Peter Zaitsev (pz@spylog.ru) writes:
> The other thing seems really strange to me - it it will not connect withing
> a second connect times are 3,9,21,45... second. What are this magic numbers
How interesting. You do see the mathematical relationship, right?
3 = 3x1
9 = 3x3
21 = 3x7
45 = 3x15
Looks like some sort of exponential backoff algorithm to me, similar to the collision detection algorithm in Ethernet (CSMA/CD), except the retry times are something like 10-100 times normal.
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