On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:59:18AM +0100, Michael Rogers wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matthew Toseland wrote: > > Is this typical for your node? Does the average ping time vary a lot? > > >> * nodeAveragePingTime: 1222ms > > 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 -- 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/tech/attachments/20060822/138850e5/attachment.pgp>