[freenet-support] Re: Stable or unstable?
Teng Junbin writes: > I read on some forums that Freenet is actually a lot > faster on the unstable version. However, I also read > that Freenet is supposed to get faster with time. > > I've just started using Freenet, so I'm not sure how > long is a reasonable amount of time to wait before the > speed stablizes. Currently, about 1 in 10 requests I > make go through and anything is returned at all. Even > if anything is returned, it is usually painfully slow > (the pictures of the directories in the main page took > about 20-30 minutes to load fully). > > If I switch to the unstable version, would the speed > be improved? Also, I read that I need unstable.ref, > which I am unable to find in the directory of > > http://www.freenetproject.org/snapshots/ > > Is it removed or can I just use a normal > seednodes.ref? > > junbin This is outdated. Freenet 0.5, which is the current release version, used to have a stable and unstable branch as described above. However they were merged a while ago since the current development version is the significantly different 0.7 alpha, where most of the core stuff is being rewritten from scratch. 0.5 unstable was a bit faster in my experience. This was probably due mostly to the network being smaller, perhaps it also had a higher percentage of dedicated / tuned nodes due to its attraction for geekier people. 0.7 is very much in need of alpha testers by the way : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/16905 and has the potential to be significantly faster / lower latency than 0.5 eventually, as well as offering greater security (darknets.) Bob
[freenet-support] Re: "Outbound message overhead" ?
emiel writes: > > I always have a "Outbound message overhead" of > about 70% or more. > > What exactly does "Outbound message overhead" > mean? > And how can I get it lower? You think that's bad, mine is always negative :) Right now it's "-145% (-31,776,769 Bytes wasted in the last hour)", heh ... it seems to work anyway though. I put it down to the fact it's Linux on a Sparc so I have to use the rather less than up to date Blackdown-1.4.1-01. As for exactly what it means I don't know, I would guess it's a rough measure of the amount of effort (retries etc) needed to manage to send a message. In which case you can improve it by generally tuning your node for performance and making sure you can accept incoming connections. Bob
[freenet-support] More testers needed for 0.7.0, and some feedback
More testers are needed for 0.7.0. If you want in, please come to #freenet-alphatest on irc.freenode.net. We will help you set up a node and give you connections to wire it into the pseudo-darknet, although if you bring some friends so you can set up real darknet links, that'd be even better. :) We still only have a command line interface, and there are many bugs, but splitfiles are working. -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20051118/35ae80a7/attachment.pgp>
[freenet-support] Re: "Outbound message overhead" ?
emiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I always have a "Outbound message overhead" of > about 70% or more. > > What exactly does "Outbound message overhead" > mean? > And how can I get it lower? You think that's bad, mine is always negative :) Right now it's "-145% (-31,776,769 Bytes wasted in the last hour)", heh ... it seems to work anyway though. I put it down to the fact it's Linux on a Sparc so I have to use the rather less than up to date Blackdown-1.4.1-01. As for exactly what it means I don't know, I would guess it's a rough measure of the amount of effort (retries etc) needed to manage to send a message. In which case you can improve it by generally tuning your node for performance and making sure you can accept incoming connections. Bob ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[freenet-support] Re: Stable or unstable?
Teng Junbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I read on some forums that Freenet is actually a lot > faster on the unstable version. However, I also read > that Freenet is supposed to get faster with time. > > I've just started using Freenet, so I'm not sure how > long is a reasonable amount of time to wait before the > speed stablizes. Currently, about 1 in 10 requests I > make go through and anything is returned at all. Even > if anything is returned, it is usually painfully slow > (the pictures of the directories in the main page took > about 20-30 minutes to load fully). > > If I switch to the unstable version, would the speed > be improved? Also, I read that I need unstable.ref, > which I am unable to find in the directory of > > http://www.freenetproject.org/snapshots/ > > Is it removed or can I just use a normal > seednodes.ref? > > junbin This is outdated. Freenet 0.5, which is the current release version, used to have a stable and unstable branch as described above. However they were merged a while ago since the current development version is the significantly different 0.7 alpha, where most of the core stuff is being rewritten from scratch. 0.5 unstable was a bit faster in my experience. This was probably due mostly to the network being smaller, perhaps it also had a higher percentage of dedicated / tuned nodes due to its attraction for geekier people. 0.7 is very much in need of alpha testers by the way : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/16905 and has the potential to be significantly faster / lower latency than 0.5 eventually, as well as offering greater security (darknets.) Bob ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[freenet-support] More testers needed for 0.7.0, and some feedback
More testers are needed for 0.7.0. If you want in, please come to #freenet-alphatest on irc.freenode.net. We will help you set up a node and give you connections to wire it into the pseudo-darknet, although if you bring some friends so you can set up real darknet links, that'd be even better. :) We still only have a command line interface, and there are many bugs, but splitfiles are working. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
