[Mldonkey-users] Re: can t connect to server

[Sven Hartge]

Pierre Etchemaite <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le 25 Nov 2002 11:25:33 +0100, Falk Hueffner
> <address@hidden> a écrit :
 
>>> get_chunks_in_random_order.patch: patch #665. Try to get the chunks of
>>> files in a random order. Better for file propagation.
>> I hope this is "among the least spread chunks, choose a random one"?
 
> Like the previous algorithm, the priority is only given on chunks with only
> one source (in the current set of connected sources), but this is an
> interesting improvement.

I think it would be best for file propagation, if the chunks with the
fewest sources are downloaded first, because they are most likely to
disappear soon.

>>> hide_chunks_being_uploaded.patch: patch #668. Hide chunks already
>>> being downloaded to other uploaders. Better for file propagation.

>> Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. Slow downloaders might block chunks
>> for a very long time that way.
 
> If you don't do it, you can only have slow downloaders :) Maybe the
> algorithm could be modified to hide only chunks with n clients ?  This
> patch is only useful under high upload stress anyway...

Is it possible to limit the total number of clients downloading from me?
Because I only have an ISDN connection, it is not useful for 30 people
to download from me. 3 or 4 is the maximum, 1 or 2 is best.

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