Server runs awful on a gigabit lan

[elizle]

OK, so I have been setting up servers on for a lan party at my school. I am a student worker in charge of maintaining all of the computers in all of the computer labs on campus. So, I am getting paid to set these up and they need to work by Saturday(in less than two days). Well I had them all running fine on the network when we were testing them(I wasn't supposed to be running them over the network, but it was easier to test them that way). Well yesterday we had a big server test with a few computer lab workers. We unhooked it from the network and hooked it up to a brand new linksys 32+(i cant remember) port switch. As soon as we did this and started testing it went from almost instantly being able to connect to just staying on "sending client info" for about 3 minutes and finally goes into the server. When you finally get in the server runs horribly. The latency doesn't really show up that bad, higher than it should at times though. The problem happened when we unplugged it from the internet, which is what I think the problem is. We can't have it on the schools network for stupid reasons I would rather not go into.

Here is the config:

Code:

// General Settings

hostname "Indiana State University OIT CS:S Server" // What your server will be called. Change this!

host_framerate 0

setpause 0

mp_chattime 10

mp_dynamicpricing 0 // Disable dynamic pricing. Change to 1 to enable it.



sv_lan 1

sv_secure 1

sv_pausable 0

sv_cheats 0

sv_consistency 1

sv_stats 1

sv_allowdownload 1

sv_allowupload 0

sv_timeout 30

sv_voicecodec vaudio_miles

sv_voiceenable 1

sv_alltalk 1

sv_visiblemaxplayers 14 // maxplayers minus reserved slots

net_maxfilesize 32



// Ban Settings

exec banned_user.cfg

exec banned_ip.cfg

writeid

writeip



// Contact & Geo Settings

sv_contact eratcliff@isugw.indstate.edu

sv_region 0 // Change this!

// us eastcoast - sv_region 0

// us westcoast - sv_region 1

// south america - sv_region 2

// europe - sv_region 3

// asia - sv_region 4

// australia - sv_region 5

// middle east - sv_region 6

// africa - sv_region 7

// world - sv_region 255



// Rcon Settings

rcon_password "******" // Change this!

sv_rcon_banpenalty 15

sv_rcon_maxfailures 4

sv_rcon_minfailures 2

sv_rcon_minfailuretime 30



// Log Settings

sv_log_onefile 0

sv_logfile 1

sv_logbans 1

sv_logecho 1

mp_logdetail 3

log on



// Teamplay Settings

mp_spawnprotectiontime 0

mp_autokick 0

mp_autoteambalance 0

mp_fadetoblack 0

mp_forcecamera 0

mp_forcerespawn 1

mp_teamplay 0



// Game Settings

mp_fraglimit 0

mp_maxrounds 0

mp_winlimit 0

mp_timelimit 15

mp_startmoney 16000

mp_roundtime 2.5

// mp_allowNPCs 1

mp_autocrosshair 0

mp_buytime 0.75

mp_c4timer 30

mp_falldamage 1

mp_flashlight 1

mp_footsteps 1

mp_freezetime 2

mp_friendlyfire 1

mp_tkpunish 0

mp_hostagepenalty 4

mp_limitteams 2

mp_playerid 0

sv_footsteps 1



// Performance Settings

mp_weaponstay 0

mp_decals 200

decalfrequency 10

breakable_multiplayer 1



// Spectator Settings

mp_allowspectators 1

sv_specaccelerate 5

sv_specnoclip 1

sv_specspeed 3



// Physics Settings

sv_gravity 800

sv_friction 4

sv_airaccelerate 10

sv_stopspeed 75

sv_stepsize 18

sv_maxspeed 320



// Rate Settings

sv_minrate 5000

sv_maxrate 9999

sv_minupdaterate 13

sv_maxupdaterate 60

sv_unlag 1

sv_maxunlag 1

fps_max 1000



// Ammo Settings

ammo_338mag_max 30

ammo_357sig_max 50

ammo_45acp_max 100

ammo_50AE_max 35

ammo_556mm_box_max 200

ammo_556mm_max 90

ammo_57mm_max 100

ammo_762mm_max 90

ammo_9mm_max 120

ammo_buckshot_max 40

ammo_flashbang_max 1

ammo_hegrenade_max 1

ammo_smokegrenade_max 1



// Mani Mod

exec mani_server.cfg

ma_war 0



// Announce Execution

say Public Mode CFG executed

Are there any settings that should be changed. It ran great before we unhooked it from the school network. Is there any quick fix.

Also the computer is a Lenovo ThinkCentre with the following:
Intel Pentium D 3.4 Ghz
4 gigs of DDR2
80 Gig Hitachi
Video card doesn't matter
It is running Server 2003 with a DHCP server and Apache

[elizle]

Also something else, I was running a UT2004 server while running a Quake 4 server and they were running flawlessly. So I don't think its the computer.

[Mooga]

I'm not sure but your problem might be "sv_secure 1"
Because I think it has to connect to the steam servers for that.
Try setting it to 0.

I also run a college server (although mine is school sponsored). Do you guys have a website?
Also: which college are you at?

Feel free to PM me

[Muppet]

Tickrate? Start-up command line? Running srcdsfpsbooster?

Quote:sv_minrate 5000
sv_maxrate 9999
sv_minupdaterate 13
sv_maxupdaterate 60

Up these unless you are running 66 tick or less (but still, increase min/max rate to a decent value -anything from 20000 - 1000000 on a gigabit network).

Mooga Wrote:Also: which college are you at?

Elizle Wrote:hostname "Indiana State University OIT CS:S Server"

[elizle]

You misquoted my name, its Elizle hahaha. Elizie makes me sound like a girl. I will try those and I am also trying a linux server because I had no problems with mine at home on a lan.

[elizle]

OK, I changed those settings and changed the tickrate to 100. It runs very smooth but it still takes a long time to get into the game. It pauses on Sending client info for about 2 minutes or so. Is there any way to fix that?

[Muppet]

elizle Wrote:OK, I changed those settings and changed the tickrate to 100. It runs very smooth but it still takes a long time to get into the game. It pauses on Sending client info for about 2 minutes or so. Is there any way to fix that?

Somone at my LAN was complaining of this too. But for everyone else, the loads time's were fine - only stayed on sending client info for a few seconds at most.

Never did look into a fix (although i assume it would be client side).

[Mooga]

elizle Wrote:OK, I changed those settings and changed the tickrate to 100. It runs very smooth but it still takes a long time to get into the game. It pauses on Sending client info for about 2 minutes or so. Is there any way to fix that?

I've had that problem on many computers... I think it's just a steam issue.