The easiest way for balancing serverload is, in my opinion, a round robin dns entry. So users simply connect to mpserver.flightgear.org, which resolvs to mpserver01, mpserver02 etc in round robin.
A more sophisticated solution is, that the server checks the connecting client IP and sends back a "connect to mpserverXX" message to the client based on IANA/RIPE/APNIC etc IP-lists. However, this needs greater changes to the server code. Btw: there are two pages showing active servers: http://mpmap01.flightgear.org/mpstatus lists all servers configured as relays of mpserver01 http://pigeond.net/flightgear/mpstatus/ lists all servers hardcoded into the scripts Regards, Oliver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
