autoconnect again

[Helmut Springer <delta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

at the moment it is impossible to coordinate autoconnect of two servers A 
and B to a third one C since the timers on A and B are not synchronized.

let'S say I set connection interval for connections to C on A to 5min and
on B to 12min.  so A checks all 5min, B all 12min but since it's random 
when A and B start counting it is unpredictable which one will autoconenct 
first to C after C splits.

what we need would be to reset the timers at the split of C on both A
and B to '0', than A will try after 5min and again after 10min and if
it fails both times B will try 12min after the split.

with that we could configure some redundant autoconnects without the
risk of wasted hops.

regards
 delta

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