Improving Skype Performance
Lately in my course work I read a paper- An Experimental Study of the Skype Peer-to-Peer VoIP System – which explains the inside-out of Skype.
Skype, uses a hierarchical supernode based P2P network. This is similar to KaZaA – in fact it is believed that both Skype and KaZaA were the brainchild of the same group. Anyways Supernodes in Skype maintain the overlay while ordinary nodes are below it and larger in number. The Supernode themselves are peers who communicate but have a better infrastructure in place which lets them infact help the ordinary nodes communicate.
Supernodes , I presume are selected if they are not behind a NAT, and they have some decent bandwidth. So basically if your box is not behind the NAT and you have a decent 4-6 Mb/s connection- well then in a matter of a few minutes you are a skype supernode.
And believe me this gives you better performance. So now- forward your ports!- simple as that!
[...] gogreen wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptImproving Skype Performance Posted on October 7th, 2007. Lately in my course work I read a paper- An Experimental Study of the Skype Peer-to-Peer VoIP System – which explains the inside-out of Skype. Skype, uses a hierarchical supernode based P2P network. This is similar to KaZaA – in fact it is believed that both Skype and KaZaA were the [...]
Computers » Improving Skype Performance
October 7, 2007
yep!! took away all the delays…
divya
October 8, 2007