[[ --<-@ ] Black Rose]

Online speed tests sucks.

[Daniell_]

What do you say i should do?

[6pack]

Originally Posted by Daniell_ What do you say i should do?

1. Don't play on the same computer you have your server on.
2. Don't wory about your upload speed right now...there is nothing you can do about it unless your ISP up's your cap limit which they might not do without charging you.
3. Play with the number of slots that you have until you have no lag.
4. Look at whats running in the background of your computer. Eliminate things that you don't need running.
5. Good luck with it all

[[ --<-@ ] Black Rose]

Originally Posted by 6pack 1. Don't play on the same computer you have your server on...

...unless you have a core2. ;)

[Ingram]

Get rid of the hub... seriously. Hubs and repeaters are old technology that should have been phased out years ago. You should be using a switch.

Edit: Not saying this will actually help (it might be the problem), but it should be done anyway. At the very least plug the computer running the server into your router.

[el hippo]

What is the model of your router? Some routers (namely cheap home routers) cannot support more than maybe 128 simultaneous ip connections. Not only that, but some have extremely poor support for udp packets.

I had a DI-514 piece of crap router a while ago that exhibited horrible problems when trying to host even a 8 player server. I found out that the firmware was badly designed (it dropped packets when a certain amount of connections were made). I reported the problem to dlink, but they kept giving me generic 'is your modem plugged in' kind of responses. Needless to say, I moved to a linksys wrt54gl running dd-wrt which gives lots of flexibility.

Harrison

[Lord_Destros]

How many people join before it starts to lag (for everyone)? Your upload rate can definitely handle quite a few people. Attempt to run the server with ALL programs shut down (including HL mod/Steam) and see how much it makes a difference when people join.

[Daniell_]

RangeMax 240 Wireless Router (NETGEAR)
Router

PROSAFE™ 4 PORT 10/100 HUB DS104
Hub

The card that is taking the connection is NFORCE 3 Motherboard (where i plug my cable, the one IN my computer)

[6pack]

Originally Posted by Daniell_ RangeMax 240 Wireless Router (NETGEAR) Router PROSAFE™ 4 PORT 10/100 HUB DS104 Hub The card that is taking the connection is NFORCE 3 Motherboard (where i plug my cable, the one IN my computer)

You are running a server on a wireless Router? that's a no,no and there's your lag

[Roach]

6pack is right...no way can you run a server on a wireless connection.

Run it on a cat5 wired connection and I bet most of your lag will fade away.