My Dedicated Server Lag More The 6 Ppl
NeoTheHunter
Join Date: 2004-02-01 Member: 25901Members
Join Date: 2004-02-01 Member: 25901Members
less than 6 ppl the ping was ok, around 30-150 and no lag spikes. after ppl 6 ppl join in my server, the ping goes up to 3000+. I got pentium 4 1.7 ghz at 500 mb. I got sbc dsl at 1.5 to 3.0 Mbps downstream/384 Kbps upstream. Why is my server laggin for more than 6 ppl? thx
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O You use SBC DSL which is very oversubscribed.
O You aren't really getting 384k despite what it says.
O You are sharing the connection with other users in the house and they are either downloading P0rn, Bittorrents, surfing the web, etc while your server is running sucking up bandwidth.
O Your computer is running a ton of spyware eating up your CPU cycles and hogging your DSL connection.
O If all of those things above aren't true and if you are using a residential router, it may not be able to handle all of those incoming port forwarding requests.
There you go, hope that helps.
O You use SBC DSL which is very oversubscribed.
O You aren't really getting 384k despite what it says.
O You are sharing the connection with other users in the house and they are either downloading P0rn, Bittorrents, surfing the web, etc while your server is running sucking up bandwidth.
O Your computer is running a ton of spyware eating up your CPU cycles and hogging your DSL connection.
O If all of those things above aren't true and if you are using a residential router, it may not be able to handle all of those incoming port forwarding requests.
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I don't have spyware, the os is freshly installed. the other computer is not downloading anything. I guess the dsl just can't handle more than 6 ppl with the limit of the bandwidth
Because the upstream matters almost more to the clients than your 1.5 downstream, you're going to see lag after about 6 players.
His point about your router is valid too. I saw some pretty major latency gains by updating the firmware on my home res. router. I'd suggest giving that a try if it's not updated already.
Also, you mention the OS is freshly installed. This is the most critical time, in my view, to get the OS up to date and install some virus software. Because the OS is new it may not have all the latest patches and be open to vulns. Spend the time updating the OS, and install a good virus scanner with up to date signatures. Scan the entire system and then give a few spybot/adaware type programs a run. Two of the servers I've been asked to help tweak/peak had quite a few viruses and spyware programs waisting cpu cycles even tho the owners swore they were up to date because they were "fresh os installs."
Also, your dsl connection isn't via a USB router is it? Some of the DSL providers are shipping dsl modem/routers that connect to the computer via USB which can get clogged up pretty quick under a load. If this is the case look into another modem that's not USB.