On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:59:18AM +0100, Michael Rogers wrote:
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> Matthew Toseland wrote:
> > Is this typical for your node? Does the average ping time vary a lot?
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> >>     * nodeAveragePingTime: 1222ms
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> This might just be a sign that the link is busy - domestic ADSL and
> cable connections typically have large router queues, so the ping time
> can vary by several seconds depending on how busy the link is (including
> non-Freenet traffic).
> 
> Perhaps backoff should be based on the difference between the peer's
> ping time and the median ping time of all peers, so a delay that affects
> all peers won't be treated as a sign that they're overloaded? But then
> what happens when all or most peers *are* overloaded?

How would we determine "our" ping time as distinct from our peers' ping
time? I suppose they could tell us?
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
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Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org
Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/
ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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