MP bandwidth requirements for hosting?

MadTommy · #1 04-09-2011, 08:51 AM

Has anyone got an knowledge about hosting a MP server and the required bandwidth requirements per client?

I assume this figure will be somewhat depentant upon the complexity & size of the mission being run.

My connection is crap.. the side effects of living in the beautiful countryside!

How many clients do you think i could host?

Thanks.

baffa · #2 04-09-2011, 09:56 AM

The system requirements says 128 kpbs upstream for online play, but I don't know if those figures are for hosting a game.

Setup a server and see how it goes or measure the traffic with some traffic monitoring software.

MadTommy · #3 04-09-2011, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by baffa

Setup a server and see how it goes or measure the traffic with some traffic monitoring software.

Yeah, cheers. Was just wondering if anyone had a handle on it.

If its like DCS i could host for about 4 players for a 'real' mission. My interest is in real missions using the full map. Not death match on the mini MP maps.

LeadFarmer · #4 04-09-2011, 08:25 PM

20 people will need about 2 Mbps up.
That is whats happening on mine.

Thee_oddball · #5 04-10-2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LeadFarmer

20 people will need about 2 Mbps up.
That is whats happening on mine.

hmmm that means each player is using 100kbits which is triple from the original IL2 , I think that it will be more like 60kbits per player will be needed when setting up a dedicated server.
The original IL2 said 64kb now they say 128 which is double but there were people who could play on a 56k dial up so I am going to stick with the assumption that we will just have to double the bandwidth from what the original IL2 game needed, which was 32kbit per player for me to run a 20 man server.

leadfarmer u should be able to host about 30 players provided your PC can handle it.

MadTommy · #6 04-10-2011, 08:18 AM

Thanks for the input, helpful.

malcolmw · #7 08-31-2011, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by baffa

The system requirements says 128 kpbs upstream for online play, but I don't know if those figures are for hosting a game.

Setup a server and see how it goes or measure the traffic with some traffic monitoring software.

That is exactly what I would do. I was also thinking about hosting my own server but I am not quite sure if I have enough knowledge in order to do this. Until now I always used a web hosting site and I was very satisfied. Maybe I will try it too but first I will also definitely need more information.