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Old February 10th, 2002
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Default What's the "wait" when downloading

Seems like a great new peer - really nice work!

I do have a question - when I start a new download why does it begin with a "wait" status? What's it waiting for exactly? It concerns me because if the source is firewalled and you wait before doing a push, there's a very good chance the push route will be stale. Anything firewalled (or maybe with a private IP address range) should push as soon as possible.

I've always found the key to getting push to work is acting fast. The routes may only be good for a minute or two - especially if there's a number of hops. Once even one of the hops looses the connection, the push will never work.
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