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Article #97Re: Reducing latency in preference to throughput
From: deja_neale
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 00:00
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In article <kk+77IAYiPQ4EwvD@easton.demon.co.uk>, Neale Hind <neale@easton.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In article <943761796.29159.0.nnrp- 14.c1c3e0af@news.demon.co.uk>, Tim > Preston <tdp@demon.net> writes > >Neale Hind <neale@easton.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> I'm having problems getting good connections to the gaming battle.net > >> servers operated by Blizzard games. > > <snip Tim's response confirming that their setup is consistent with > battle.net requirements> > > >There are some tweaks that youcan do to your modem which /may/ improve > >it's performance for gaming purposes (where having a stable, low latency > >connection can be more important than having a high throughput of data), > >but such tweaks my make the performance for other things, such as web > >browsing worse. So yo umay want to set up a separate connection with > >different paramets for games. I'm a bit out of touch with modems these > >days [1] but I suspect that asking in demon.tech.modems or demon.games > >might find some people who can help you with modem tuning. > > Please can anyone offer advice on tweaking modem performance for gaming > (i.e. improve latency in preference to throughput)? Ummm - no tips at all? > > <snip stuff about web-cache> > > >[1] I *do* still use a modem, but it worked fine 'out of the box' so > > I've never really played with it. > > Same here. > -- > Neale Hind > neale@easton.demon.co.uk --- Insanity is hereditary > http://www.easton.demon.co.uk/ --- You get it from your children > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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