Wouldnt it be easier if you set the TZ or country code in the client? That
way you will always know where the person is located... and then do a
simple list of servers to choose from.
Pinging once a month is quite a bad hack and a routing problem or if an
ISP get pissed off on another ISP and filter the IP's out, it could make
steam choose a server in asia instead of europe...
/Bjorn
On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Alfred Reynolds wrote:
> Once a month or so it "pings" a number of content servers and chooses
> the one with the lowest latency to determine the region ("cell") you are
> in.
>
> - Alfred
>
> ----Original Message----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Britt
> Priddy (PZGN) Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:11 PM To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Selecting
> Content Servers
>
> > Is the only way to obtain a different content server to delete the
> > ClientRegistry.blob and its possible be assigned a new content
> > server? How does it know our region? By IP or the servers we
> > connect to?
> >
> >
> > _____________________________
> > Britt Priddy
> > Network Engineer
> > Power Zones Gaming Network
> > www.powerzones.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alfred Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:53 PM
> > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Selecting Content Servers
> >
> >
> > > The Steam client currently auto-discovers your "region" based on a
> > > graph of content servers we have defined. There are no user
> > > configurable parts to this system.
> > >
> > > ----Original Message----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> > > AgentHH Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:44 PM To:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux]
> > > Selecting Content Servers
> > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't tried it, but I'm not sure how well it will work. I've
> > > > > sniffed the traffic thats flowing when updating steam before,
> > > > > and it seems to contact a master (authentication?) server in
> > > > > the US which then says use this content server. I'm not sure if
> > > > > the master server cares that you can't contact the server. I
> > > > > would hope the client would go, can';t get to that server, give
> > > > > me another.. but it's something worth playing with!
> > > > >
> > > > > john
> > > >
> > > > I can't say I'm having stellar successes right now. Steam seems to
> > > > contact a master server (I've seen Valve Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 14) and
> > > > uses that for a content server as well. If I disconnect my
> > > > Internet connection, it tries a combination of those three and
> > > > then says "Steam cannot connect blah blah blah".
> > > >
> > > > I think _VALVE_ should do something to help us out here by
> > > > allowing to select a specific server, or at least specify our
> > > > (client) region, as this seems to be something that's going to be
> > > > an ugly hack, if it even works.
> > > >
> > > > --AgentHH
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list
> > > > archives, please visit:
> > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list
> > > archives, please visit:
> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list
> > archives, please visit:
> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
>
> _______________________________________________
> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit:
> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
>
--
Users are like bacteria - each one causes a thousand tiny crises
until the host finally gives up and dies.
_______________________________________________
To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit:
http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
