<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy. --> <!--X-From-R13: Quevf Uenl <ptNnzv-pt.UenlEntr.Sqzbagba.OP.QO> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 07:05:42 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199903111503.IAA00911@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, a</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00530.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00532.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00561.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00535.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00531">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00531">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00531">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Chris Gray <<A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:03:09 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [Oliver Jowett:] >On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Chris Gray wrote: >> The problem with that is that then the clients have to connect to one >> of those 10 ports. You might manage that if you have a special client >> that has a decent algorithm to balance the use, but if you rely on >> humans to do it, it won't work - most will use the first one all the >> time. There isn't any way to know which port is the least busy. >What about using round-robin DNS (multiple A records for the same >hostname)? It's using the same port, just on different IPs that all happen >to be on the same machine. I'll let others answer that - my knowledge of networking is mostly as a programmer, and not as an administrator/configurator. I'm not sure how easy it would be to do (not in editing files, but in practical matters), or whether it would yield decent balance among the 10. -- Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA <A HREF="http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/">http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/</A> _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00541" HREF="msg00541.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> J C Lawrence <claw#varesearch,com></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00535" HREF="msg00535.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, andsome philosophy.</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Dominic J. 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Eidson <a href="mailto:sauron#the-infinite,org">sauron#the-infinite,org</a>, Thu 11 Mar 1999, 20:27 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00541" HREF="msg00541.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#varesearch,com">claw#varesearch,com</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 02:32 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00552" HREF="msg00552.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>, Jay Carlson <a href="mailto:nop#mitre,org">nop#mitre,org</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 13:55 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00542" HREF="msg00542.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 05:30 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>