When I Host A Halo Server Everyone Complains About Lag?

Question

When i host a server (game) on halo 1 trial everyone always complains about lag. My singnal strength is always max and the speed is 108 MBps. I dont know if thats good or not but can anyone help me stop people lagging or tell me what tto do

please help =(

Everyones always flames me and shouts at me for it aswell and i egt no lag because im the host GRR so annyoing

Answer 1

You say signal strength, so I'm assuming your on wireless. That's part of your problem. Your better off with a wired connection. Aslo, test your broadband speeds (broadbandreports.com) and see if you are getting what you are supposed to.

Answer 2

Remember that latency is different than bandwidth. Bandwidth is about volume, how many bytes in a second you can transfer. Latency is about speed, the time from the instant the first bit leaves your server until the instant it hits the computer for the player. That's usually measured in milliseconds.

Gaming is especially sensitive to latency because the responsiveness of the game comes from the rate at which motions of your mouse and/or keyboard bounce to the server and get relayed out to the other players and back at yourself. Furthermore, the game packets are usually small so it's possible to have a very high bandwidth link that still has lousy latency and a fast connection is no guarantee of gaming performance.

Unfortunately, latency is tough to evaluate and tougher to manage, as it depends upon where your other players are. Most of it depends upon how your ISP hooks up with the rest of the Internet, and they generally don't tell you that. You just have to hook up and see what you get. If you know how to use the program "traceroute" or a site like speedtest.net remember to watch the millisecond ping values and ignore the kilobytes or megabytes per second.

You might find routers that provide the capability to prioritize packets for certain ports or applications (for gaming and VoIP), but don't be surprised if they don't make much difference, as much of the delay may be outside of your control. You might be best served by finding some third-party host to use for a server as they'll probably be much better connected.

Answer 3

108MBps is your total download bandwidth, upload is likely 512MBps. Now, divide 512 by the number of players and that is your problem. Normally, to host a Gaming Server, you would need at least a "T-3" line, way too expensive for most home users.

You could try to limit the number of users to 3 - 5 people, but they may be unhappy about that, too.

Answer 4

Your upload speed on the internet is likely to be limited, and the speed of the wireless connection does not mean you get that speed on the web.

Answer 5

I usually see problems with Linksys routers. they seem to get lazy over a volume of time. i think of they go through heating complications. whether it is likewise probably which you have a sluggish connection. You get what you pay for, you're able to could desire to enhance to a swifter provider.

Answer 6

um that for wifi, you need faster cable or DSL
and dialup, well you can use wifi, but it qont work at ALL!!!!
you now whats funny my d-up friends say there internet is able to load google in 2 sec, mine load exactly .5843ms

Answer 7

Its probally your wirelss router, try ajusting its configuration.

Answer 8

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