rgr, it could very well be the cable, but at that speed, I would absolutely go out and buy a p2-500 or something else like that used (or hand-me-down from a friend) and throw up something like http://www.smoothwall.org etc etc.
linksys are good for the average joe just surfing the internet, but I would put much faith in em as for what you are using your connection for. kev ->-----Original Message----- ->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott ->Pettit ->Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 6:14 PM ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Routers and Things -> -> ->Seeing that you're on cable, I'd be tempted to blame that unless you have ->some kind of service level agreement with your ISP/Provider. ->Cable from what ->I've seen doesn't often give the full advertised speed due to ->congestion on ->your node etc. -> ->When my servers are full I only see them doing around ->40-50Kbyte/sec in and ->out so I wouldn't really say you are maxing your bandwidth. Try ->turning off ->any other services on the server which could be causing CPU slowdowns. -> ->Try pingboost and max/min rates and max/min update rates. -> ->Cheers, -> ->Scott ->___________________ ->Scott Pettit ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] ->(+64) 0274 926 665 ->This e-mail message and accompanying data may contain information that is ->confidential and subject to privilege. If you are not the intended ->recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or ->copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this ->e-mail in error, please notify me immediately and delete all material ->pertaining to this e-mail. Thank you. -> -> -> ->-----Original Message----- ->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of m0gely ->Sent: Sunday, 31 August 2003 9:35 a.m. ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Routers and Things -> ->Pier Posthumus wrote: -> ->> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ->> -- ->> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] ->> Hi everyone, ->> I am currently running a 32 player cs server, my system specs are as ->follows ->> CPU: Athlon 1800+ (65% cpu usage on full server) ->> RAM: 512 Megs RAM (20% ram usage on full) ->> OS: Redhat 9 ->> Connection: Optimum online cable (its fast ~ 1.2 Mb/sec ->upstream, 5Mb ->sec down) ->> Linksys 4 port home router ->> HLDS 3.1.1.1d - adminmod, statsme ->> When the server reaches somewhere over 20 people, the pings begin to ->spike - mine, which is normally 20 on an empty server and like 50 with 16 ->people, jumps into the high 100's / low 200's when the server ->becomes full. My question is do you think this is a CPU problem, ->or more of ->a connection issue (i believe so), and if so, would ditching the ->linksys and ->just using linux iptables routing be a better way to reduce the ->latency? -> ->I have a T1 (1.54Mb), and I don't start seeing ping spikes until about 40 ->players. The T1 is used for other things too, so it's not really maxed ->(almost ->though). -> ->I would say you're getting close to your limits on CPU *and* bandwidth. ->It's ->easy to test though. Get a faster chips and see what happens. :) -> ->-- ->- m0gely ->http://quake2.telestream.com/ ->Q2 | Q3A | Counter-strike -> -> ->_______________________________________________ ->To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, ->please visit: ->http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux -> -> ->_______________________________________________ ->To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list ->archives, please visit: ->http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
