I have a RedHat 7.3 (2.4.18-24.7.x) box (P4 1.9, 512mb ram, SCSI disks) that experiences WEIRD lag issues (lag spikes) with Day of Defeat 3.1
When I have > 13 people in it, and up to 21 people, the spikes are often and continuous. The processor on the box rarely hits more than 70% even with 20 people (the server's max players). I thought it might have been our T1 (which rarely hits over 65k/sec sustained -- and the 65k/sec is the DOD clients). We moved into a new building and a new T1 line. Still does it. No weird messages in /var/log/messages and the Cisco router shows no packet errors in sho int s0 I tried stopping all other services (named, sendmail, apache) with no benefit. I also have an RH8 box for a little clan server and it even lags (P3 1ghz, 2.4.18-24.8.0) but not as badly as the pub (fewer players in also). Could this ALSO be related to the kernel? Or do you think it might be related to the Realtek network cards in both? To be fair to the Realtek cards, I believe I had Intel nic's in them before and also had problems, but I'm not positive on that one. Thanks! r _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
