sharing gaming

Terbo · Post by **Terbo** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 10:59 pm

Well me and my roomate are sharing a attbi cable connection about 300kps/128kps.
Well when we both play online games at once the ping gets unstable and laggy. Is there anyway to try to stablelize this?

HEDONAPOST · Post by **HEDONAPOST** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 12:49 am

i need more details and also what kind of router do you have? do you ahve a router?

Terbo · Post by **Terbo** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 6:41 am

-netgear eithernet hub EN104
-netgear network cards
-server computer = 1.2gighz 608mb ram geforce 2 ultra(something like that)
-my computer the client is a pIII 550 130mb ram geforce mx 400.

nrx2002 · Post by **nrx2002** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 7:15 am

When your both playing at the same time, your computers are fighting for the bandwidth. When you get lag or unstable pings it means one computer is asking for more than the other.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 8:56 am

So you're using Windows internet connection sharing? Hardware router is the best way to go, offload the CPU load from any software sharing. You have good equipment so far, Netgear products. They also make a good router, one of the best for home userse, and Nexland is another brand which markets their routers towards gamers, even faster than the Netgear.

Benchmark your connection....at modem speedtest sites. Even though your connection appears slow, for only two users, I'm sure it's not your bottleneck. A bandwidth heavy game engine, Unreal Tournament, pretty much wants 28.8 per client....so multiply that by two, and I doubt your soaking up all your upload. (when measuring for online gaming performance, you take the weakest link only, which in broadband, is your upload).