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<LI><em>From</em>: Oliver Jowett <<A HREF="mailto:icecube#ihug,co.nz">icecube#ihug,co.nz</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:27:12 +1300 (NZDT)</LI>
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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Chris Gray wrote:
> [Petri Virkkula:]
> > I would probably go for multiple IP-addresses and multiple
> > accepting servers. For example, hostname mud.dom.ain might
> > have addresses 123.123.123.1-123.123.123.10 and ten processes,
> > each of them listening only single address, not INADDR_ANY. I
> > don't know how well this scheme would work though.
>
> 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.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00533" HREF="msg00533.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, andsome philosophy.</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 11 Mar 1999, 18:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00536" HREF="msg00536.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 11 Mar 1999, 21:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00540" HREF="msg00540.html">[MUD-Dev] Multiple clients (was Re: How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections)</A></strong>,
Matthew D. Fuller <a href="mailto:fullermd#futuresouth,com">fullermd#futuresouth,com</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 02:21 GMT
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Marc Bowden <a href="mailto:ryumo#merit,edu">ryumo#merit,edu</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 12:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00529" HREF="msg00529.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>,
Jason Spangler <a href="mailto:stormwind#wombatgames,com">stormwind#wombatgames,com</a>, Thu 11 Mar 1999, 05:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00530" HREF="msg00530.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00534" HREF="msg00534.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] How to support 1000+ simultaneous connections, and some philosophy.</A></strong>,
Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Thu 11 Mar 1999, 19:38 GMT
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