def find_peer(self, target_host, min_port, port_range):
# the concept is to start at a random port, loop around until we get to a host that will respond
max_port = min_port + port_range # find the max range
random_offset = 0 # = random.randint(min_port, self.port) # choose a random port in range
# create a client for this operation
client = Simple_Client(self.host, self.port)
# instruct the client to 'broadcast' and loop through all peer addresses
response = client.iterative_broadcast(target_host, min_port, random_offset, port_range, "FIND_PEER")
if response == "":
return (NetNode("None",0))
# the response should be a tuple, separated by ':', but there is no type checking, sorry
r_host, r_port = response.split(':')
# we create a remote node for this
r_node = NetNode(r_host, (int(r_port)))
# then we stop and return the remote node
return r_node
def find_peer(self, target_host, min_port, port_range):
# the concept is to start at a random port, loop around until we get to a host that will respond
max_port = min_port + port_range # find the max range
random_offset = 0 # = random.randint(min_port, self.port) # choose a random port in range
# create a client for this operation
client = Simple_Client(self.host, self.port)
# instruct the client to 'broadcast' and loop through all peer addresses
response = client.iterative_broadcast(target_host, min_port,
random_offset, port_range,
"FIND_PEER")
if response == "":
return (NetNode("None", 0))
# the response should be a tuple, separated by ':', but there is no type checking, sorry
r_host, r_port = response.split(':')
# we create a remote node for this
r_node = NetNode(r_host, (int(r_port)))
# then we stop and return the remote node
return r_node
