On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:34:09PM -0600, Tom Kaitchuck wrote:
> On Monday 17 November 2003 06:38 pm, Toad wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 11:37:37PM -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > > HTL does not get decremented until we can route.  So a QR will not
> > > cause the cascade.  For that to happen we need to find the data or
> > > get a DNF...
> >
> > HTL is however decremented on a QR to prevent load explosion on a
> > single request.
> 
> Let me get this straight: 
> Request comes in with HTL=15.
> Try 1,2,3,4,5 times. All rejected.
> Goto the 6th best host. Accepted with an HTL of 10?
> 
> Well, if that's the case than QR's really can destroy preformace. If we are 
> averaging 2 QR's per hop then the HTL is decrementing at 3 times the rate it 
> normally does. Is this right? If so, it's no wonder things aren't working 
> very well.

Good point. Backoff should fix this.
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