Server lag on connection

[stanko]

Hello!
Here is my problem. The server runs with no lag except when someone connects or retries. Is there a solution to this problem or at least do you know what is causing it?
Thanks in advance.

[Mooga]

[helio]

Please include more info like the read me says, so we can help you better and faster

[stanko]

Sure thing, Ill start with the cpu specs.
8GB RAM
Quad core 6600
20mb/s upload

Addons:
Metamod
Sourcemod(teambalancer, customvotes, sourceban, sodstats, teambets, afk manager)
Eventscripts(bombtimer, detocs, tag script, high ping killer, warcraft source)

Its a 18 slot server with 66 tickrate. My rates are these:

Quote:sv_maxupdaterate 66
sv_minupdaterate 66
sv_maxcmdrate 66
sv_mincmdrate 66
sv_maxrate 20000
sv_minrate 20000
fps_max 600
sv_unlag 1
sv_maxunlag 1

[assmunk]

minupdaterate 45
min cmdrate 45
maxrate 25000
minrate 10000

try those and show us what your bandwith is really at http://www.speedtest.net

[stanko]

I did the settings. Here is my bandwidth test:

Latest from my home town(Sofia, Bulgaria):


My best result:


Pinging London:


Pinging Bursa:

[Doggie52]

Those are some good speeds! Are you hosting the server at home or on a co-location? How many gameservers are you hosting on the box?

[stanko]

It on a pc at home, at the moment I'm hosting only 1 server.
Since the little lag only appears when someone connects, I think 3 addons could cause it - sourcebans, detocs(not sure) or warcraft source because all of them have user databases.

[assmunk]

well the hardware and bandwith are perfectly fine so this is what you should do take off each mod one by one untill the lag stops

[pengy]

Seems like your internet speed varies though... try taking out detox and use kigens anti cheat for sourcemod.

[css]

My first guess for cause of lag would be the installed plugins (like everybody else said). I'd try the server without any plugins to confirm it.

Another option:

Could it be that you have sv_downloadurl set for high-speed downloads, but then when players connect your server they saturate the bandwidth momentarily by downloading custom sounds / materials / maps? If you don't have sv_downloadurl set, then the in-game download speed (which is said to be at maximum the sv_maxrate speed) doesn't most likely saturate the bandwidth.

[stanko]

Its ok now. What I did was change the rates and lower the server slots to 16 rather than 18.