Have some questions.....

tk005x · **Have some questions..... -** 03-29-2003, 11:10 AM

I want to make my other computer into a server...but how many people u think can play on a 1.7ghz and 128mb sdram dedicated server?? how much more ram u think i will need to hold around 18-24 without any lag? and it is possible to make the server lan and online so i can connect through lan so the bandwith of the cable connection wont be taken up?and i have p4 for the cpu....

Drew · 03-29-2003, 11:31 AM

You can connect through LAN, but a cable connection doesn't have enough bandwidth to host very many people. I would say maybe 8 comfortably if you have a decent connection.

geRV · 03-29-2003, 11:36 AM

[quote="Captain Noctis Aeternus":6685b]You can connect through LAN, but a cable connection doesn't have enough bandwidth to host very many people. I would say maybe 8 comfortably if you have a decent connection.[/quote:6685b]

8? I think thats pushing the boat out a bit, im on a 1 megabit connection and im lucky if i can host 3 without everyone laggin.

Drew · 03-29-2003, 11:44 AM

What can I say, I'm a hopeless optimist.

tk005x · 03-29-2003, 11:52 AM

lol i host 18 people on NON dedicated!!!! but this is with my 1.6 or sometin ahtlon with 728 mb of ram....no lag with 18 people too.....so how much u think will my other comp woll handle? with 256 ddr i had about 16 people with no lag but this was all on non dedicated... my connection is faster than t1 thats why....

tk005x · 03-29-2003, 11:54 AM

well u guys must have slow comps.....cause i know someone who connects around the same speed as me(same service too) and he can barely host 2 people.....

geRV · 03-29-2003, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tk005x

well u guys must have slow comps.....cause i know someone who connects around the same speed as me(same service too) and he can barely host 2 people.....

Its more so to do with your net connection than the speed of your pc, if you're running a 1.4 ghz pc you can probably host 16 players or more with a good frame rate on a t1 line. However try this on a 1mbit connection and if the players are any real distance away theyre gonna be lagging like hell.

Hollywood · 03-29-2003, 12:03 PM

No matter how fast your PC is, with a standard 1.5mb cable connection, you only get about 245kb upload. This is where the problem lies, you'll only be able to host about 4 people before the pings shoot through the roof. No way around this unless you have access to higher bandwidth services.

tk005x · 03-29-2003, 12:09 PM

i dunno if u missed it hollywood but i said that i could host 18 people with no lag and on non-dedicated....im just tryin to do this on my computer but it is slower so wondering how people it can handle...and if i could make the server so that i can connect on lan with my other comp but also so the server could be online too....and i get 1 mb upload too i know that those sites are moment speed connection thingy(bandwith tests sites) but i tested it over and over and i got 1mb upload and 1.5+ for download...

[DDT]ServerAdmin · 03-29-2003, 12:28 PM

Get a 10mbit connection like me, then there will be no probs what so ever. 32 ppl with an average ping round 10-60 ^_^

*Just bragin'* ^_^

**HIGH PING -** 03-29-2003, 12:35 PM

i keep hearing this: you cant host a game with very many people on a cable connection. ive been running a server on my pc with a cable connection for up to 15 players for a year. ive had as many as 15 at a time with no complaints of lag. i run autokick set to kick at 200. maybe thats the secret i dont know but it works well for me and my regulars.i will say on certian nights itll lag a bit for a few players but for the most part it works fine. ive even modded all the moh maps with vehicles, fire, smoke, machine guns. and i run a form of the old ultra mod. so a lot of the game comes from my pc yet we dont have a problem. so i would tell you to try it and see how it goes. i run a P4 1.8..1 GIG OF DDR MEMORY..RADEON 9700 PRO VIDEO CARD..on a cable connection.

Fireal · 03-29-2003, 03:11 PM

speaking of the subject i just finished building my server im gunna have
It has a Comcast cable modem and ive tested it on bandwidthplace.com and got 6.8 mbps how many peeps u think i will be able to host comfrtably?

Punk_Bitch · 03-29-2003, 11:04 PM

Any server will run okay, as long as you keep the 56kers off........

03-30-2003, 12:54 AM

thats what the auto kick does for you. if you set it low enough only the fastest connections can hang in the game without getting kicked.

tk005x · 03-30-2003, 04:47 PM

So how would i connect through my other compter through lan and yet have that computer also be an online server...so basically being both a lan and a online server? if i just connected it would autmolically use the network connection?