server linking question

ratman · Post by **ratman** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:06 pm

hey guys,
I want to link servers in a web fashion, creating ultiple links in a network. The problem is when I do this the fact one link already exists stops me. Is there any way to fix this?

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:33 pm

You can't fix it because it's not broken. IRC does not support cyclic linking. A server can only be linked to one other server.

aquanight · Post by **aquanight** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:23 pm

RTFRFC. It tells you that an IRC network must have exactly one possible path between any two servers.

ratman · Post by **ratman** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:03 am

codemastr wrote:You can't fix it because it's not broken. IRC does not support cyclic linking. A server can only be linked to one other server.

http://www.newircusers.com/network.html

Go to that URL and scroll down to the "So, What can I do about netsplits" section and you'll actually see what I'm after

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:00 am

And if you read it carefully, you'll see it says "existing" servers don't use it and it is a "proposed" idea. That doesn't mean it can be done.

ratman · Post by **ratman** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:17 am

codemastr wrote:And if you read it carefully, you'll see it says "existing" servers don't use it and it is a "proposed" idea. That doesn't mean it can be done.

I think it would be an awesome idea

Any of you guys do work in RFC 1459?

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:37 am

I don't have the several years necessary to establish all the theory necessary to do it, overcome all the technical hurdles, and actually implement it.

No one denies it's a good idea, but remember, none of us are being paid to code IRCds. The work it would take to do all that would mean we'd need to devote all of our time to that and give up everything else in our lives.