Re: Select server based on proximity
Re: Select server based on proximity
On 6 Dec 2010, at 21:38, Heizer, Charles wrote:
> I'm writing a app that will download and install some software. I would
> like to use a distributed download model where the client has a list of
> servers and determines which is the one closest to it's self and uses that
> one.
>
> Is there a API or something to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
>
What about using traceroute(8) to count hops?
Richard Stevens gives a C implementation example:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ptSC4LpwGA0C&pg=PA755&lpg=PA755&dq=traceroute+api&source=bl&ots=Kq9yRnbqOq&sig=RywJNgi3MG21DbSIIO5-7oJqVeQ&hl=en&ei=Gln9TKnVNcrPhAfTu4SVCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=traceroute api&f=false
Regards
Jonathan Mitchell
Developer
Mugginsoft LLP
http://www.mugginsoft.com
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