rl -- RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet device driver -----Original Message----- From: kama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:53 PM To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Massive Lag Spikes
With these lagspikes, are they latency related spikes or is it noticable from choke? I have seen choke spikes every now and then. perhaps its NIC related. I have to try and find a oneunit NIC and test it. My servers uses the bge and fxp cards. What is the driver called for the d-link card? /Bjorn On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Owen T. Soroke wrote: > My conclusion, wasn't relly a conclusion at all. > > I was out of leads as to how the problem could have been fixed, and > the fact I couldn't see any network response issues, no CPU or > processing issues, I decided to take Stephen's advice to try and change my NIC. > > I was fortunate that it worked, and even more so that he had taken the > time to e-mail me. > > Without this suggestion, I could very well have still been searching > for a solution. > > The NIC card was a fpx0 - Intel PRO/100+ adapter. > > I'm not saying this adapter is not suited to servers running linux / > unix srcds. It was probably just a bad card. > > I changed the card to a D-Link. > > Hope this provides some insight. > > Owen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hondaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:27 AM > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Massive Lag Spikes > > Out of curiousity, what NIC was it? How did you conclude it was the > NIC? > > Owen T. Soroke wrote: > > >Thank you to everyone who offered their advice and expertise on this > >issue. > > > >As a result of my hlds_linux post, I received a personal e-mail > >message > > >from Stephen in regards to his previous experiences with similar > >"Massive Lag Spikes". > > > >It turns out that his network interface card was the cause of his > >problems. > > > >Yesterday after a long haul getting FreeBSD 4.9 and linux_base-8 > >running, I ran the source server and again started to stress test > >with 20 players on the server. > > > >The same "Massive Lag Spike" problem occurred, and so I can now rule > >that it was not Red Hat - Fedora Core 3 causing my problem. > > > >Based on Stephen's advice, I replaced the NIC in my machine, and > >behold... No more lag spikes. > > > >All the best, > > > >Owen (hapos) > > > >http://www.therubysquare.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Owen T. Soroke > >Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:18 PM > >To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > >Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Massive Lag Spikes > > > >Hi Ian, > > > >Thanks again for taking your time to respond. > > > >I have in fact been using top to check processes, and I am always > >running below 10% CPU when the lag spikes start and finish. > > > >Also, even though the pings in game show all clients around 900, when > >I > > >ping the box from a machine on the same connection I am playing on > >(client side), I am getting response times under 80 ms. > > > >Traceroute to the server IP also shows under 100 ms responses. > > > >I am in British Columbia, and the server is in Minnesota, so 80-100ms > >is very normal for connection time. > > > >I think I am going to try installing FreeBSD 4.9 and see if that > >gives me the same results. What is your opinion? > > > >Cheers, > > > >Owen > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ian mu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:04 PM > >To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Massive Lag Spikes > > > >That looks pretty ok really (have seen a few weird ones where some > >mobos seem to lead to odd video memory settings along with bios video > >ram setup was all and made me wonder if something similar was > >happening), have you tried running top at a higher rate and watching > >for the lag spikes to see if any process at all peaks at the same time? > > >Just quite surprising not to see something sneaky going on somewhere. > > > >Do pings only sky in game, or do they when pinging from outside the > >game to the machine when it spikes? > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >archives, please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >archives, please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >archives, > please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Sometimes...in the morning...when I haven't slept...the computers talk to me, they say "good morning dave", so I say to myself, "That g**D**N Hal's awake!" _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
