Are there settings that are better for online gaming?

[operationivy]

Duron 800MHZ, 192mb RAM, Windows ME

TCP options string = 020405b40103030301010402

MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which is equal to MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 280320
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 3 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 35040
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 11212.8 kbps (1401.6 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 4485.12 kbps (560.64 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 29 hops
TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000


I'm mostly interested in trying to get a better ping in online games. Is there anything I should change? I have applied tweaks before, they didn't seem to do too much.

[fartface]

operationivy, Also configure settings in the game. Someone showed me yesterday on Quake 3 Arena some settings that decreased my ping by about 20.

/snaps 40

/cl_maxpackets 20

/rate 8000

I am not sure if all games use the same wording. i know that in counter-strike you do not need the forward slashes / to configure the game.

[Carla C]

Lower your RWIN a bit =).

Carla

[operationivy]

hmm lower RWIN, but to what?

[Alby]

not really sure ivy if rwin helps gaming maybe Ping can give you a better answer
anyway check this for your guide to q3
http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/AquaQuake3Guide.html

maybe guys who play other games will post links for ya

[operationivy]

oh i dont play quake 3
i just play CS

[Alby]

ok http://ubb.counter-strike.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

[operationivy]

thanks, but I already know about those forums, and I've tried all of their suggestions/tweaks. Nothing really works too well. Oh well...

[Alby]

ivy have you tried a search for a latency reduction script?

[operationivy]

yes i have the script already, and it doesn't seem to do anything at all

[UnamedLamer]

Ahh as far as Quake3 goes on a dsl/cable connection this is what you want:
/rate 25000
/snaps 30
/cl_maxpackets 60

This will give to the fastest smoothest game, you want your /rate to be at least 25000, and snaps at least 30 espeically on the 1.29pr.:rolleyes:

[banker]

hello:
i play delta force land worrior, im not sure if it will help with cs or ut. but thought i would share.


MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which is equal to MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 999984
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 4 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 62499
For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS.
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 39999.36 kbps (4999.92 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 15999.744 kbps (1999.968 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 117 hops
TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000

also you talked about a script? what does it do and where i can i get more info on it.
thanks
banker i have included my e-mailaddy.

also my system - 500 hrz 384ram bone stock dell

[Vesuvius]

My god your RWIN is friggin' huge! That can't be healthy :p

[ImPAcT]

anyone know if lowering your MTU will help ping with online gamming???

[Vesuvius]

MTU 1500
MSS 1460

When I'm gaming during low traffic times an RWIN of 256960 gives me ungodly speed, when the net is really slow I get better performance by lowering my RWIN to 51100. I'm currently looking for an inbetween RWIN that works so I don't have to switch them around. Give it a shot. I don't think changing MTU or MSS from the suggested values for your connection will help, but then again I'm still a rookie so I could be wrong.