[bf1942] Bandwidth advice

[Jon Wolberg]

I would agree.  The most you'll be able to squeeze on a T1 would be mid 20s 
before you start to max out the circuit.

I'd really like to get some predicted bandwidth stats for BF2 while we are 
talking about this.

Andreas?

Jon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Gurney" <james at globalmegacorp.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Bandwidth advice


> Hard to say, really. I've tried tweaking the MaxAllowedConnectionType 
> setting, and have found it doesn't really make a lot of difference.. I 
> guess the mod in use might make a difference as well..
>
> Bottom line is, I think an absolute bare minimum of a T1 is necessary for 
> 16 players or more..
>
> James
>
> On 5/9/2005 9:56 AM, Chris Adams wrote:
>> Of course the figures will vary totally differently depending upon the
>> bandwidth settings on the server?
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Chris Adams
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Gurney [mailto:james at globalmegacorp.org] Sent: 09 May 2005 
>> 17:48
>> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
>> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Bandwidth advice
>>
>> On 5/9/2005 9:28 AM, Aubrey King wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>
>>
>>
>> Upstream is more important than downstream for the BF server. 30 players
>>
>> on our server pushes about 4Mbs up, while using less than 1Mbps down. If
>>
>> your upstream is slower than a T1 (1.54Mbps), I can't imagine it being 
>> good for more than 10-15 players.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>