figureing out how many players to a server

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well im soon to get my dsl 2 or 3 days after thanksgiving and i wondering how do you figure out how many players you could have on a server with out having lag or just having little lag depending on the speed of the upstream or downstream *forgot which one*

[Arbiter]

DSL usually takes 3 players with no lag.

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username said:

DSL usually takes 3 players with no lag.

arbiter im going to have a 3.0mb connection next tuesday im sure i could hold alot more then 3 on dsl if im not mistaken it would be around 10-14 people depending how good of a connection i have that day. some people know a guy called AHOTDOG he has a 1.5mb connection and holds 8 players with no lag.

[CÄF]

more then that arb

depends on upload

no more then 10 if you got a good connection

[Griffin]

Skelito covered this in another thread.

Check This Thread Out

Good Luck

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peggmaster said:

more then that arb

depends on upload

no more then 10 if you got a good connection

I will be having 512mb upstream and 3.0mb downstream. (or the other way around....not sure)

[Hood]

likely what you've got is a 512kb (not mb) upstream, and a 3mb downstream. In almost all cases your dsl/cable account will include an equal or LARGER downstream. The idea is, you can download stuff fast, but upload slower (they don't figure you're running file servers from home).

512kb upstream isn't that great for hosting a server, but it's better than the older basic 128kb up.

A huge factor of course is your computer hardware. You could have a T1, but if your hardware is towards the low-end you're not gonna be able to host more than a few people.

And, as pointed out by Grif, Skelito has more information on this already.

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griffin said:

Skelito covered this in another thread.

Check This Thread Out

Good Luck

ok ill check that out thanks griffin. and i checked out my math with my upload bandwith and that and i got mine to 12.8 so maybe 12 people if im not surfing the web and doing other stuff
so i guess ill stick with 5v5 on mine when i get dsl.