yes setting your max rate means your players cannot saturate the bandiwdth you are offering. The official or unofficial connection for a 20 players hl server is supposed to be around 768KBps up and down in order to support 12 players, but if you dont set your rate then your player load can be way less cause some would hog the bandiwdth to a point.
with 16 players on my server they use an average of 265Kbps down and 350Kbps up. you have to take in account my combined bandwith is load balanced between 3 cable modems each at 1500KBps x 350KBps which comes out to roughly 4500/1050 my rates are set sv_minrate 2000 and sv_maxrate 3500 For one setting the rates so close together minimizes the ping fluctuations. Instead of players pinging like 120, 200, 75, 180... They ping more like 120, 140, 125, 130... As well it means that those who have their own rate set to 8000 and above for cable will not take all the upstream from those who are starving for it. It generally makes the game more playable for modem and cable/dsl users alike. Note that most cable connections can barely handle 10 players and even with alot of tweaking 12 is a max if you are lucky. -D ----- Original Message ----- From: "craig kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 1:22 AM Subject: Re: Cable connections > > Okay I have ran both Linux and Win 2000. > > Are ya sure setting the Maxrate to 3000 is a good idea? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Hoeppner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:22 PM > Subject: RE: Cable connections > > > > > > Uh, define "connections". I think you have your network terminology > > confused. The cabe company doesn't filter your IP traffic. Connections > are > > based on IP ports. The cable company isn't going to have anything to do > > with this.. > > > > As far as you having 512Kb/s upstream and maxing at 12 players before lag > > becomes an issue, try setting your max_rate to 3000 and see if that helps > > you overcome the 12 player barrier. > > > > StanTheMan > > TheHardwareFreak > > www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: craig kaiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Cable connections > > > > > > Is it true that the cable companys usually place a limit on how many > > external connections their cable modems can handle? > > > > I have a 3.5/512 business connection on cable. And my server can not > handle > > more than 12 players before lag is a serious issue. > > > > > > > >
