[bf1942] Bandwidth advice

[Michael Ressen]

You should have heard my ISP groan about that, too :)

/ba


Jon Wolberg wrote:
> A full 64 man BF1942 server uses just a tad over 4mb/sec.  BFV uses a 
> tiny bit more bandwidth than BF1942 did so that sounds about right to me.
> 
> Jon
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ressen" 
> <netadmin at michiganburbs.com>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Bandwidth advice
> 
> 
>> Aubrey King wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hey.. wondering what kind of bandwidth it would eat to run my bf 
>>> server at home again.  I had a T1 at my house that seemed to do 28 
>>> players (42, not bfv) w/out issue, but have since switched to a 
>>> business class cable modem to cut costs (by 2/3 per month).  I'd like 
>>> to run a server again, but I'm worried that my upstream might be too 
>>> slow to handle it.  My downstream is faster than the T1, but up is a 
>>> bit slower.  Any numbers would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Aubrey King
>>> Systems Administrator II
>>> IP Systems Engineering
>>> Global Crossing, Ltd.
>>
>>
>> My previous experiences with 42 and bf:v was that a full 64 bf42 + 32 
>> on bfv = 6.3mb/sec sustained, with no limits on connection speed in 
>> the configs.   I never did divide it out further.
>>
>> /ba
>>
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