At 10:00 PM -0700 2000/1/21, Warner Losh wrote:
> Hmmm. A thought just occurred to me. There's no need to measure
> these things. Lookup all the IP addresses. Do a non blocking
> connection to each of these machines. First one to come back with the
> REL16_1 response wins, and all the others get closed and you use that
> one.
Doesn't work. There might be a very low latency but
low-bandwidth connection between you and one of the servers, when you
(and everyone else) would be better off if you instead connected to a
server that shows slightly higher latency but has significantly more
bandwidth (or less packet loss, or a less loaded server on the other
end, etc...).
IMO, there are just too many factors to be considered to apply
any one simplistic solution. You need more intelligence on both
ends....
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These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy
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