[mohaa] Getting Complanes About High Ping, Is Config Ok?

[Simon Hough]

Do youself a favour, grab one of the IP`s of the clients
and use a different ISP and ping them, I have done that
and usually found its the client who is the other side
of the globe expecting -80pings, ofcourse, they are dreaming.

Si
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Lund" <lundrog at yahoo.com>
To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mohaa] Getting Complanes About High Ping, Is Config Ok?


> it is a 1.7 p 4 with 512 of sdram and a 60 gig5400 rpm hd. nothing else is
> running much. tryed with anohter box with the same cfg file and same
> thing. speed tests all give 1.5 up and down. the connection is a business
> cable connection 1.5 both ways. They call it a T1 connection.
>
> --- Eric Koldeweij <eric at no-sense.net> wrote:
> > Sounds to me like you're hitting a limit, not a cfg problem.
> > I see from your config that you run on a full T1, is that right? I
> > assume it is so :)
> >
> > A T1 is a full-duplex 2Mbit/sec connection, with rounds down to about
> > 200Kbyte/sec both up and down. Seeing that you have your clientrate set
> > to 9000 bytes/sec it means that you can host (rounded down) 200 / 9 = 22
> >
> > users max. That is, if your box does not generate any other traffic. If
> > you are above that number, pings WILL skyrocket...
> > You should check if there are other bandwidth-guzzlers active (like
> > other game servers, web servers can use a lot of bandwidth too if there
> > are many requests, and a popular ftp server is a real killer)
> >
> > Assuming that you have bandwidth enough the only other limits (I can
> > think of) you can hit is memory/CPU power. The MOHAA server really is a
> > memory eater, and 256Mb minimum for a linux box without X running is
> > really no luxury - 128Mb is too little.
> > Also a 600+ Mhz processor is advisable.
> >
> > Easiest check is to do "uptime". it'll give you 3 load averages. If
> > they're all permanently above 1, your box is too busy.
> >
> > To figure out what the bottleneck is, most linux boxes come with handy
> > tools. If you suspect bandwidth is the problem but you have no idea
> > what's causing it, run (as root) "netstat -tuap". That'll give you a
> > list of all TCP and UDP services currently running at your box. Check
> > the second and third column of the output (the receive and send queue
> > resp.). If many entries have large numbers there you have a definite
> > bandwidth problem.
> >
> > Also, run "top". That'll give you a lot of information about your
> > system. If your box is using a lot of swap space you have a shortage of
> > memory. If the used swap space is close to the max, you're in trouble -
> > add memory as soon as possible or you'll risk processes crashing due to
> > out-of-memory conditions. Also, check the CPU state(s). They should be
> > idle for a considerable percentage. If permanently busy, your problem is
> >
> > CPU power.
> >
> > First action I'd suggest is to lower the sv_maxRate to 7000 or even
> > 6000. Almost no client will notice a performance loss, and you will be
> > able to serve more clients (28 and 33 resp. assuming no other traffic)
> >
> > If there's a lot of traffic from time to time (like ftp transfers) you
> > might consider installing the traffic shaper - this will allow you to
> > limit the bandwidth for network connections. See the docs for a full
> > explanation.
> >
> > Last but not least (not very likely tho) is that (one of) your uplink(s)
> >
> > is at capacity... In that case you should experience packet loss, which
> > you can check with ping.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Eric.
> >
> > Roger Lund wrote:
> >
> > >hi, i am running my server on t1 and peeps keep complaning so i thought
> > >maybe it was my config. I am trying to run 20 - 32 people. soon as i
> > get
> > >over 10 people i get pings over 150.
> > >
> > >
> > >// Start Of Config
> > >
> > >sv_hostname "bob's Server"
> > >
> > >//Sets the NAME of your server, what people will see in the browser
> > >
> > >fraglimit 0
> > >
> > >//Sets the limit of Frags that will end the match
> > >//( 0 = no fraglimit)
> > >
> > >timelimit 20
> > >//Sets the amount of time (in minutes) for map changes
> > >//(0 = no timelimit)
> > >
> > >//This is the list of maps that will be cycled for the server
> > >
> > >sv_maplist "obj/obj_team2 obj/obj_team4 obj/obj_team1"
> > >
> > >
> > >//sv_maplist "dm/mohdm1 dm/mohdm2 dm/mohdm3 dm/mohdm4 dm/mohdm6
> > dm/mohdm7"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >set g_drawsvlag 0
> > >
> > >sv_allowDownload 0
> > >
> > >//Toggles allowing client downloads from server, like custom maps
> > >
> > >//(0-off 1-on)
> > >
> > >set sv_precache 0
> > >
> > >//sv_padPackets 1
> > >
> > >//set g_smoothClients 0
> > >
> > >sv_maxRate 9000
> > >
> > >//Max data transmit rate by clients on the server.
> > >
> > >//(setting depends on network)
> > >
> > >sv_maxPing 200
> > >
> > >//Keeps anyone with a higher ping than this value from connecting
> > >
> > >//to the server
> > >
> > >sv_fps 15
> > >
> > >//Server FPS, this should increase performance (20 is the default)
> > >sv_floodProtect 1
> > >
> > >sets Connection "FuLL T1"
> > >
> > >//Flood protection from server crashing text messages
> > >
> > >//set flood_waitdelay 10
> > >
> > >//not too sure on this, possibly time before flooder is allowed
> > >
> > >//to type again (default)
> > >
> > >//set flood_persecond 4
> > >
> > >//messages per second to be considered a flood ?? (default)
> > >
> > >//set flood_msgs 4
> > >
> > >// ?? (default)
> > >
> > >//sv_pure 0
> > >
> > >//Pak checker, does not allow clients to use PAK files the server
> > >//doesn?t have (0=off 1=on)
> > >
> > >sv_gamespy 1
> > >
> > >//Allows your server to show up in the Gamespy browser, and the
> > >
> > >ui_gamespy "1"
> > >
> > >//In-game browser (v1.1)
> > >
> > >set g_inactiveKick 0
> > >
> > >//Time (in seconds) that a client will be kicked for inactivity
> > >
> > >set g_inactiveSpectate 60
> > >
> > >//Time (in seconds) that a client will be moved to spectator for
> > >
> > >//inactivity
> > >
> > >set g_teamdamage 0
> > >
> > >//Sets friendly fire 0=off 1=on
> > >
> > >com_maxfps 60
> > >
> > >net_noipx 1
> > >
> > >//Disallows IPX connections, TCP only (network protocol)
> > >
> > >net_port 12203
> > >
> > >//Sets the port # for the game to run off of (12203 is the default)
> > >
> > >set sv_privateClients 2
> > >
> > >//private slots on the server
> > >
> > >set privatePassword ****
> > >
> > >//password for private slots
> > >
> > >
> > >rconPassword ****
> > >
> > >//Sets your RCON password to allow you Remote Administration
> > >
> > >// end of the config and remember a blank line at
> > >
> > >
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