P-Grid network

P-Grid network tab

The P-Grid network provides information about the local view of the participating P-Grid network. The local routing table is presented by the list of fidget peers, a list of remote hosts sorted by their level they belong to, followed by known replicas of the local host. The path of remote hosts is given in the first column and is crucial for their level in the local routing table. Paths of hosts at level 0 have no common prefix with the local host's path. At level 1 the first bit of a remote host and the local path is equal, and so on. Replicas have the same path as the local host.

The local path is given at the bottom of the tab. If a host wants to join a P-Grid network the first time, the user can change the list of bootstrap hosts by editing the text field and pressing the update button. Gridella will then try to connect to a bootstrap host to receive addresses of other P-Grid hosts and perform further exchanges, if the initiate Exchanges box is checked.