User Guide

Your Freedom User Guide
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2.6 Starting and stopping the connection
2.6.1 Each user may only log in once
That’s right. Each user can only log in from one PC at the same time. If you try to log
in using the same user account from another PC or another instance of the client, the
previous session will be terminated. This means that you will always be able to log in,
but so will everyone else who knows your details – and he or she will kick you off.
The servers talk to each other, it doesn’t help to just use different servers.
We know that the FTP connection code contains a bug that can be triggered if you
close the connection and re-open it immediately thereafter. You’ll be told that it’s a
duplicate login and that your session has been terminated. Just wait a few minutes
before reconnecting, or close the client and start it again.
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2.7 Choosing the right server
2.7.1 Server location
The YF server should ideally be close to the YF client or close to the servers you
intend to use through YF. Just think about it as a triangle: the corners are your PC,
the service on the Internet, and the YF server on top. The more the triangle looks like
a straight line between you and the service (i.e. the flatter it is), the better.
Let me give you an example. If you are located in the US and the service you are
using (let’s say you are playing an online game) is also US based, a server in Europe
will probably be a bad choice. The laws of physics make it impossible for information
to travel faster than the speed of light
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and putting 20.000 kilometers of additional
wires or fibres between you and the service will increase latency.
It is ideal to use a YF server that is close to yourself. Why? Because you’d normally
use more than one server on the Internet and you cannot find a YF server that is
topologically close to all of them, but you may be able to find one that is close to you.
On the other hand, for applications that don’t care too much about latency (like large
file transfers) the server’s location is secondary. Try the different servers to see
which one is good for you.
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If it was easy to fix this, we would have done it already.
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I know this is no entirely correct, but it is for the Internet.