> Of course, we are entirely ignoring closeness. The algorithm for choosing > nodes needs to taken into account both closeness and reliability for them > both to have meaning. A simple multiplication of the two values might be > good enough, with a constant weighing the outcome towards one value or the > other.
Shouldn't connection speed be taken into account as well? Maybe the prior average connection speed of each node could be stored locally and factored in. A more distant node with a fast connection is preferable to a nearby one on a modem, right? Mark Roberts mroberts100 at mediaone.net _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
