GPL: any suggestions for settings when hosting races using cable

Fellow GPLers, Have recently gotten cable. setup is a network card in the pc attached to a cable modem hooked up to the cable (ofcourse). Was hoping to do some hosting, both online and dedicated. Have heard from fellow gpl'ers in Netherlands, where I live, that my lat is often too high to play well. It doesn't seem to be an issue for playing online, only for hosting online. Speeds for downloading files are generally good, often topping 100 KB/s for FTP. (good enough for me) Any suggestions on how to tune the connection for better results when hosting GPL? config: windows 98, 128 MB ram, diamond fusion (voodoo banshee), 640x480 for gpl, detail set 1/4 from left (value=26), mirrors: cars only, no texture. 10 MB network card connected to cable modem. GPL 1.2 Winvroc 2.1 settings: typical 3/84 3/84 any advice would be appreciated Johan "Johnny Crash" Hoeke

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> Fellow GPLers, > Have recently gotten cable. setup is a network card in the pc attached to a > cable modem > hooked up to the cable (ofcourse). > Was hoping to do some hosting, both online and dedicated. Have heard from > fellow > gpl'ers in Netherlands, where I live, that my lat is often too high to play > well. > It doesn't seem to be an issue for playing online, only for hosting online. > Speeds for downloading files are generally good, often topping 100 KB/s > for FTP. (good enough for me) > Any suggestions on how to tune the connection for better results when > hosting GPL? > config: > windows 98, 128 MB ram, diamond fusion (voodoo banshee), > 640x480 for gpl, detail set 1/4 from left (value=26), mirrors: cars only, no > texture. > 10 MB network card connected to cable modem. > GPL 1.2 > Winvroc 2.1 > settings: typical 3/84 3/84 > any advice would be appreciated > Johan "Johnny Crash" Hoeke

A cable modem has more bandwidth available then a dial up connection. However, that doesn't automatically mean that you have a better connection to your neibor. If your neibor has a cable modem and is connected to the same cable ISP, then both of you will have almost LAN quality connections to each other. You having a cable connection on "X" ISP, and your neibor having a dial up connection on "Y" ISP.. Your neibor has to go through many routers before eventually connecting to you. Add the fact that at any time any one of these routers can get slow.... you get the idea. As far as hosting -vrs- client? You don't mention what CPU you have. Being a client, you don't need a big CPU, say.. P. 233. This is because you are only controlling your car. That info (of your car) is sent out to a host. The host turns around and send you the info of 5 cars ahead and one behind you. Being a host, you are doing the same thing as a client *AND* grabbing the info from the other clients, AND separating that info, AND splitting that info up so each client gets only the info they need, AND then sending it. Much more is going on when you are a host as opposed to a client. So, a bigger CPU will help some. Being a dedicated host is something different. Why your clients have bad connections would depend on the routers between them and you. Out side of that, there are way too many parameters to be checking to find them what's up. -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/ Racing online with the help of...... Race Communications Association Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

K6-2-450 > > windows 98, 128 MB ram, diamond fusion (voodoo banshee), > > 640x480 for gpl, detail set 1/4 from left (value=26), mirrors: cars only, no

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> > texture. > > 10 MB network card connected to cable modem. > > GPL 1.2 > > Winvroc 2.1 > > settings: typical 3/84 3/84 > You having a cable connection on "X" ISP, and your neibor having a dial > up connection on "Y" ISP.. Your neibor has to go through many routers > before eventually connecting to you. Add the fact that at any time any > one of these routers can get slow.... you get the idea.

sure > As far as hosting -vrs- client? You don't mention what CPU you have. k6-2-450

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> Being a dedicated host is something different. Why your clients have > bad connections would depend on the routers between them and you. Out > side of that, there are way too many parameters to be checking to find > them what's up.

thanks for your view... was thinking something more like adjusting packet sizes, tuning the core.ini or something