There is a difference between the two but you should know what the minrate or maxrate is they are bandwidth limitations for the clients. The more you give them the more they can take advantage of. But when you run a server like this you want to make sure you limit each player so they all take equal slices and get good network performance.
-d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lythium" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 3:41 PM Subject: RE: Cable connections > > I guess it's just me, but I can see and feel the difference in > smoothness from a maxrate of 5000 over a maxrate of 10000. The gameplay > and movement seems much more crisp. > > Lythium > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 2:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cable connections > > > > Just out of curiosity, what are your experiences playing on servers with > maxrate less than 6000? I've never noticed a difference, but I don't > have a lightning fast connection, either. Qwest DSL adds 30-40ms of > latency per trip. It's ironic, but if I use GameSpy or Kali to ping > servers, I can get better pings from other servers than I can get from > my own! In order to ping my server, it goes out to qwest and back, and > that adds like 30-40ms out, and 30-40 ms coming back. Good old > qwest..... > > Makes it hell to play Q3 - there seem to be a lot of 50ms pingers > playing Q3, and even with DSL they run circles around me. Or maybe I > just suck.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lythium" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 11:37 AM > Subject: RE: Cable connections > > > > > > You can easily setup your filter rules to filter out anything between > > a certain range as well. I am only losing those server's which have a > > > sv_maxrate 1-5999 and there's still 10,000 showing at any given time. > > > > Lythium > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 2:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Cable connections > > > > > > > > You might be filtering out a lot of servers. There are quite a few > > with maxrate set to 0, and a lot more with maxrate less than 6000. > > Unless you do this intentionally....FWIW I set maxrate to 4500 on my > > server, and my client - works good enough for me, I've set it up to > > 7500 and more but could never tell the difference. But 1500? That's a > > bit too low, I think gameplay might suffer with maxrate that low. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lythium" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:50 AM > > Subject: RE: Cable connections > > > > > > > > > > Is there even a point to playing in a server that has a maxrate of > > > 1500? I know my gamespy is set filter anyone with a maxrate less > > > than 6000. > > > > > > Lythium > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Haplo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 2:08 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Cable connections > > > > > > > > > > > > ya i run sv_maxrate 1500 and minrate 500 works great. > > > Haplo > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "craig kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 12:22 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
