What is Netsplit?
{{No footnotes|date=March 2011}} In [[Networking technology|computer networking]], mainly [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC), '''netsplit''' is the event when two servers disconnect. Because how IRC networks are built, a disconnection between two servers splits the entire network into two parts. This makes it look like people on the other half of the network have quit from IRC. {{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 300 |image1=Netsplit_1.svg |caption1=A normally functioning network: Bob, Joe and Sara can all see each other. |image2=Netsplit_2.svg |caption2=A network on which a netsplit has occurred: Bob sees Joe quitting, Joe sees Sara and Bob quitting. }} ==Appearance of netsplits== Below is an example of typical netsplit. When two servers split, a user sees this as large number of users quitting. After the servers are reconnected, a user sees the other users rejoining. [[File:Netsplit.png|thumb|left|400px|A typical netsplit in the X-Chat aqua IRC client.]] {{clear}} ;On GUI IRC clients <pre><nowiki>* usera has quit (a.irc.net b.irc.net) * userb has quit (a.irc.net b.irc.net) * userc has quit (a.irc.net b.irc.net) * usera has joined #channel * userb has joined #channel * userc has joined #channel</nowiki></pre> ;On command-line client irssi <pre><nowiki>00:00 -!- Netsplit a.irc.net <-> b.irc.net quits: usera, userb, userc 00:00 -!- Netsplit over, joins: usera, userb, userc</nowiki></pre> ;To a user on a private network <pre><nowiki>* usera has quit (*.net *.split) * userb has quit (*.net *.split) * userc has quit (*.net *.split) * usera has joined #channel * userb has joined #channel * userc has joined #channel</nowiki></pre> ==References== {{enWiktionary|netsplit}} * {{cite book| last = Bidgoli| first = Hossein| title = The Internet Encyclopedia| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3ZfDy4sqQBEC| year = 2004| publisher = John Wiley & Sons| isbn = 978-0-471-22204-0 }} == Other websites == * [http://docs.dal.net/docs/netsplits.html ''Netsplit Manual''] (retrieved 2009-12-2) {{IRC topics}} [[Ca