SODA & KALI

How well does Soda run multiplayer on Kali?? I just bought the 13 buck full version but won't be able to run it til my Hercules comes in. Does the IPX option work with Kali 95?? dave henrie

I have raced in SODA over Kali95 using SODA's IPX networking. I also tried a direct internet connection using TCP/IP, and was surprised that the IPX/Kali method worked better than direct TCP/IP. On Kali, the frame rate was fine, but there was the usual warping. Using TCP/IP, frame rate was terrible for some reason. Eagle Woman Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison

Thanks for the replay EW. That brings up another question....:) do those tcp/ip programs like MTU and TWEAKDUN improve game connections via tcp/ip? I have read in the Kali Faq that MTU can slow down kali, but what about a straight tcp/ip connection...would MTU improve or hurt a game?? dave henrie

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> > How well does Soda run multiplayer on Kali?? I just bought the 13 > >buck full version but won't be able to run it til my Hercules comes in. > >Does the IPX option work with Kali 95?? > I have raced in SODA over Kali95 using SODA's IPX networking. I also > tried a direct internet connection using TCP/IP, and was surprised that > the IPX/Kali method worked better than direct TCP/IP. On Kali, the > frame rate was fine, but there was the usual warping. Using TCP/IP, > frame rate was terrible for some reason. > Eagle Woman > Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me. > http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison

Since this is the first I've heard of MTU and TWEAKDUN, I don't have an answer for this. Anyone else? Alison Eagle Woman Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison

TweakDUN allows you to change a variety of settings within Dial-Up Networking which should increase your throughput. I've changed mine quite extensively and it does result in better and faster connects while using the dial-up from home. Cheers! John

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> >Since this is the first I've heard of MTU and TWEAKDUN, I don't have an > >answer for this. Anyone else? > TweakDUN allows you to change a variety of settings within Dial-Up > Networking which should increase your throughput. I've changed mine > quite extensively and it does result in better and faster connects > while using the dial-up from home.

More technically correct, it allows you to trade-off latency for bandwidth. Bandwidth is almost totally irrelevant for the client side of a racing game, but latency is king... Decreasing MTU on the link will decrease latency and bandwidth; the lower latency is a bigger win than the lower bandwidth is a loss. Long downloads may get slightly longer with MTU set to 296 (the minimum), but the improvement in racing experience is worth it... ---Jim

Download a trial version of the $12.50US shareware here: http://www.gulftel.com/~pattersc/tweakdun/ <previous replies snipped>

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>>Since this is the first I've heard of MTU and TWEAKDUN, I don't have an >>answer for this. Anyone else? >TweakDUN allows you to change a variety of settings within Dial-Up >Networking which should increase your throughput. I've changed mine >quite extensively and it does result in better and faster connects >while using the dial-up from home.

Sounds great! Where do I get this TweakDUN? Eagle Woman Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison

>Download a trial version of the $12.50US shareware here: >http://www.gulftel.com/~pattersc/tweakdun/ Alternatively, there is a very nice utility called MTUSpeed available from http://www.mjs.u-net.com/ Cheers, Richard