Subj : Mesh-like topology for BBS network
To : Tristan B. Kildaire
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Nov 16 2016 10:06 am
16 Nov 16 07:57, you wrote to A:
TK> I was thinking of setting up a BBS network but in a decentralized way
TK> by using a mesh topology between the hubs where hub A exchanges with
TK> both hub B and C and C exchanges with B and A and B exchanges with C
TK> and A. If you see what I mean. Contrary to what is done with BBS hubs
TK> like FidoNet where there is a hierarchical topology where hub C speaks
TK> to hub B which in turn speaks to hub A (main hub) -- If I am correct.
most distribution is/was to and from a mesh... specifically a three hub mesh...
at one time there was another distribution system that had more than three hubs
meshed... all of them were intermeshed and they fed second level hubs which
then fed leaf nodes and third level hubs... this other distribution system was
also connected to the three hub mesh by a common system... that common system
caught all the dupes... then there was a third distribution system that came
along... i don't recall its structure but it was also linked to the other two
by that same common system...
one of the other things that has happened in fidonet is that some folks decided
to go intermeshed between nodes and there is no real hubs... that's all fine
and good as it has finally been realized that anyone can get a connection from
anywhere they can set up an agreement... unfortunately it also blows moderator
control away where moderators cannot call for feed cuts to disconnect unruly
systems... anyway, not all of those systems are fully meshed... the only real
goal is for one to have more than one link for an echo...
FWIW: your description is known as a fully connected polygon... you can see
examples at the following link...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_graph#Examples
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