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393=item connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled 393=item connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled
394 394
395Sets the connect mode (default: C<always>). It can be C<always> (always 395Sets the connect mode (default: C<always>). It can be C<always> (always
396try to establish and keep a connection to the given host), C<never> 396try to establish and keep a connection to the given host), C<never>
397(never initiate a connection to the given host, but accept connections), 397(never initiate a connection to the given host, but accept connections),
398C<ondemand> (try to establish a connection on the first packet sent, and 398C<ondemand> (try to establish a connection when there are outstanding
399take it down after the keepalive interval) or C<disabled> (node is bad, 399packets in the queue and take it down after the keepalive interval) or
400don't talk to it). 400C<disabled> (node is bad, don't talk to it).
401 401
402=item deny-direct = nodename | * 402=item deny-direct = nodename | *
403 403
404Deny direct connections to the specified node (or all nodes when C<*> 404Deny direct connections to the specified node (or all nodes when C<*>
405is given). Only one node can be specified, but you can use multiple 405is given). Only one node can be specified, but you can use multiple
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529retries to establish a connection to this node. When a connection cannot 529retries to establish a connection to this node. When a connection cannot
530be established, gvpe uses exponential backoff capped at this value. It's 530be established, gvpe uses exponential backoff capped at this value. It's
531sometimes useful to set this to a much lower value (e.g. C<120>) on 531sometimes useful to set this to a much lower value (e.g. C<120>) on
532connections to routers that usually are stable but sometimes are down, to 532connections to routers that usually are stable but sometimes are down, to
533assure quick reconnections even after longer downtimes. 533assure quick reconnections even after longer downtimes.
534
535=item max-ttl = seconds
536
537Expire packets that couldn't be sent after this many seconds
538(default: C<60>). Gvpe will normally queue packets for a node without an
539active connection, in the hope of establishing a connection soon. This
540value specifies the maximum lifetime a packet will stay in the queue, if a
541packet gets older, it will be thrown away.
542
543=item max-queue = positive-number
544
545The maximum number of packets that will be queued (default: C<512>)
546for this node. If more packets are sent then earlier packets will be
547expired. See C<max-ttl>, above.
534 548
535=item router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive-number>=2 549=item router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive-number>=2
536 550
537Sets the router priority of the given host (default: C<0>, disabled). If 551Sets the router priority of the given host (default: C<0>, disabled). If
538some host tries to connect to another host without a hostname, it asks 552some host tries to connect to another host without a hostname, it asks

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