3 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/p2p/connection_basic.cpp b/src/p2p/connection_basic.cpp
index ed15c0986..0454f30e3 100644
--- a/src/p2p/connection_basic.cpp
+++ b/src/p2p/connection_basic.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ namespace epee
 namespace net_utils
 {
 
+  std::string to_string(t_connection_type type)
+  {
+	  if (type == e_connection_type_NET)
+		return std::string("NET");
+	  else if (type == e_connection_type_RPC)
+	    return std::string("RPC");
+	  else if (type == e_connection_type_P2P)
+	    return std::string("P2P");
+	  
+	  return std::string("UNKNOWN");
+  }
+
 
 /* ============================================================================ */
 
diff --git a/src/p2p/connection_basic.hpp b/src/p2p/connection_basic.hpp
index e9fdc3add..d8101afe4 100644
--- a/src/p2p/connection_basic.hpp
+++ b/src/p2p/connection_basic.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ namespace net_utils
 
 class connection_basic_pimpl; // PIMPL for this class
 
+  enum t_connection_type { // type of the connection (of this server), e.g. so that we will know how to limit it
+	  e_connection_type_NET = 0, // default (not used?)
+	  e_connection_type_RPC = 1, // the rpc commands  (probably not rate limited, not chunked, etc)
+	  e_connection_type_P2P = 2  // to other p2p node (probably limited)
+  };
+  
+  std::string to_string(t_connection_type type);
+
 class connection_basic { // not-templated base class for rapid developmet of some code parts
 	public:
 		std::unique_ptr< connection_basic_pimpl > mI; // my Implementation
diff --git a/src/p2p/net_node.h b/src/p2p/net_node.h
index d956b37f0..f86a4f97b 100644
--- a/src/p2p/net_node.h
+++ b/src/p2p/net_node.h
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ namespace nodetool
 		:m_payload_handler(payload_handler),
 		m_allow_local_ip(false),
 		m_no_igd(false),
-		m_hide_my_port(false)
+		m_hide_my_port(false),
+		m_net_server( epee::net_utils::e_connection_type_P2P ) // this is a P2P connection of the main p2p node server, because this is class node_server<>
     {
 		m_current_number_of_out_peers = 0;
 		m_save_graph = false;