Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Sep 29 10:20:22 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8THKMZP016659 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:20:22 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8THOTxo006296 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:24:29 -0700 Message-Id: <200809291724.m8THOTxo006296@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: final part 1 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:24:29 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > spec - "When a non-beacon node, say node X, wants to join the SERVANT > network for the first time, it sends a request to a beacon node" is > this beacon node the first one in the startup.ini file or any random > beacon node. You need to try all beacon nodes and stop at the first one that you can connect to. You can try them in any order. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu