ringo.py 	monolithic code base for ringo network node
	sample.txt  	examples of running the ringo network
	README.md  	this

Each ringo has a ROLE it serves to the network. The possible roles are sender, forwarder, and receiver. Each network has one sender, whose job it is to send a message on the network. There is also one receiver, the intended recipient of the message. Forwarders are not necessary, but a network may contain any number of them to forward the message along.

Each ringo also has a point of contact (PoC), the first node on the network that it knows about. 

Both of these components are provided to the node upon creation.

see sample.txt

The components are provided in the form:

	ringo.py <flag> <local-port> <PoC-name> <PoC-port> <N>

It is important that the initial node, regardless of role, be given a <poc_name> of 0 and a <poc_port> of 0, e.g.
	ringo.py R 8000 0 0 4
Subsequent ringos may be given any PoC on the network as long as all nodes and their PoCs comprive a single graph-shaped network. The network will finish its peer discovery phase once each ringo in online.