A new very usefull feature

Sheevar · Post by **Sheevar** » 2003-03-02 09:43

Hello,
I would suggest a feature which should work like this:

as a single file can be downloaded from more users it would be nice
to have a feature that pings each users in queue and then connect to the fastest one.

and/or also a feature with which i set a Minimum download speed
so that if I'm downloading a file at very low rate, it disconnects from
that user and tries the other users since it reaches the minimum download
rate configured.

thanks

Splicer · Post by **Splicer** » 2003-03-02 11:55

Multiple source download would be nice, as would a minimum speed requirement for files.

The ping thing has been done though, it doesn't really reflect download speed, just ping.

The only time you need low ping is multiplayer games, where it all depends on how fast you send the packet, you can still have high download speed with a bad ping because it relates to the size of the packet.

Never hurts to have good ping for the 15+ hops though.

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-03-03 11:59

Splicer wrote:The ping thing has been done though, it doesn't really reflect download speed, just ping.

Ping has been done? I thought it was one of the (few in number) rejected feature requests on the main sourceforge page... Precisely for the reasons you mentioned.

Splicer · Post by **Splicer** » 2003-03-03 13:03

Remember the red, yellow, and green dots by the user names in the older versions?(If you used it that far back)

Didn't really help anything so arne took it out.

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-03-03 19:42

Splicer wrote:Remember the red, yellow, and green dots by the user names in the older versions?(If you used it that far back)
Didn't really help anything so arne took it out.

Nope, I'm a relative newbie, coming in at 0.181. Useful piece of lore, though.

Iceman[grrrr] · Post by **Iceman[grrrr]** » 2003-03-04 10:17

werent those dots based only on the connection speed ?

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » 2003-03-04 15:51

Yeah thats what I thought. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't this the code that determines the dot color:

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	const string& tmp = sr->getUser()->getConnection();
	if( (tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_288K]) ||
		(tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_576K]) ||
		(tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_SATELLITE]) ||
		(tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_ISDN]) ) {
		image = 1;
	} else if( (tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_CABLE]) ||
		(tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_DSL]) ) {
		image = 2;
	} else if( (tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_T1]) ||
		(tmp == SettingsManager::connectionSpeeds[SettingsManager::SPEED_T3]) ) {
		image = 3;
	}