On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 04:33:17PM +0000, Roger Hayter wrote: > Can anyone explain to me the difference in success rates in contacting a > given set of nodes for a transient node from that achieved by a > permanent node? I have a permanent node which has managed to contact a > group of seed nodes about 500 times after 130000 trials. The transient > node (running for a shorter time) with the same set of seed nodes has > managed to contact them about 400 times out of 600 trials. Is there a > difference in the type of contact attempted, or the time the node waits > for a reply: or something? The main difference is that a permanent node gets much more traffic, and so is much more dynamic. The more permanent nodes we have, the less the strain on the seednodes.
-- Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet/Coldstore open source hacker. Employed full time by Freenet Project Inc. from 11/9/02 to 11/1/03 http://freenetproject.org/
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