Michael Rogers <M.Rogers at cs.ucl.ac.uk> wrote on 26.4.2001 05:16:37: > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:28:26AM +0300, Kalle A. Sandstrom wrote: >> 1) Node impermanence. The network may be large (I've had 50-HTL requests >> go unanswered with a timeout - this has to be a sign of *something*...), >> but if a large percentage of the nodes are run by Napster refugees (i.e. >> running Windows, a 1-minute attention span, "this sucks! I can't download >> anything!", kill node), data and references are bound to disappear from >> the network faster than they appear. I have no solution to this problem; >> perhaps a larger number of really persistent, well-connected nodes would >> help. > >I think you've hit the nail on the head. > >Perhaps instead of encouraging everyone who drops by the Freenet homepage >to run a node, curious visitors should be encouraged to download a client >and discover whether Freenet is useful to them. If they find that it is, >they should be encouraged to run a node and give something back to the >network, *provided* that they have an OS that doesn't go down every 8 >hours, an ISP that lets them stay connected for more than 2 hours, and a >high-bandwidth connection.
On WIndows installation you are presented with a checkbox for dial up accounts which will set up a transient node. So that shouldn't contribute to many non-transient "part time" nodes Sebastian _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
