Direct connection in GPL?

I have two computers sharing an ADSL connection. I would like to setup one as a dedicated host, and dedicate all the ADSL bandwidth to it. I would like to set the other machine up to be a client to the dedicated host, without impacting the ADSL bandwidth. On my 2 machines, GPL's multiplayer menu offers connections via TCP/IP, IPX, modem, and COM ports. My testing indicates that using TCP/IP or IPX impacts the ADSL bandwidth, since the two computers communicate by going through the same hub as the ADSL data travels through. I would prefer not to type a phone line with a modem connection. So I am left with the COM port option. I cannot find any documentation on how to use this. I tried to connect using a null modem cable, matching the connect speeds, but this did not work. Do I have to install Direct Cable Connection (Windows) or should I use a regular serial cable (not null-modem) or can I use a parallel cable (LapLink)? Has anyone ever got this to work? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Wilf Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Wilf, The capacity of the hub is sufficient for both the ADSL data and the data for the local client. I don't know what speeds you get exactly, but the ADSL upload (the heaviest part for a server) will be 800Kbit/s max and the hub supports 10Mbit/s or 100Mbit/s depending on what you have. If you use the normal settings for the GPL server, it will use 300Kbit/s upload max. Only if you let it think it is on a LAN, it wil use 1Mbit/s max, but then all clients would need better connections than the standard dialup. See for details my site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~westrab/gplol2.htm#band Bart Westra <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8qahrf$n8b$[email hidden]...

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> I have two computers sharing an ADSL connection. I would like to setup > one as a dedicated host, and dedicate all the ADSL bandwidth to it. > > I would like to set the other machine up to be a client to the > dedicated host, without impacting the ADSL bandwidth. > > On my 2 machines, GPL's multiplayer menu offers connections via TCP/IP, > IPX, modem, and COM ports. > > My testing indicates that using TCP/IP or IPX impacts the ADSL > bandwidth, since the two computers communicate by going through the > same hub as the ADSL data travels through. > > I would prefer not to type a phone line with a modem connection. > > So I am left with the COM port option. I cannot find any documentation > on how to use this. I tried to connect using a null modem cable, > matching the connect speeds, but this did not work. > > Do I have to install Direct Cable Connection (Windows) or should I use > a regular serial cable (not null-modem) or can I use a parallel cable > (LapLink)? Has anyone ever got this to work? > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > Wilf > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

Thanks for your reply BArt. Unfortunately my ADSL bandwidth is only 500 down and 128 up. So I fear that if I run a ded host and a client through a single hub (uplinked to the ADSL 1-meg modem) that the client is restricting the ded host bandwidth in some fashion. I confess I haven't done the math but I suspect this. The best alternative I have heard so far is to add a second NIC to each PC and do a local IP connection that way for the client to ded host connection. Cheers, Wilf In article <8qb4rb$ie0$[email hidden]>, "Bart Westra" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Wilf, > > The capacity of the hub is sufficient for both the ADSL data and thedata > for the local client. I don't know what speeds you get exactly, butthe ADSL > upload (the heaviest part for a server) will be 800Kbit/s max and thehub > supports 10Mbit/s or 100Mbit/s depending on what you have. > If you use the normal settings for the GPL server, it will use300Kbit/s > upload max. Only if you let it think it is on a LAN, it wil use1Mbit/s max, > but then all clients would need better connections than the standarddialup. > See for details my site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~westrab/gplol2.htm#band > > Bart Westra > > <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:8qahrf$n8b$[email hidden]... > > I have two computers sharing an ADSL connection. I would like tosetup > > one as a dedicated host, and dedicate all the ADSL bandwidth to it. > > > > I would like to set the other machine up to be a client to the > > dedicated host, without impacting the ADSL bandwidth. > > > > On my 2 machines, GPL's multiplayer menu offers connections viaTCP/IP,

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> > IPX, modem, and COM ports. > > > > My testing indicates that using TCP/IP or IPX impacts the ADSL > > bandwidth, since the two computers communicate by going through the > > same hub as the ADSL data travels through. > > > > I would prefer not to type a phone line with a modem connection. > > > > So I am left with the COM port option. I cannot find any

documentation > > on how to use this. I tried to connect using a null modem cable, > > matching the connect speeds, but this did not work. > > > > Do I have to install Direct Cable Connection (Windows) or should Iuse > > a regular serial cable (not null-modem) or can I use a parallelcable

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> > (LapLink)? Has anyone ever got this to work? > > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > > > Wilf > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > >

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 00:36:17 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: >Unfortunately my ADSL bandwidth is only 500 down and 128 up. So I fear >that if I run a ded host and a client through a single hub (uplinked to >the ADSL 1-meg modem) that the client is restricting the ded host >bandwidth in some fashion. Oog, that's pretty modest bandwidth. I hope they're pricing it accordingly. I think you need a router/firewall between that modem and hub. Then you can race across the local net behind the firewall at the higher 10 or 100 mb/sec ethernet speed while the modem only addresses external server traffic. >I confess I haven't done the math but I suspect this. The best >alternative I have heard so far is to add a second NIC to each PC and >do a local IP connection that way for the client to ded host connection. If you can dredge up a couple NICs and an old 486 with a few megs in it you can have a smashing firewall/router using Linux. There are a couple of router projects ongoing in the Linux community. Check this one: http://www.linuxrouter.org It doesn't even require a hard drive... Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

Wilf, With the ADSL being only 500Kb down and 128Kb up, there is no way it is going to saturate the bandwidth of the hub, which is at least 10Mb (20 to 80 times as fast!). So you really do not have to make a seperate direct connection between the local client and the server. Note however that with 128Kb upload you can host 10 internet clients at most. Bye Bart <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8qbl60$3d6$[email hidden]...

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> Thanks for your reply BArt. > > Unfortunately my ADSL bandwidth is only 500 down and 128 up. So I fear > that if I run a ded host and a client through a single hub (uplinked to > the ADSL 1-meg modem) that the client is restricting the ded host > bandwidth in some fashion. > > I confess I haven't done the math but I suspect this. The best > alternative I have heard so far is to add a second NIC to each PC and > do a local IP connection that way for the client to ded host connection. > > Cheers, Wilf >