> > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Timm Murray" <hardburn at runbox.com> > > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:31:46 GMT > > To: devl at freenetproject.org > > Subject: Re:[freenet-devl] Geographical routing > > > > I had a revelation last night: Gegraphical routing is a Bad Idea > > (tm). The most important part of Freenet's routing is looking for > > data where it is likely to be found. Favoring routes to machines > > which are physically close to you (or at least on the same subnet) > > is like the man who drops his keys in a dark corner, but looks for > > them by the lamp because the light is better there. > > Not so. Requesting it from a local node (i.e. < 10 ms ping) with a low HTL > results in no impact on the network except resulting in higher response > times for data that's already been transfered. Statistically, you are > correct -- the nodes on the same subnet are less likely to have the data. > Unless, of course, its already in their datastore, saving an otherwise > costly trip to the outside.
This would work if you have two nodes that are about as close to a given key, then you choose the one with the lowest ping times. I don't think this will happen in the real world very often. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
