is a string with the nodes written as 6 bytes each. 4 bytes ip
-address and 2 bytes port number. Both are written in big endian byte order.
+
A list of strings, where each string is a node endpoint encoded in binary. If
+the string is 6 bytes long, it is an IPv4 address of 4 bytes, encoded in
+network byte order (big endian), followed by a 2 byte port number (also
+network byte order). If the string is 18 bytes long, it is 16 bytes of IPv6
+address followed by a 2 bytes port number (also network byte order).
node-id
The node id written as a readable string as a hexadecimal number.
@@ -572,8 +575,7 @@ response to a get_peerssearch_branching is the number of concurrent search request the node will
send when announcing and refreshing the routing table. This parameter is
called alpha in the kademlia paper.
-
service_port is the udp port the node will listen to. (currently this
-cannot be changed while the node is running).
+
service_port is the udp port the node will listen to.
max_fail_count is the maximum number of failed tries to contact a node
before it is removed from the routing table. If there are known working nodes
that are ready to replace a failing node, it will be replaced immediately,
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index d608edb96..1c531cf4c 100755
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -415,8 +415,11 @@ and the node id from the previous session. The dht node state is a bencoded
dictionary with the following entries:
``nodes``
- is a string with the nodes written as 6 bytes each. 4 bytes ip
- address and 2 bytes port number. Both are written in big endian byte order.
+ A list of strings, where each string is a node endpoint encoded in binary. If
+ the string is 6 bytes long, it is an IPv4 address of 4 bytes, encoded in
+ network byte order (big endian), followed by a 2 byte port number (also
+ network byte order). If the string is 18 bytes long, it is 16 bytes of IPv6
+ address followed by a 2 bytes port number (also network byte order).
``node-id``
The node id written as a readable string as a hexadecimal number.
@@ -449,8 +452,7 @@ response to a ``get_peers`` message from another node.
send when announcing and refreshing the routing table. This parameter is
called alpha in the kademlia paper.
-``service_port`` is the udp port the node will listen to. (currently this
-cannot be changed while the node is running).
+``service_port`` is the udp port the node will listen to.
``max_fail_count`` is the maximum number of failed tries to contact a node
before it is removed from the routing table. If there are known working nodes