== VisualRoute report on 05-Dec-05 20:21:01 ===
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Report for setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu [66.28.250.125]

This trace was started on 05-Dec-05 20:20:34.
The host 'setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu' has been found, and is reachable in 11 hops. The TTL value of packets received from it is 239.In general this route is reasonably quick, with hops responding on average within 150ms. However, all hops after hop 9 respond particularly slowly.

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|Hop|%Loss| IP Address | Node Name | ms |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 0| | 172.189.90.206 | Peter
| 1| | 195.93.23.146 | rt-loste18.dial.aol.com | 57 |
| 2| 80 | 195.93.17.158 | iptfarmle-los-ve3.proxy.aol.com | 91 |
| 3| | 172.17.169.76 | - | 61 |
| 4| | 66.185.143.69 | pop2-loh-S2-2-0.atdn.net | 64 |
| 5| | 129.250.8.29 | - | 64 |
| 6| | 130.117.1.65 | - |359 |
| 7| | 130.117.0.185 | - |147 |
| 8| | 66.28.4.110 | - |176 |
| 9| | 66.28.4.185 | - |209 |
| 10| | 66.250.4.74 | - |215 |
| 11| | 66.28.250.125 | setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu |205 | |

Roundtrip time to setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu, average = 205ms, min = 163ms, max = 313ms -- 05-Dec-05 20:21:01

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Wolfie,

sorry for the slightly off-topic, but since it seems most usefull info on the current problem at Berkeley is gathered in this thread, I figured I might add this as well.

from this thread in the Windows Q&A it seems like there were some database connection problems last night, could this be related to the assimilator backing up and hindering the up/downloads?

Getting both the 500 errors and the system i/o errors. Starting around the same time as many others on this thread.

1. What type of connection do you have to your ISP?
(dial-up, DSL, Cable, Other [specify other]
Cable 6MB, from Comcast in Denver, CO

2. What equipment are you using to access your ISP?
(cable modem [manufacturer, mode], DSL Modem, Other)
Cable Modem (no changes on this, ever)

3. Are you running other applications that could consume bandwidth? (bit torrent, win mx, napster, etc)
No other apps other than Internet Explorer

4. Are you connected directly to your cable/dsl modem or is there a router or switch in line?
Straight connection from the modem

5. Are you willing to share a network trace with one of us?
Yes

Destination: setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu

-#--------------Node Name---------------IP Address------Location-----------RT*--High---Low---Avg-Tot---D-Who
1 student 24.8.59.16 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 No Response 0.0.0.0 Unknown - 0 0 0 4 4
3 68.86.105.161 Unknown 11 11 11 11 2 0
4 68.86.103.126 Unknown 7 7 7 7 2 0
5 68.86.103.41 Unknown 9 9 9 9 2 0
6 68.86.103.170 Unknown 9 12 9 10 2 0
7 12.124.157.53 Unknown 9 10 9 9 2 0
8 gbr2-p40.dvmco.ip.att.net 12.123.36.150 Unknown - 34 34 34 3 2
9 tbr1-p013601.dvmco.ip.att.net 12.122.1.34 Unknown - 41 41 41 3 2
10 12.122.12.133 Unknown - 34 34 34 2 1
11 ggr2-p390.sffca.ip.att.net 12.123.13.194 37.775N,122.417W 35 35 35 35 1 0
12 so-8-1.car3.sanjose1.level3.net 209.0.227.29 37.333N,121.883W 34 34 34 34 1 0
13 ge-8-0.hsa1.sanjose1.level3.net 4.68.123.8 37.333N,121.883W 34 34 34 34 1 0
14 cenic.hsa1.level3.net 209.247.159.110 Unknown 41 41 41 41 1 0
15 inet-ucb--svl-isp.cenic.net 137.164.24.106 Unknown 44 44 44 44 1 0
16 g3-19.inr-201-eva.berkeley.edu 128.32.0.74 Unknown 43 43 43 43 1 0
17 g6-1.inr-230-spr.berkeley.edu 128.32.255.110 Unknown 42 42 42 42 1 0
18 solen.ssl.berkeley.edu 128.32.18.209 Unknown 44 44 44 44 1 0
19 galileo.ssl.berkeley.edu 128.32.18.173 Unknown 48 48 48 48 1 0
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*All times in milliseconds (ms), D=Dropped packets
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I can add this detail.

Looking at "Tranfer" tab in Boinc manager, I can see the result starting with 0.00% in the "progress" column, than 2-3% for some seconds and finally it stops with 100% with a new retry scheduled. In theese cases I get the 500 error.
If Progress is always blocked on 0.00%, I get I/O error.
Bye

Good catch. That is a big help.

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I hope to help us more telling that in the case of 500 error I see, for a while,
at the end of the fault transfer, something like:
Progress ---- Size
105.26% ---- 14.38/13.67

Bye,
Franz

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Money at this point is Berkeley.. All dem classic people coming to terms.. :)

Yo Bro - I are one of them thar! ;^)

Growing pains like you won't believe, eh? Finally got this live Saturday afternoon and now everyone's climbing aboard.

I did a tracert from Philly Verizon.net out through several sites on the West Coast, and noticed that Cogent't times are roughly two to three times longer than AT&T or Verio. But I too think the bottleneck is between Cogent and Berkley.

Time to grab some popcorn and settle back. Thanks for your support and help.

Mikey.

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I have not seen a 500 error but I keep getting the I/O error. I have 2 computers running and a bunch of packets to be uploaded. This is the first error I recieved

12/4/2005 7:25:59 AM||Couldn't connect to hostname [setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu]
12/4/2005 7:25:59 AM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 24my03aa.11260.33360.290910.150_2_0: system I/O
12/4/2005 7:25:59 AM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 minutes and 0 seconds on upload of file 24my03aa.11260.33360.290910.150_2_0

I am in Central time zone

I also run the rosetta@home on my good computer and I have had no errors with this one

A few of us are trying to track the cause of 500 errors.
It appears that it may have something to do with MTU sizes.

To get to the source of this I have several questions.

1. What type of connection do you have to your ISP?
(dial-up, DSL, Cable, Other [specify other]

DSL (384k/256k)(1/4 of a T1)

2. What equipment are you using to access your ISP?
(cable modem [manufacturer, mode], DSL Modem, Other)

DSL Modem

3. Are you running other applications that could consume bandwidth? (bit torrent, win mx, napster, etc)

I do have a TeamSpeak server but it does not use much bandwidth as most of the users are only connected from about noon until about 2 am.

4. Are you connected directly to your cable/dsl modem or is there a router or switch in line?

Linksys 4 port broadband firewall Router

5. Are you willing to share a network trace with one of us?

Yes here it is doing a trace to setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu

1 0 0 192.168.1.1
2 57 57 209.81.106.193 209-81-106-193.eot.com
3 59 2 209.81.96.1 B-onv-att.net.arvig.net
4 66 7 137.192.64.13 16153-Arvig.onvoy.net
5 Timed out
6 Timed out
7 69 3 157.130.111.109 500.POS3-0.GW6.MSP1.ALTER.NET
8 67 -2 152.63.69.30 0.so-0-2-0.XL2.MSP1.ALTER.NET
9 75 8 152.63.65.90
10 77 2 152.63.64.57 0.so-7-1-0.BR6.CHI2.ALTER.NET
11 106 29 204.255.174.158
12 107 1 154.54.2.237 p12-0.core01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com
13 123 16 66.28.4.185 p5-0.core01.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com
14 124 1 66.250.4.74 UC-Berkeley.demarc.cogentco.com
15 125 1 66.28.250.125

UPDATE:

Well I am not getting the I/O error I am getting the 500 now. I also see that a few of my Setti projects have been uploaded.

12/5/2005 3:46:43 PM|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 13au01aa.6597.13569.386086.180_2_0: error 500
12/5/2005 3:46:43 PM|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hours, 47 minutes, and 22 seconds on upload of file 13au01aa.6597.13569.386086.180_2_0

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I hope to help us more telling that in the case of 500 error I see, for a while,
at the end of the fault transfer, something like:
Progress ---- Size
105.26% ---- 14.38/13.67

Bye,
Franz

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New details:
the starting size in a "500 error transfer" is always "0.28/nn.nn KB" while uploading. This number (0.28) is fixed untill the end. Progress can vary from 2% to 3% but Size in fixed.

Bye
Franz

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Wolfie,

sorry for the slightly off-topic, but since it seems most usefull info on the current problem at Berkeley is gathered in this thread, I figured I might add this as well.

from this thread in the Windows Q&A it seems like there were some database connection problems last night, could this be related to the assimilator backing up and hindering the up/downloads?

Actually yes. I have a theory I passed along to Dr. A and crew. If I am right and they impliment the change I think they should make we should be back in business soon. Of course there will be a major backup as all those crunched WU's get uploaded. I think my current count is around 20 waiting to upload.

Have 9 WUs to upload and 2 to download whenever the SETI is ready
Rocky

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