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Re: Reducing latency in preference to throughput

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From: deja_neale
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
>



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