Automatic node discovery

[Joel Reymont]

> erlq@REDACTED wrote:

>Why not have a service that the nodes register with when they come up?
>That way you could have servers anywhere and not worry about whether the
>broadcast packets are being blocked by some 
>router/switch/iptables/netmask setting.

How would this work in practice? That is how would a new box brought up
on the network know what IP address the registration service is at?

I would like to treat my poker server as a home appliace, a web-
configurable router of sorts. It would seem that for the registration
idea to work I would need to ask the user to enter the IP address of the
box where the registration service is running. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    Thanks, Joel

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