If the client is making to many connections that its overwhelming the router,
which is entirely possible with some low end routers, yes BOINC can crash a
home network router causing it to either hang or restart itself.
~TM
> From: els...@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:40:33 +0100
> To: rwal...@ssl.berkeley.edu
> CC: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [boinc_dev] Can BOINC crash Windows network?
>
> Hi all,
>
> Over at Seti there's a person who claims that his BOINC will disable
> his Windows 7 network. See
> https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74077
>
> In the thread he says that whenever he runs BOINC, his network will
> crash, show the yellow mark on the network icon. he has reformatted
> and reinstalled Windows, added everything to his firewall exceptions.
>
> I have asked him to test if it would do the same with something like
> Folding@Home or Prime95. It does not.
> I have asked him if it may be a problem with his videocard, so he ran
> Furmark a couple of times. Gives no problems.
>
> But running quickly out of ideas. Other than hoping that Windows Event
> Viewer has recorded something about it, does anyone here have an idea?
> Ever heard of just BOINC disabling the Windows network?
>
> He is running BOINC 7.2.33, although I don't think that matters much.
>
> -- Jord van der Elst.
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