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(Message started by: Bobble on 06/07/03 at 00:25:29)

Title: JLH new equipment
Post by Bobble on 06/07/03 at 00:25:29
JLH, i thought u had new software/hardware put in so that there would be less lag, as far as i have seen tho there is still as much lag as before, im not ripping anything, just wondering if the stuff u put in is working to its desired effect, and if its not, im bringing it to ur  attention that its not working.  my connection is lightning fast (t1), and i never lag but when i do i find there is something wrong, only time i understand when i lag is when moshes occur(logical) or games are being played(russian roullette).  but when i lag during regular game mid day, i get some horrible lag at times, and my ping sits around 300 during busiest times, leaving me to get killed when i leave a town...  

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by JLH on 06/07/03 at 01:09:52
The new hardware (an additional 1mbps cable line) is in, however as i posted on the announcements post, running 2 cable lines simultaneously on the same pc worked, but now and then one of the network cards stopped transmitting for 15 seconds so i disabled the extra line pending a solution.
In the meantime, i have found a solution, a lovely nexland router (800pro turbo http://nexland2.temp.veriohosting.com/products/product.cfm?id=4) which has the ability to combine multiple cable/dsl/tX feeds into 1 via load balancing and i will have this shiny purple box very soon to solve the lag issues which occur at peak times.

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by JLH on 06/07/03 at 01:13:50
also, although you say you are on a t1 line (which is 1.5mbps up and down) and cost around a thousand a month for a true leased line, you seem to have a comcast cable connection with 1.5mbps down and 256kbps up. so not technically t1, but would seem to be for downloading however not for uploading.

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Bobble on 06/07/03 at 07:53:57
wow ur good :)

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Nocturnal on 06/07/03 at 18:34:08

on 06/07/03 at 00:25:29, Bobble wrote:
but when i lag during regular game mid day, i get some horrible lag at times, and my ping sits around 300 during busiest times, leaving me to get killed when i leave a town...  

Your highest Ping is 300? Geez, On my connection thats on a very fast day. (Try leaving town with 1200 ping....)

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Jurian on 06/07/03 at 20:08:09
at around 10 am till 3 pm i got an average ping of 35-50 (with 12 crits on) during my evenings my ping is between 300 and 3000 :D

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Bobble on 06/07/03 at 20:42:59
ack i use 6 crits, but 300 ping around 12pm-6pm central time.... - thats like a 3 sec lag, it hurts.... but 1200 - ouchies........

well i hope the update helps...

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Lady_Maha on 06/07/03 at 21:35:11
A 300 ping is me on a good day. During peak times I usually get "Pinging was not successful. Either your computer can't send pings, or you're lagging." The lagging part of it seems like mockery to me, because I know that already without the unsuccessful ping telling me that.  :-/

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by JLH on 06/07/03 at 21:38:32

on 06/07/03 at 20:42:59, Bobble wrote:
ack i use 6 crits, but 300 ping around 12pm-6pm central time.... - thats like a 3 sec lag, it hurts.... but 1200 - ouchies........

well i hope the update helps...

300ms is 0.3s and is perfectly playable
the uk-east coast usa link is about 90ms
east coast usa to west coast usa is about 50ms
a dialup user pings their isp for about 100ms
a cable/dsl user pings their isp for about 10ms

so the best ping a user can get in west coast usa is about 170ms for cable or 260ms for dialup.

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Bean on 06/09/03 at 04:56:31
Ive like never got anytihng ABOVE 200ms...

MEh, oh well I get like 10000000000000000ms on Return to castle wolfenstien ET

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Gwerradon on 06/12/03 at 23:25:28
RTCW rocks.....

JLH, " a lovely nexland router "  FOR THE GREAT PRICE OF 400 USD!  excellent, so how much is p2p now anyway?  :)

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by JLH on 06/13/03 at 02:43:42
It's costing me £340 actually, which is about $550. I looked into ordering it from USA, but the shipping charge, and also a bank transfer would have to be done, and customs duty's import tax meant it would still come to about £300 ($500) so i'm going to get it here.

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by Epic on 06/15/03 at 07:50:24
ugh i've been getting pings of 4000+ alot lately *shrug*

Title: Re: JLH new equipment
Post by galad on 06/19/03 at 11:57:39
i get pings of 13000ms+ when i go on 4 crits at peak times
die you old dial up



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