Help me with my rates

[joonas]

Please help me with my rates, can't get them right.

My specs:
Amd Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs)
1022MB RAM
Internet Connection is 8/1 Mbps (DL/UP)
Connection test:

« SpeedGuide.net Speed Test Results »
3398 kbps down (~3.4 Mbps, 415 KB/s)↓
553 kbps up (~0.55 Mbps, 68 KB/s)↑
5120 KB downloaded in 12.344 seconds
1024 KB uploaded in 15.156 seconds
Tested on: 2007.03.11 05:51 EDT
Tested from: dagobah.biz
Test Link: http://www.speedguide.net/speedtest/resu...910NSJ0LYT
Provider: kpylaajakaista.net
Location: Kuopio, FI

Sorry for posting here too, but I think the windows srcds forum is broken.. I get MySQL errors when I try to open it

[Drocona]

no worries, it's the general forum everything fits here, linux and windows forums are just there to make it a bit easier to read. So it's fine.

If you are sure you have 1mbps upload you can run 14-16 players on 33 tick.
please look in my guide how to calculate and set your rates, easier for me and more clear for you
http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HL2Guides.Detail&id=4&game=3

[joonas]

Our ISP said that it's a 8/1 Mbit connection (8192 kbps dl, 1024 kbps up) but I can't achieve the full download & upload speed that the ISP offers. I have Windows XP Pro running and I have set the QoS limit reservable bandwidth to 0 %. That increased my network speed with 5 %.

With these settings:
tickrate 33
sv_maxrate 9999
sv_minrate 5000
sv_maxupdaterate 33
sv_minupdaterate 20
slots 12

we are experiencing lag peaks on the server
Any help on that?

[joonas]

What are the best settings for my server?

Now I have these settings:
tickrate 33
sv_minrate 4000
sv_maxrate 5000
sv_minupdaterate 20
sv_maxupdaterate 33

and i get 10-80 choke and only sometimes lag peaks..

EDIT: ah cmon can't you help???

[Drocona]

This is not a job, I'm not being paid for helping here, if I was I would be here all day. But I can't do that and I won't be paid anyway. So you'll just have to wait a few hours (unless midnight when I sleep) till I get back to you.

If you're getting choke it means your maxrate is too low, you'll have to lower the amount of players.

[bigboss]

i have heard you can increase your rates by opening windows media player in the background havent tried it myself

[Drocona]

running windows media player or srcdsfpsboost.exe (as the second name says) boosts the FPS on the server, this will in no way increase your rates, just more smooth gameplay (if the internet connection is sufficient)

[joonas]

Well I'm running the serverchecker ping booster (value 1).. Is it ok?
And we bought a new ADSL router, because I noticed that the old one didn't support the 'fullrate' standard, what we have now.
Now I get much less choke, and my server doesn't lag so much anymore.

[Drocona]

Yeh I guess, I've never used serverchecker so I'm not sure what exactly it does. But in the end, if there's no lag everything is correct