Some Help on dedicated server,

[fallenopposer]

System Information by Systweak
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*** General Information ***

Computer Type: Intel Corporation Pentium 4 2620 MHz.
BIOS: AT/AT COMPATIBLE Date: 08/01/03
Memory: Total physical: 511 MB. Used: 46%
Monitor: Dell M770
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Mouse: PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Drives: 96 GB free 114 GB total.

Windows name and version: Multiprocessor Free (5.1.2600)
Registered to: Dan,
Identification: Computer: DAN-5GS2N17M015, User: Dan
IE version: 6.0.2800.1106
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904

*** Windows Information ***

Windows Name and Version: Multiprocessor Free (5.1.2600)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Default Email: c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe
Product ID: 55277-OEM-0011903-00102
Software Count: 59 installed software.

Language (ID): Original/English: English (United Kingdom) / Engli...
Country (ID): United Kingdom GBR (44)
TimeZone: Not specified
DVD-Zone: Not specified

*** Display Information ***

Display: Dell M770
Max Resolution: 800 x 600 - 4 bit
Current Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - 32 bit
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Driver Version: 64.0
Technology: Raster Display
Color Bits: 32
Fonts Resolution: 96 dpi
Pixel width/heigth/diagonal: 36/36/51

*** System Devices ***

Manufactured: Intel Corporation
Name: Pentium 4
CodeName: Northwood (0.13 µm)
Frequency: 2620 MHz
L1 cache: 20 KB
L2 cache: 512 KB
Socket: Socket 478

BIOS Manufactured: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Date: 08/01/2003
BIOS Version: FB
BIOS Size: 256 KB

*** MultiMedia Devices ***

Wave In: Realtek AC97 Audio v0.0
Wave Out: Realtek AC97 Audio v0.0
Midi In: MPU-401 v5.5
Midi Out: Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth v5.5
Midi Out: MPU-401 v5.5
Mixer: Realtek AC97 Audio v0.0

*** Printers ***


*** Ports ***

Name: Communications Port (COM2) Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
Name: Communications Port (COM1) Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
Name: Printer Port (LPT1) Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
USB: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0003 Class: USB Port
USB: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0002 Class: USB Port
USB: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0001 Class: USB Port
USB: {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0010 Class: USB Port
USB: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0000 Class: USB Port

*** Hard Drives ***

*** Memory Information ***

Total Physical Memory: 511 MB.
Total Windows Memory: 1762 MB.
Free Memory: 1305 MB.
Used Memory: 457 MB.
AllocGranularity: 65536 bytes
MinAppAddress: 00010000
MaxAppAddress: 7FFEFFFF
Page Size: 4096 bytes
Total threads: 360
Total processes: 35
PageFile Total Size: 1280732 KB (100%)
PageFile Used: 226144 KB (18%)
PageFile Free: 1054588 KB (82%)

*** Communication ***

Adapter: AEI USB To Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Address: 00:00:E8:19:71:B7
IP format: 86.12.48.55


Winsock Description: WinSock 2.0
Winsock Version: 2.2

*** Processes ***

Process Name (Path) * Threads Count * Usage

[system idle process] () 2 threads, 0%
system () 53 threads, 0%
smss.exe (c:\windows\system32\smss.exe) 3 threads, 0%
csrss.exe (c:\windows\system32\csrss.exe) 10 threads, 0%
winlogon.exe (c:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe) 17 threads, 0%
services.exe (c:\windows\system32\services.exe) 22 threads, 0%
lsass.exe (c:\windows\system32\lsass.exe) 25 threads, 0%
svchost.exe (c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe) 13 threads, 0%
svchost.exe (c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe) 57 threads, 0%
smc.exe () 23 threads, 0%
svchost.exe (c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe) 7 threads, 0%
svchost.exe (c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe) 16 threads, 0%
spoolsv.exe (c:\windows\system32\spoolsv.exe) 11 threads, 0%
explorer.exe (c:\windows\explorer.exe) 10 threads, 0%
nod32krn.exe () 14 threads, 0%
nvsvc32.exe (c:\windows\system32\nvsvc32.exe) 3 threads, 0%
wdfmgr.exe (c:\windows\system32\wdfmgr.exe) 4 threads, 0%
pronomgr.exe () 3 threads, 0%
soundman.exe (c:\windows\soundman.exe) 2 threads, 0%
jusched.exe () 1 threads, 0%
winampa.exe () 1 threads, 0%
realsched.exe () 5 threads, 0%
rundll32.exe (c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe) 1 threads, 0%
nod32kui.exe () 2 threads, 0%
msmsgs.exe () 2 threads, 0%
googletalk.exe () 13 threads, 0%
torcp.exe () 2 threads, 0%
msnmsgr.exe () 8 threads, 0%
imtrans.exe () 3 threads, 0%
hydrairc.exe () 7 threads, 0%
winvnc.exe () 6 threads, 0%
aso.exe (c:\program files\advanced system optimizer\aso.exe) 1 threads, 0%
memtuneup.exe (c:\program files\advanced system optimizer\memtuneup.exe) 1 threads, 0%
realplay.exe () 8 threads, 0%
sysinfo.exe (c:\program files\advanced system optimizer\sysinfo.exe) 4 threads, 0%

*** DirectX Information ***

Direct3D: Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration through Direct3D HAL
Direct3D: Microsoft Direct3D Mono(Ramp) Software Emulation
Direct3D: Microsoft Direct3D RGB Software Emulation

DirectPlay: WinSock TCP Connection For DirectPlay
DirectPlay: WinSock IPX Connection For DirectPlay
DirectPlay: Modem Connection For DirectPlay

DirectMusic: Microsoft Software Synthesizer

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[fallenopposer]

i have a 5meg down with 512k up , 2.6ghz p4 with ht, and 512mb ram, pc3200,

and this is my mother broad,

Supported Slot Types ISA, PCI, AGP
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model 8IPE1000
Version 1.x
BIOS Vendor Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Version FB
BIOS Release Date 08/01/2003
BIOS Properties Plug and Play, Flash, AGP


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AGP
Revision 3.0
Rate 4x, 8x (8x enabled)
Available Rate 0x0000000c
Selected Rate 0x00000008
Aperture Size 128 MB
Sideband Addressing supported (enabled)
Fast Write supported (enabled)


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can u tell me about how to get more out of this, thx u , i dk what tick rate is , or ping boost.

[Drocona]

maximum players you will be able to host is 8 players @ 30tick (standard)

512k up is just not enough for more players.

you need a new connection to host more playerslots.
(my own server has PIII 933MHz, 650MB memory and it can run 2 16 player servers so dont worry about your pc)

[skeletor]

512k up you should be able to get atleast 12 players on.. with the server rates set kinda low. but it would be a decent server, you could probly get 66 tick even.. 33 tick is standard btw. that 12 players is granted you don't have a capped connection, some isps like to cap connections, so that will greatly reduce the number of players you can host.

[Drocona]

yeh srry 33 tick, i hate it why they use 33, 66 etc. I just use round numbers, 30, 60 and 100.

anyways my server runs at 512kbps up and it hits the full 512 when i host one more slot at 8 players (33tick)

[skeletor]

lol yea it is kinda od that its 33, and 66, but then 100.. I'm sure theres some logical reason, but I don't know it.. and my upload I had a stable about 400 k, and I could host 12 people, with pings under 110, and zero lag. It was a 66 tick server as well. Only time pings jumped was when someone started downloading a map.

I will note though, be sure thats actually what your connection is, I know my isp SAYS my connection is a lil over 512, or right around it.. something like that. But if I run a internet speed check, its not anywhere near that. When they tell you how fast the upload is, they don't expect you to actually ever figure out what exactly it is, the common internet surfer only cares about download.. ya know for all them bit-torrent files they don't really care about upload. A lot of people don't even know the difference between upload and download, which is kinda funny.. but thats another story

[Drocona]

Well i actually meter the bandwidth constantly and it reaches full 512 as it should.

But i'm in need of more player slots so where did you put sv_maxrate to etc?

srry for offtopic

[skeletor]

right now I can't remember what exactly I had the maxrate set at and stuff, I don't currently have the server up because other things tied up my bandwidth, lol. It was low though, I think something like 7000 or something. minrate was set at like 3000 I think. maxupdaterate at 70 for the 66 tick, + a little. Basically I just messed with things for a while until it all worked how I wanted it, lol.

What do you use to monitor your bandwidth? currently I am looking into doing that, right now I use nagios to monitor all my computers, it just doesn't do bandwidth (unless I just haven't found the right plugin yet ) I started to install cacti, but haven't gotten to finish it yet.

[Drocona]

Well I have a standard bandwidth monitor in my ADSL Modem which is very accurate.
I also have Sygate firewall running which has a built in Bandwidth monitor, however it's real messy so i hardly use it.
Another is a program, not free, 30 day trial or so. I really like it alot and it's called DU-Meter it's a small program which counts ALL bandwidth on daily basis and monthly, pretty much everything you want.

[skeletor]

hmm.. well from what i understand thats what cacti does, and it makes graphs of all the bandwidth used by anything you want it to. i just have to figure out how to set it up