I just hooked up a s9 Antminer and cannot get worker state to turn on my account eventhough the miner has been mining for a couple hours. I do have the URL correct and the worker correct in the miner. Please assist it may sound like a crazy question but I cannot figure it out. Thanks in advance.
Did you hit "Save and Apply" in Cgminer? Also, just because the miner is making noise doesn't mean that it is mining. You are labeled as a newbie, so I'm not sure if you understand this concept. I use Avalon miners and the light on the back of the miner has to be green, not yellow, to denote active mining. I'm not sure how it works on S9s, but it is probably similar.