On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:59:18 +0100, Michael Rogers wrote:

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> Matthew Toseland wrote:
>> Is this typical for your node? Does the average ping time vary a lot?
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>>>     * nodeAveragePingTime: 1222ms
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> 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).

My ping to Google's http servers is around 32ms, so it's definetely not
the physical link that's at fault.

> 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?
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
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