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I have p2pool node set up on laptop (coinD is synced and connected to network) - for solomining some other coin.
I've connected s3 DIRECTLY to that PC. I can access antminer setup page so I understand network setup is ok.
My PC IP (with the node) is set to 192.168.1.1. (p2pool stats page shows after entering it to webbrowser)
I have only LAN set up on S3 - I guess this is fine since S3 should only connect to local p2pool?

In my S3 pool setup i enter:

pool:192.168.1.1:9374 (this is the port on which node waits for workers)
worker: <wallet address>
password: x

Status page on S3 is empty... "This section contains no values yet"

This is my first antminer so maybe I'm missing something obvious...?
Edit:
My setup

Why don't you try with the S3 connected to the router directly? That way its acting like just another network device, rather than relying on your laptop to get it right. You shouldn't have to change anything else to give it a try once you've moved the cable over.

Hello all,

I have an Antminer S3 (God knows what batch! --don't know how to tell).
I have been using Slush and GHash in load balanced mode.

First of, a couple of days ago I decided to upgrade its firmware to the latest available (in https://www.bitmaintech.com/support.htm?pid=007201407180243004432lBQW28O0633) which is [antMiner_S320150109.bin] to date. Unfortunately, as soon as the S3 rebooted, its max hashing power was hovering between 50 and 60 GHs. More over, some of my chips were showing xxxx. I thought I had partially bricked my S3 and started to [panic] move cables around as per some guides. Even considering checking the thermal paste too.

One guide suggested falling back to previous firmware. I had performed a backup but had no clue which firmware I had. So, I fell back to the very first [antMiner_S320140711.bin] and it worked, then I moved up to [antMiner_S320140721.bin] and it worked too, this time I jumped forward to the one to last [antMiner_S320141013.bin], no dice, similar symptoms. Then I moved backwards to [antMiner_S320140826.bin] and this one worked and was a keeper.

Anyone knows if the last two firmwares are faulty/buggy? Why would they fail to hash to 200+ GHs (overclocked)? Is there a way to make the latest firmware work? I noticed, while I had it that the GUI was faster, not that I really miss a lot though.

Also, I'd like to try multipool mining with GHash but the "-scrypt -o stratum+tcp://multi.ghash.io:3333" entry in the GUI does not work. Is SHA256 and SCRYPT at the same time possible in the S3? Any opinions or experiences with this? Should I not bother?

Last question for the experts/veterans: If it is known that GHash is the largest pool in the world. Why would I not want to pool exclusively with them and keep balancing with Slush, for instance? I understand I stand a better chance at solving "more" and "more often" blocks with GHash than anyone else. Right? I know the share also is smaller, but then more frequent pennies isn't better than "rare" dimes?

Excuse my ignorance. I'm totally new to this!   
(threat: more questions coming in the near future... )

Mayitzu

The last few revisions were attempting to support one version of S3 PCBs better, which unfortunately may do weird things on earlier S3s. There is no particular reason if you feel you're stable on any firmware after 12/19.


From your perspective no. From a network perspective, yada yada decentralisaiton yada yada. Some will argue that large pools are not good for the economy, but regardless of who it is, there will always be a biggest pool.


No problem, you're questions are valid and better than most newbies.

That explains why it wouldn't work. I thought it was the mix of both.
Thanks for clarifying!

-Mayitzu

Go up to 20141219, its a critical update. Download is here.