[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive ASICMiner Cube Setup [HD]

[ZangetsuNX01]

the cube and the machine which runs the proxy are connected to the same router. The machine has it's firewall disabled.

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[dogie]

the cube and the machine which runs the proxy are connected to the same router. The machine has it's firewall disabled.

Any switches in between?

[ZangetsuNX01]

Not between the cube and the router. I do have two other mining devices.

One Prospero X-1 and R-box
The R-box is connected to the same machine that runs the proxy and runs CGminer
The prospero is also connected to the same router as the proxy machine and cube they run just fine.

[dogie]

Not between the cube and the router. I do have two other mining devices.

One Prospero X-1 and R-box
The R-box is connected to the same machine that runs the proxy and runs CGminer
The prospero is also connected to the same router as the proxy machine and cube they run just fine.

What about between the router and the host computer? This type of error you're seeing was always caused by generic network topology issues. The solution is to keep moving things in the network about.

OH, any android phones on wifi? Forgot about that gem.

[ZangetsuNX01]

I have no idea what the problem might be. I turned the wifi off on all the android phones in my network, and it still isn't working. It cant be the IP adresses otherwise the proxt wouldn't connect to the outside world.
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a437/ZangetsuNX01/network.jpg

[dogie]

I have no idea what the problem might be. I turned the wifi off on all the android phones in my network, and it still isn't working. It cant be the IP adresses otherwise the proxt wouldn't connect to the outside world.

For arguments sake move the netbook and er cube up to the original router and try.

[bitcoinicon]

Hey Dogie,

Great thread!! I was looking for info a few months ago on how to mine other coins with my cube but couldn't find anything and then just gave up and my cube has just been collecting dust ever since. A friend just sent me the link to this thread and I have been reading through the pages but there is so much to read so I thought I'd ask, hope you don't mind.

Any advice on how to configure my cube to mine another sha256 coin besides Bitcoin?

Regards
Ricky

[dogie]

Hey Dogie,

Great thread!! I was looking for info a few months ago on how to mine other coins with my cube but couldn't find anything and then just gave you and my cube has just been collecting dust ever since. A friend just sent me the link to this thread and I have been reading through the pages but there is so much to read so I thought I'd ask, hope you don't mind.

Any advice on how to configure my cube to mine another sha256 coin besides Bitcoin?

Regards
Ricky

Hi Ricky, thanks for your kind words. There is no reason you can't mine other coins on the Cube. The way you'll go about this is to find a pool on the coin you want, and in the .bat file enter that pool's details. Other than that, the instructions from section 4 are identical.

[bitcoinicon]

Hey Dogie,

Great thread!! I was looking for info a few months ago on how to mine other coins with my cube but couldn't find anything and then just gave you and my cube has just been collecting dust ever since. A friend just sent me the link to this thread and I have been reading through the pages but there is so much to read so I thought I'd ask, hope you don't mind.

Any advice on how to configure my cube to mine another sha256 coin besides Bitcoin?

Regards
Ricky

Hi Ricky, thanks for your kind words. There is no reason you can't mine other coins on the Cube. The way you'll go about this is to find a pool on the coin you want, and in the .bat file enter that pool's details. Other than that, the instructions from section 4 are identical.

Thanks for this Gogie,

I'm on it now!

[bitcoinicon]

One more question please.

What do we do in a case where the pool mines straight to your wallet and uses a wallet address as a username?

Like this>>> http://pool.digitalgold.co/

[bitcoinicon]

It's working!!! Woooo hoooo! Thanks

I will contact you to donate some coins as soon as I've mined some

[dogie]

It's working!!! Woooo hoooo! Thanks

I will contact you to donate some coins as soon as I've mined some

Glad you're up and running but no donations necessary.

[Gstaylo]

I can't get my screen shots to upload.  Copy and past coming this way.  I know that the Block Erupter Cube costs more than it produces.  I just wanted to get it set up and hashing to learn the ways of the BitCoin.  I have read the fourm/s on how to set it up and have watched every YouTube Video I could find and after 10 hours I still cant get it hashing.  I have Factory rest the cube and could use someone to hold my hand to get this going.  Be gentle guys and gals, I'm squishy and respond well to 'Breaking it down Barney style.'   


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\gstay>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SKsServer
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : columbus.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : columbus.rr.com
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 94-DE-80-B4-BC-8C
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c0a8:3:1234:84e:aafb:3c7b:d99b(Preferred)
   Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:c0a8:3:1234:1d31:4c5a:a001:7180(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::84e:aafb:3c7b:d99b%11(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 22, 2016 5:42:18 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 23, 2016 5:42:18 PM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::200:ff:fe00:0%11
                                       192.168.1.253
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.253
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 60087936
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-23-B0-E2-94-DE-80-B4-BC-8C
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.18.47.61
                                       209.18.47.62
                                       192.168.1.253
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 3:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:2c27:2123:3f57:fefd(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2c27:2123:3f57:fefd%7(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 100663296
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-23-B0-E2-94-DE-80-B4-BC-8C
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.columbus.rr.com:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : columbus.rr.com
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\gstay>


BE Cube V9.17 ASIC GT (Proxy, Auto Longpoll support)

ASIC_01-16: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
ASIC_17-32: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
ASIC_33-48: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
ASIC_49-64: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
ASIC_65-80: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
ASIC_81-96: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
M_01-16: 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
M_17-32: 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
M_33-48: 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
M_49-64: 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
M_65-80: 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
M_81-96: 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Jobs:0000000000 Accepted:0000000000 Rejected:0000000000 (0:0) F1 F2 F3
MHS:00000 Utility:000 Efficieny:000.00%
Started before: 0d,00h,00m,04s
Current pool: 192.168.1.30 (A)
Switch mode: Primary/Backup
Clock selected: Low
Long Poll: inactive

IP 192.168.1.254   
Mask 255.255.255.0   
Gateway 0.0.0.0   
WEB Port 8000   
Primary DNS 192.168.1.1   
Secondary DNS 8.8.8.8   
Pool ports 8330,8330   
Pool addresses 192.168.1.30,192.168.1.30   
Miners user:pass asicminer_test:x,asicminer_test:x   

[dogie]

Your gateway IP and primary DNS needs to be that of your router (192.168.1.253). I don't see that you've set up a proxy, but when you do the pool address on the Cube should be 192.168.1.2,192.168.1.2

I think you need to go through the instructions in the OP of this thread again.

[Gstaylo]

I will tomorrow and get back to you!  Thank you for the reply!

[Gstaylo]

I factory reset everything after I did this step including reinstalling windows because after this step was complete I was no longer able to access my router or the internet.  This was the step, everything I did before this was fine and worked perfectly.

'On the cube config page, enter the server address the IP of the computer with the stratum proxy on. Enter it twice as the cube needs two pools to start mining, ie "192.168.1.102,192.168.1.102". If you are unsure what IP your computer is at, open cmd and type "ipcongif /all".'

Once doing this, internet dissapears.  This happened once last night after trying to troubleshoot the cube after reading your reply and redoing all the steps.  I factory reset Modem, router, Cube, and reinstalled windows.  Then I went to bed.  Woke up, got comp reconfigured, internet was back on.  Everything was good to try again.

I went back to the guide and started the process over.  When I got to the above step and set the IP to 192.168.1.102,192.168.1.102 and once I did that the internet went down again.  I tried everything I could resetting the router, reinstalling the software, checking cables, and still could not get the net back up.  Then I had to go to work.  Which is where I am at now till 10pmish tonight.  I was not joking about putting ten hours into this previously.  I'm now up to twelve and hoping when I get home and am able to reconfigure my system I will be able to get the net up and running again.

I apologize that I am not more fluent in this area and only ask as that  you please bear with me.  Also know that I am determined to get this up and running even if it takes me 40+ hours.  Thank you for your time and I will check back after work for your response.

[dogie]

I went back to the guide and started the process over.  When I got to the above step and set the IP to 192.168.1.102,192.168.1.102 and once I did that the internet went down again

You've entered it into the "IP" box, you need to enter that into the "pool addresses" boxes. I have no idea why that would stop your computer accessing your router or internet though. If you're coming from fresh everything the only things you need to change on the Cube's configuration page are [remove all quotation marks]:

Gateway to "192.168.1.253"
Primary to "192.168.1.253"
Pool addresses to "192.168.1.102,192.168.1.102" - assumes your computer's IP has remained at .102 after you reset everything. It probably has.
miner user:pass to "Gstaylo_Cube:1,Gstaylo_Cube:1" - assumes you sign up to Antpool with the username Gstaylo, change as required.

Sign up for antpool https://account.bitmain.com/sign_up


Instructions for the next step, which is the "mining proxy". You need to download the mining proxy, extract it to its own folder in program files and then create a .bat file on the desktop containing the pool settings in the white box.

Taken from the instructions:
"Cubes use the extinct getwork protocol and so we need to use a stratum proxy. Download the proxy and open the file. (this file https://mining.bitcoin.cz/media/download/mining_proxy.exe)"

"create a .bat file in notepad (save as .bat). Move the stratum proxy (mining_proxy.exe) to the file location below and put the following text inside for your
choice of pool [antpool]."

"cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Proxy
mining_proxy.exe -o stratum.antpool.com -p 3333" [remove the quotation marks]

You then should, *should* be mining.

[Gstaylo]

Thank you.  What you have wrote here makes sense.  When/If I can get the net back up I will try this after work.  Also is 'antpool' belong to slush or some other pool?  Are you recommending this personally or dose the cube have to be in 'antpool'?

[dogie]

Thank you.  What you have wrote here makes sense.  When/If I can get the net back up I will try this after work.  Also is 'antpool' belong to slush or some other pool?  Are you recommending this personally or dose the cube have to be in 'antpool'?

Antpool is a different pool. If you're new to mining and just want to test things then the bigger the pool the better as its typically more stable and there is less variance in the earnings. Its not to do with it being a Cube.

[Gstaylo]

Understood.