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Linksys LNE100TX NIC .. is it good enough for my game server ..?

Noid

Noid

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I upgraded my DSL to 768 up, which is actually 630 up.

Anyway, I have been having problems with ping when I get 10 or more players into any of my game servers I run. This eventually leads to players being 'kicked' due to a timeout situation.

I'm wondering if the NIC card I mentioned above is worthy of my setup. It's the 4.0 version, so it's rather old.
I'm also using W2k SP3 and a Netgear RT314 router.

Or ,, have I saturated my upstream? (I dont think so) I think its the NIC being unable to handle BOTH up and down.

What do you guys think? Are my suspections warranted...?
 
Everyone of my wired computers is running LNE100TX cards and I never have any problems. It may be your router or the fact that you have saturated your upstream. I have run 16-20 player CS servers on my main rig when attached to the dorm connections on campus and never had a problem.
 
Check if you are running at half or full duplex. It most likely is not your card, as it should easily handle the traffic. I suspect that it is the DSL which is the bottleneck, and to be honest, there isn't much you can do about it without spending major bucks a month.

I have used the LNE100TX cards for a few years, through a few different versions and they always seemed to be fine. I only recently change to using Intel Pro based cards, simply because I have the extra money and like the aded features of the line testing and signal analysis tools that you have available (I'm also a systems admin)... but like I said the Linksys should be more then enough, even if the card is connecting at half duplex, it should still have more then enough bandwidth to handle the DSL connection, which is most definitly where the bottleneck is.
 
what is your upstream ... can you verify it at DSLreports.com for me...?

just curious....


I thought 630 up was good enough for 16 players or so ...

Thanks for the half duplex suggestion ... If I try full duplex ... will I experience any issues?
 
I was looking at my NIC properties in Device Manager and noticed that Power Management had

"Allow computer to turn this device off to save power" checked ...

I hope this is what was happening ...

Since ... the server would be running fine for about an hour or so .... with many players ...

It might just be a coincidence that it was doing it when the server was getting fuller ...

I hope ...

I cant believe this option is there anyway...
 
If you want serious performance get a good Intel 10/100/1000 card, you wont be dissapointed, there is a reason these cards cost more and are found in high end servers and it isnt just because of a name. they do perform better I have proven it time and time again.
 
I don't think it's your NIC. Try excluding your router to see if it might be the cause. Also, disable all PowerManagement including your screen saver and only have the monitor shutoff as the screen saver. Go fixed allocated swap file (x total mem, forgot the calculation).

...again I don't think it's your NIC. I've had a couple running as workgroup servers for more than 20 users...no problems!
-JC
 
this card is a rock solid performer. I've used it in dozens of systems. Do not waste your money on something more expensive.

 
It may be THAT nic that is bad. Do you have any other nic laying around that you could try? anything would work, a "free after rebate" belkin, etc.
 
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