Re: costs vs. delays explained

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From: David J. Hughes
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 01:52

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piers@basser.cs.su.oz.au (Piers Lauder) writes:

>You will notice that "delay" and "cost" are different commands.  You
>should only set costs on links _from_ your site to a link, (that is,
>your site only `owns' the cost parameter in the outbound directions),
>conversely, you should only set delays from a link _to_ your site.

Ah yes, now it's as clear as mud....

Is there some subliminal relation between cost and delay parameters?
You quote "cost" figures between lance and ptcburp and also lance and
bunyip yet they have no costs set on the links.  The figures do,
though, closely resemble the delay settings.

One more time with feeling, please Piers.

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