> There are people on coder-com that can answer these questions, perhaps > better than some server admins. It would be great for these people to speak > up, and help the admins by sharing their expertise.
Undernet has for a very long time had problems with floodnets. These use up connections and waste vast amounts of bandwidth by flooding channels and users. To get around the limitations placed by I:'s, these tend to attack from multiple IP's and connect as many times as they can to each server, increasing the I:'s from 1 to 2 does tend to increase the amount of drones they can load (actually it doubles it). It also invites users to load bots. These are their reasons, not mine. I personally think that 2 or even 3 connections per host is a good idea. Hopefully with X's floating limits, channel mode +r, and other future enhancements will slow the effectiveness of floodnets, and thusly admins will be less reluctant to raise their I: limits. -- Chocolate chip.
