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Well i just set up our clan server (c17) in town at a friends place which is about 10 kms away from me.
What i'm looking for is a few directions or hint on how i can tweak the server to receive a better latency. before i go on heres some details.
Hardware;
AMD 3800+
Asus a8n-sli deluxe
2 gig of ram...
Network;
30000/2000 (receives about 700 kb upstream from net test)
On your average server i'd get about 25 to 30 ms,
on my own it's about 35 to 45.
i'm looking to take that down a bit, the serve ris fresh out of the box so no rates have been set etc.
anyone have any ideas on what sort of rates i should be looking for?
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rates:
sv_maxrate = 30000*128 / maxplayers
sv_minrate = whatever you like as long as it isn't 0
sv_minupdaterate = whatever you like as long as not higher than maxupdaterate and not 0
sv_maxupdaterate = 100
That should work for the rates, also what tickrate and how many slots are you running?
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thnx mate
At the the moment i have 16 slots at 33 ticks, after reading a write up on rates here earlier i believe i could get around 16 slots at 66 ticks?
It's lagging pretty bad at the moment around 180ms, i think it's just peak network traffic... hmm well.
it's at xxilim.no-ip.org if you wanted to have a look
(not in the master list at the moment, spose it's that crappy d-link router lol)
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Hi again,
sorry was a bit sleepy when I wrote my post above, with maxrate instead of 30000(download) you have to use 2000 (upload).
And yes 66 tick should world if your upload speed indeed is capable of 2000kbps
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whats ur server fps? (using watchdog - the green stuff at the top of server console?)
fps_max value?
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10-02-2007, 01:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2007, 01:04 PM by Xxilim.)
AHH k thanx,
One this that I'm not fully aware of is whether the speed quoted in the graphs over at the ausgamers wiki state bandwidth limit or actual speed
http://whisper.ausgamers.com/wiki/index.php/Tickrate
For example I'm on a 30/2mb connection but it uploads at roughly 700kbs given results from speedtest.net.
Should i be looking at rates to suit 700kbs or 2mb?
And turbo i havn't changed any rates yet so server fps is around 64.0 for now.
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There are multiple ways you should be testing your theoretical and practical limits. Make sure nothing else whatsoever is using the internet during these tests.
1) get a torrent, not just any torrent, the most popular torrent you can get your hands on. uncap your limitations on your torrent client (use utorrent for efficiency's sake), and let it fly. this is a good initial indication of the actual speeds you are getting.
2) use multiple speed testing sites, from all around the area. make sure you try multiples as close as you can, and a few outside that too.
3) try sending a few files via ftp across town. make them large files, so you can really monitor the speeds you are getting. start adding ftp file transfers one at a time, until you see that they are starting to balance the speed between them, some ISP's make it so single file transfers are limited, sorta. when you find your "maximum" per se, add all the speeds up and just a bit more than that is your maximum speed.
Now, take note, you will probably be dealing with a lot of bits and a lot of bytes. DO NOT FORGET that converting between bits and bytes is very important, otherwise you will not be able to determine your true speeds you are receiving. 2mbit/8=250kBytes/s, this should be your approximate maximum throughput.
Also, the actual speeds you get might not necessarily be what you pay for. Sometimes the ISP gives you a bit more, sometimes they're bad at their job and they dont give you anywhere near what you pay for. If you arent getting close to 2mbit, call them, call them, call them, and dont stop until you get what you pay for!
That's it, hope this helps.
