Re: Some Questions

On Thursday 15 May 2008 17:09, Dan wrote:
> Some Questions:
> 
> Is there any stats with regard to how many users are on FreeNet both 0.5 
> and 0.7 ? and any way for there to be a users online function / files 
> online with in it.

A few thousand at least, at least during the /. period.
> 
> I am having a hard time getting a clear picture of the Protocol Break 
> Down that FreeNet is using for net transportation, and does anyone have 
> some idea on the fragmentation and re - transmission rates for packets 
> and the sizes of the packets being resent.
> 
> Specifics I am looking for is a byte digram showing how many bytes for 
> each step of the packet and then the data size.

Would you please read the documentation? Start with the What is Freenet page, 
then move on to the FAQ, the wiki and the papers section. Then you might have 
more of an idea of what is going on, and should ask questions to fill in any 
gaps.
> 
> I am trying to understand is the byte overhead level the packets have 
> with in the freenet, in the transfer process.
> 
> I have a potential idea for a one way direction transfer needing only a 
> handshake to initiate there is no ack needed and requires only a request 
> for partial re-transmission if there is loss. It is able to withstand 
> some packet loss but to be of value I need to have some idea on what the 
> overheads are on the current system.

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