Now that we have the c2s processes distributed across machines, we need to get them to work together. We need two things, the ability to communicate how many connections a c2s has to the others, and the ability to know who the others are.
[22:21] Jer: well, the "protocol" could just be an auth error of 3xx for redirect w/ the ip/port to connect to
Maybe we need to talk about the router layer sooner...
Pros:
Load balances nicely.
Cons:
Requires client support for connection redirection. This is not hard to do, it is just not part of any client right now.