 | | | Re: Network rendering problem....this might be one for the Eovia dudes | Re: Network rendering problem....this might be one for the Eovia dudes 2005-10-07 - By Leviathan
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Thanks for the replies guys.
Thanks to you both I have made some progress...at least I think
it's progess.
Everything is basically the same as before except that it now does
all this:
> >- I launch the render from the batch renderer (with net rendering
> >checked of course).
> >- The scene file loads on the host machine.
> >- The render starts on the host machine whilst the scene file starts
> >loading on the render node machine.
And then instead of this:
> >- Once the render node machine finishes loading the scene file it
> >basically stops and does nothing...i.e. no "N" blocks start on the
> >host machine.
I get two "N" blocks showing on the host machine (the render node
it a daul CPU system remember), and then the host machine sits and
waits for those blocks to render...but they never do (don't even start
rendering)...now I say never...but I haven't actually left it any
longer then about 5min...should it take any longer then 5min? (To start
rendering the "N" blocks that is). The scene I'm rendering is a 16sec
animaton with full raytracing...so it's got lots of work to do.
Anyway, now when I abort the render I get basically exactly the
same error message except that there's an IP address between the "()"
in the error.
Now what I've done to achive these changes is, disable AVG
antivirus, install all my plugins on the render node, and I changed the
default port(s) to 6020, 6040, 6060....on both the host and the node...
well the node is 6020 actually...but changing the ports didn't seem to
make any difference...so I'm guessing that the ports aren't the
problem.
Now another question for you...you mentioned a Windows Firewall...
does Windows 2000 have one? Or is that only on XP? (I'm new to Windows
2000 so I really don't know). If it does where do change the settings
for it?
Oh, and here is the info from the Network log...any insight?
Start Rendering:
IP Address: 169.254.152.223
Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0
Broadcast to: 255.255.255.255
Registering Render Node: (169.254.96.9)
Thanks a bunch!!!
Leviathan
--- In Carrara@(protected), Harvey White <madyn@(protected)> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:11:58 -0000, you wrote:
>
> >Hey all,
> >
> > Well after a loooong time away for any 3d work, (far too long
IMO)
> >I'm finally back at it. I've been working on an animation these past
> >couple weeks and in preperation for the inevitable long render I've
> >been doing a little upgrading. I finally took the plunge and put a
> >second processor into each of my (two) machines.
> >
> > Firstly I want to say "Wow, my hat is off to the people at
Eovia!
> >". The preformance increase with a second processor is astounding!
I'm
> > rendering in anywhere from 1/4 to 1/5th of the time it would take
> >with just one processor (I did some benchmarking with and without
the
> >second processor.) Like I said...astounding....I don't know how you
> >did it Eovia...but I love it!
> >
> > Anyway...getting on to my problem, network rendering...it's
always
> >worked for me in Windows 98SE, but since I upgraded to Windows 2000
it
> >doesn't seems to work (the Windows upgrade and the addition of the
> >second CPU were practically simultainous...I never tried network
> >rendering with just single CPU's). Sooo...here's what's happening:
> >
> >- I launch the render from the batch renderer (with net rendering
> >checked of course).
> >- The scene file loads on the host machine.
> >- The render starts on the host machine whilst the scene file starts
> >loading on the render node machine.
>
> This is normal.
>
> >- Once the render node machine finishes loading the scene file it
> >basically stops and does nothing...i.e. no "N" blocks start on the
> >host machine.
>
> It can be waiting for something. If you have a plugin on your main
> machine, you must have that plugin on the node, and you will get the
> serial number registration dialog the first time you use it, or
> sometimes the first time it's run. That hangs the node until
> completed.
>
>
>
> >- If I abort the render then I receive this message: "Unable to
> >connect to render node located on () on port 5060"
>
> Mostly, all that's saying is that it cannot talk to its copy.
Windows
> firewall needs to be told that Carrara is ok, on both machines. If
> you are using Norton, you need to turn off the internet worm
> protection, it consistently thinks Carrara is a worm and pops up a
> dialog (and freezes the program).
>
>
>
> >- Now I checked the ports on the host (5020, 5040, 5060) and render
> >node (5020).
>
> You might also want to shift the main port to 6020. Some people have
> had problems with that.
>
> >- My regular Windows network (file sharing etc) works fine.
> >- And all firewalls (that I know of...i.e. Zone Alarm) were turned
> >off.
> >
> > What did I miss? Thanks everyone...I want to get this fixed so I
> >can get my animation all rendered off...then I might even upload it
> >for y'all.
>
> Enable the logging function on the network rendering, that will tell
> you a little. Unfortunately, there's no "test" button other than
> doing it, and the "N" box is the same from all machines, which does
> not help others, but is of no consequence to you.
>
> As others have said, network rendering can lag a bit, so you want a
> scene that takes a minute or so to render normally. In an animation,
> I generally have the nodes pick up the animation after the first
> frame.
>
> Harvey
>
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