Why the lag in online servers?

[Black_Sage29]

Thanks for responding.

I think my specs are the problem then. My ping is always good online, but since everything is being drawn from the 2 gigs of RAM that's probably causing a performance issue.

[IceFire]

If you have the budget... a low-medium spec barebones PC (I'm assuming this is a tower?) with a Core i5 and 4GB of RAM with a dedicated (but nothing top end) video card would be the way to go if IL-2 1946 is your only gaming need. You can sometimes find these for $350-$450ish. Barebones... so assuming you already have keyboard/mouse/monitor/etc. and just need a tower to plug it all in to. Save some money that way

[RPS69]

More players at the same time, means more traffic.
So... are you connected by Wi-Fi, or by wire?
If you are using Wi-Fi, try conecting the wire and test it again. Wi-Fi is processor dependant, and if your processor gots too heavy loaded, you may get a slower connection.

just a guess... but it was very common on older NB with slow processors.

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Just a an idea (and a question)... would it help it a bit, if he sets up 'ISDN' or eben '56kb' in the network setting? Might this cut the traffic down to 'slower but lighter' packages?

[KG26_Alpha]

Setting the network to 56k is always a good idea on DF servers.

But I think its just a simple matter of processing power online.

[Black_Sage29]

I usually play On LAN network settings since that's the fastest speed

I always thought setting it to ISDN would cause things to slow down

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Black_Sage29

I usually play On LAN network settings since that's the fastest speed

I always thought setting it to ISDN would cause things to slow down

Changes how the packets are handled and it might reduce the overhead required to process them. In some cases it could provide a performance increase. You can easily experiment and then if it provides no tangible benefit then you can always switch back.

[MaxGunz]

See how others are experiencing lag when you do. It's possible that the server is trying to host too many players at once.

[MaXMhZ]

Originally Posted by Black_Sage29

I usually play On LAN network settings since that's the fastest speed

I always thought setting it to ISDN would cause things to slow down

Nope. LAN setting in IL-2 means biggest packets, nothing else...

And when a packet gets lost (happens a lot), it needs to be re-send and re-checked.

Use 56k as already suggested. That will use the smallest packets. Use a wired connection. WiFi has a HUGE overhead bogging down your system even further.
You do need a far better computer with more RAM too. Your current computer probably has 100 Mb/s maximum Ethernet speed, to say nothing about the performance of the rest of the system. Ancient, maybe good for notepad, a bit of surfing (not even all sites will work), and the occational email.

When you say it runs IL-2 smooth, you probably mean on the absolute minimum settings?

[Storebror]

Originally Posted by MaXMhZ

You do need a far better computer with more RAM too. Your current computer probably has 100 Mb/s maximum Ethernet speed, to say nothing about the performance of the rest of the system. Ancient, maybe good for notepad, a bit of surfing (not even all sites will work), and the occational email.

When you say it runs IL-2 smooth, you probably mean on the absolute minimum settings?

1. Whether his current PC can provide 100 Mbit/s, 1 Gbit/s or just 10 Mbit/s doesn't matter at all. Any of these will do for IL-2.
2. I've been running IL-2 on a PC with less than half the CPU power (Pentium 4 w/ 3.0 GHz) and far sub-par GPU (4670 AGP) with perfect settings @XGA resolution with a solid frame rate of 30-40 FPS.
3. Explain why "not even all sites will work" on that PC and in contrast, which PC you've seen where all sites would.

I agree that it's not a top-notch PC which has been discussed in this topic, but that's no reason for the issues described.

Best regards - Mike