racers on a solid cable connection with the following specs:
Celeron 1.4 GHz 256K cache (BX chipset)
512 MB SDRAM CL2
Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
30 GB 7200 RPM 2MB cache
Promise Ultra ATA 100 Controller
SBLive 5.1
Thanks in advance
Celeron 1.4 GHz 256K cache (BX chipset)
512 MB SDRAM CL2
Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
30 GB 7200 RPM 2MB cache
Promise Ultra ATA 100 Controller
SBLive 5.1
Thanks in advance
Each person connected to your server will use 21k of bandwidth, so to host
10 racers would
require 210k of upload bandwidth or 420k of upload for 20 racers. If your
cable connection is
capped at 256k upstream you would be limited to about 12 solid racers.
GL, Dave
> Each person connected to your server will use 21k of bandwidth, so to host
> 10 racers would
> require 210k of upload bandwidth or 420k of upload for 20 racers. If your
> cable connection is
> capped at 256k upstream you would be limited to about 12 solid racers.
> GL, Dave
> > Will this PC be fast enough to run as a dedicated server with 20->25
> > racers on a solid cable connection with the following specs:
> > Celeron 1.4 GHz 256K cache (BX chipset)
> > 512 MB SDRAM CL2
> > Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
> > 30 GB 7200 RPM 2MB cache
> > Promise Ultra ATA 100 Controller
> > SBLive 5.1
> > Thanks in advance
Check your upstream speed. I'm willing to bet that you're capped at
128k. That will allow only about 5 or 6 cars.
> Check your upstream speed. I'm willing to bet that you're capped at
> 128k. That will allow only about 5 or 6 cars.
I believe the rule-of-thumb is 22K per car.
I doubt your cable system is symetrical, and that the uplink speed is
limited to something like 192k or 256k. THERE is your issue.
Larry
I have a friend in a sleeply little town that just got wireless broadband.
The first of any sort of broadband in the whole town. Get this, his
connection speeds are in excess of 4mbit/sec download and 2mbit/sec upload.
All for $50 a month.
Larry
> > > I have a cable connection that gets over 600-700k and it still gags at
> over
> > > 5-6 connections for some reason. Only way to know for sure is to test
> it
> > > and see what it can handle. You will start getting high pings and
> packet
> > > loss when you hit the limit.
> > Check your upstream speed. I'm willing to bet that you're capped at
> > 128k. That will allow only about 5 or 6 cars.
> I have a friend in a sleeply little town that just got wireless broadband.
> The first of any sort of broadband in the whole town. Get this, his
> connection speeds are in excess of 4mbit/sec download and 2mbit/sec
upload.
> All for $50 a month.
> Larry
> > I'm willing to bet I'm not. Checked it. Not sure what the issue is
> unless
> > it's an issue with my router perhaps but my upstream is actually capped
at
> > 1MB but I normally get slightly less in real world use.
> > > > I have a cable connection that gets over 600-700k and it still gags
at
> > over
> > > > 5-6 connections for some reason. Only way to know for sure is to
test
> > it
> > > > and see what it can handle. You will start getting high pings and
> > packet
> > > > loss when you hit the limit.
> > > Check your upstream speed. I'm willing to bet that you're capped at
> > > 128k. That will allow only about 5 or 6 cars.
Thanks
Download not an issue getting nearly 2MB
Upload looks like its capped at 475K (maxed at 472K on 5 out of 8
test).
With an average of 22K per car, barely skimp buy hosting 20 cars.
Realistically I think its about 15. Oh well, there is a local ADSL
offering 2.5 GB down and 640K up but they have a cap on
download/upload per month. Hopefully my cable company will offer a
"enhanced" cable connection soon.
My RASCAR server is a Dell Optiplex GX150 w/ 256MB ram, 10GB drive, and TNT2
card. I *think* it's a 900mhz system, but it might not even be THAT fast.
Your PC is plenty fast. Your drawback will be the cable connection.
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KeeeRAP! my fast cable is 1.5Kbs down..and capped on upload. It was
128kbs but I think they relaxed that some to about 225ish.
dave henrie
Larry
> > If you have 1mbit UPLINK on your cable you are incredibly lucky.
> > I have a friend in a sleeply little town that just got wireless
broadband.
> > The first of any sort of broadband in the whole town. Get this, his
> > connection speeds are in excess of 4mbit/sec download and 2mbit/sec
> upload.
> > All for $50 a month.
> > Larry
> > > I'm willing to bet I'm not. Checked it. Not sure what the issue is
> > unless
> > > it's an issue with my router perhaps but my upstream is actually
capped
> at
> > > 1MB but I normally get slightly less in real world use.
> > > > > I have a cable connection that gets over 600-700k and it still
gags
> at
> > > over
> > > > > 5-6 connections for some reason. Only way to know for sure is to
> test
> > > it
> > > > > and see what it can handle. You will start getting high pings and
> > > packet
> > > > > loss when you hit the limit.
> > > > Check your upstream speed. I'm willing to bet that you're capped at
> > > > 128k. That will allow only about 5 or 6 cars.
The DSL companies used to use this 'shared bandwidth of cable' as a selling
point of DSL, but it faded out after a while when it was determined that it
wasn't that big of a deal.
EVERYONE shares somewhere. Whether it's at the Gateway, backbone, segment,
etc... There's no escaping it, no matter what kind of connection you have.
Larry
> > Did some speed tests linked from dslreports
> > Download not an issue getting nearly 2MB
> > Upload looks like its capped at 475K (maxed at 472K on 5 out of 8
> > test).
> > With an average of 22K per car, barely skimp buy hosting 20 cars.
> > Realistically I think its about 15. Oh well, there is a local ADSL
> > offering 2.5 GB down and 640K up but they have a cap on
> > download/upload per month. Hopefully my cable company will offer a
> > "enhanced" cable connection soon.