On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 09:21:43PM -0400, Scott Young wrote: > The problem with that is that it's hard to tell when the upstream > connection is maxed out.
Well, yes if you mean the actual upstream connection, but I mean the permitted upstream bandwidth allocated to Freenet. > I also don't like the idea of limiting the max number of connections to > some specific number. This number would be alchemy, and what might be > good for a node on a cable modem might not be good for a node on an OC3. I agree, which is why that isn't what I suggested. > Shouldn't NGR solve this? NGR would be like looking going to the > fastest server you know of. If that server all of a sudden is slower, > try another server next time. Nobody wants to frequently go back to a > restaurant with poor service. Yes, but NGR needs to learn who is the fastest server, if the servers are constantly getting and finishing with customers then this will fluctuate too quickly for NGR to track. Ian. -- Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Weblog http://slashdot.org/~sanity/journal
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