[mohaa] Server Requirements

[Eric Koldeweij]

I don't measure it. I take the server's sv_maxRate value, cause MOHAA 
will never go above that (I hope ;) )
Data transfer is most of the time very low (like 1Kbyte/sec) but once in 
a while a whole bunch of data needs to be sent. Like when there's a lot 
of action going on etc. A lot of action means many players involved and 
thus that the bunch of data needs to be sent to lotsa clients.
As far as I know (I don't know the Quake3 engine, but I do know Quake2 a 
bit, I assume it's the same idea) there is 1 socket (queue) for all 
outgoing client traffic. So once this queue gets filled faster than it 
can be emptied (by sending the packets out) everyone experiences lag.

Besides, my problem is CPU, not network (Celeron 1700 is too little for 
2 fully-loaded MOHAA servers) so I don't waste CPU time by running 
statistics stuff :)

One unrelated remark, I cannot understand how one high-ping client can 
cause lag for others. Maybe someone can explain?

Eric.

Eduardo E. Silva wrote:

>Eric, forgot to ask you this. How do you measure each client's bandwidth?
>What tools are you using ?
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