On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:59:18 +0100, Michael Rogers wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matthew Toseland wrote: >> Is this typical for your node? Does the average ping time vary a lot? > >>> * nodeAveragePingTime: 1222ms > > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFE6sdmyua14OQlJ3sRAhXgAKDnypwR6FteZSLOGG0jIkEOwOHDnwCgtLT3 > fFOCmGEdsaU65sYJ0Qhf5YY= > =XbPS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
