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2007-01-24, 10:18
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I'm using 100/10mbit connection and I'm wondering how many connections it can handle before it starts lagging.
I guess it depends on what "rate" i use at the servers, but if i go with default rate...
2007-01-24, 11:48
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My guesstimation is like 100 users. 1000 Kbyte upload / 10 Kbyte rate = 100?

I'm not sure though, hehe.
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2007-01-24, 13:39
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But... i only have 10mbits up... ? Woudn't it mean only 10users?
2007-01-24, 14:13
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Hmmmm

10Mbit = 10,000,000 bits = 10,000,000 / 8 Bytes = 1,250,000 Bytes

Your upload / users rate = 1,250,000 / 10,000 = 125 users.

Please correct me if i'm wrong, someone. :rolleyes:
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2007-01-24, 21:50
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So rate 10k means 10kb/s duplex? I thought it was 10kb/s combined.
2007-01-24, 21:51
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error wrote:
So rate 10k means 10kb/s duplex? I thought it was 10kb/s combined.

I have no idea.
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2007-01-25, 08:17
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it's a combined rate of upload and download capacity
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2007-01-25, 10:34
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here is the math, but remember, this is just theory

IE if your upload rate is around 1152Kbit/sec
(I have roughly that on my BBB 100/10)
then your server can handle 1152*1000/8/8000=18 clients
that is 8 players and 10 spectators, if you put maxrate to 8000.
2007-01-25, 12:30
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If what goqsane says is true a 10mbit line can handle around 200 clients. Ie more than the playing population currently..

Term, 10mbit=/=1000kbit.
2007-01-25, 12:36
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Term wrote:
here is the math, but remember, this is just theory

IE if your upload rate is around 1152Kbit/sec
(I have roughly that on my BBB 100/10)
then your server can handle 1152*1000/8/8000=18 clients
that is 8 players and 10 spectators, if you put maxrate to 8000.

BBB 100/10 ? 100mbit/10mbit? Or that some price?
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2007-01-25, 12:49
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"BBB 100/10" is 100Mbit down and 10Mbit up yes, full duplex ofc, I don't see how you can have half duplex and "100/10". In reallity I download stuffs in ~5MB/s and upload in ~1.4 MB/s (that is from ftp.se.kernel.org, I just tested).

Error: seems I mixed up bits and bytes yes, tnx, it should be 18*8 = 144 clients
2007-01-25, 14:35
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thanks. seems like i have ping issues for my servers anyways. My server is a 2.53GHZ with 2GHZ 400Mhz DDR RAM. So i could set up some servers if someone is intrerested. But... Seems like the ping isnt good enough? mustalainen.se:27500
2007-01-25, 15:25
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25ms + some pl spikes from Finland. I'd suggest that you'll switch to KTX and the latest MVDSV. Those won't help with the occasional lag though
2007-01-26, 13:12
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nopee wrote:
I'm using 100/10mbit connection and I'm wondering how many connections it can handle before it starts lagging.
I guess it depends on what "rate" i use at the servers, but if i go with default rate...

QW clients at 77fps can consume anything between 5kB/s - 27kB/s of bandwidth depending on the situation (and if the client's rate allows this).

The max QW client download rate was tested with qizmo/netmon when more than one people were shooting with nailgun in amphi/dm2 corridors so that the maximum amount of data was sent (it was about 27000cps (or byter per second)).

You seem to have 10Mbps upload which is a bit more than 1100kB/s transfer rate. A quick division gives me the result of ~41 at the max throughput (41*27kB/s=1107kB/s) which is almost all of your connection's upload bandwidth consumed.

As I said, this is the situation when all the clients are having massive transfer rate from server to client and will probably happen very seldom (dm3 4on4 pent fights for example). I don't know the point where your connection begins to gain lag when sending data, is it 50% of the max upload or is it 75% or whatever is it. I guess your server(s) won't suffer from lag if there are 20 to 30 people playing with /rate 50000.
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