[Mldonkey-users] Re: "id"-command

[Sven Hartge]

Philip Hofstetter <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2002 23.38 schrieb Sven Hartge:
 
>> So this is supposed to tell you your ID on the server? Interesting.
>> Never worked that way.
 
> yes, it is. If your eDonkey-Port ist directly available to other
> clients, your ID is equivalent to your IP-Adress (in it's raw
> integer-form). If this is not the case, the server will assign you an
> ID which would correspond to anb address like 0.0.0.x.

Ah! OK, this explains my confusion. How about changing the Server teb in
a way this informtion is easily visible? For example by replacing the
word "connected" with either "high" or "low"?

> Therefore, it's goo to have your IP-Adress reported as your ID as this 
> indicates what is known as "a high ID".

Good. I was confused because the other edonkey client just displayed the
integer and did not interpret it, so I thought this was just a high
number instead of my IP.

S°

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