What should i set my Input/output rates to?

[Mkay1]

What should i use as my input and output rate to under network setup ... they go from 1 to 20

Also what should i set my ping charity to... i can go from 0 to 300

Thanks

[Z-Man]

What should i use as my input and output rate to under network setup ... they go from 1 to 20

Depends on your internet connection. For any kind of (A)DSL/Cable, you can set them both to 20. Generally, check the up/downstream bitrate of your connection in kbit/s, divide them by 8, and you get the values to put there.

Also what should i set my ping charity to... i can go from 0 to 300

Rule 1: if you don't know what a setting does, leave it at the default (100).

[Nightmare]

Z-man how do i find this up/downstream bitrate of your connection

[Z-Man]

Ask your provider or test it (with no other network activity in the background) on speed test sites such as http://speedtest.net. They usually give you the speed in MegaBits/s, the Rate settings are kiloBytes/s, so you'll have to multiply the values you get by 125.

[Robot69]

/me is happy z-man changed his sleeping beaver avatar

[Nightmare]

Thanks z this will come to be effective as the default input/output rate on my game does not work with my wireless internet very good

[DDMJ]

Generally, check the up/downstream bitrate of your connection in kbit/s, divide them by 8, and you get the values to put there.

So with my 100 mbps connection I should set the in/out rate to 1600?

[Z-Man]

1250. But in essence, yes. Your outbound rate is also 100Mbit/s?

(Provided you mean Mbit/s, not mbit/s, which would be millibits and not very much )

[DDMJ]

Yup. My they're both about 100 Mbps.

(Side note: I thought that 1 Mb = 128 kb...so 100 Mb = 12800 kb...12800 / 8 = 1600, not 1250. I could be wrong though.)

What would setting it to 1250 do to the performance of the game compared to the setting it's currently on: 20

[Jonathan]

You have your bits and bytes messed up.

k = 1000 or 1024 (generally 1000 for wire speeds)
M = k^2
b = bits
B = bytes = 8b

100 Mb = 12500 kB

I guess setting rate limiting to a huge value effectively disables it. You certainly won't notice the difference at the extreme (over 20, maybe with a lot of action, but 1000 is nothing but ridiculous), and you need a high limit on both the server and the client to get any effect at all. I'd rather set it at a 'reasonable' value somewhere in between that won't be limiting, but also can't potentially flood your connection.

Also keep in mind overhead, other use of your connection, etc.

[DDMJ]

You have your bits and bytes messed up.

k = 1000 or 1024 (generally 1000 for wire speeds)
M = k^2
b = bits
B = bytes = 8b

100 Mb = 12500 kB

Ah, I was using 1 Mb = 1024 kb...which would make 100 Mb = 12800 kB. You used 1 Mb = 1000 kb, but you said for wire speeds that's what is typically used.

[Jonathan]

k=1000 or k=1024 doesn't really matter. In practice your connection with a theoretical 1024 won't be anywhere near 1000, and in compensating for that you'll dwarf the 2.4%. Bits and bytes are far more important.

Do keep in mind that the difference is larger for larger prefixes, although I question the use of binary yoctobytes (you should definitely use yobi⁻¹bytes in that case to avoid confusion):
y: -17.3%
z: -15.3%
a: -13.3%
f: -11.2%
p: -9.0%
n: -6.9%
µ: -4.6%
m: -2.3%
1: 0
k: 2.4%
M: 4.9%
G: 7.4%
T: 10.0%
P: 12.6%
E: 15.3%
Z: 18.1%
Y: 20.9%

[Phytotron]

What's that in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

[Nightmare]

Z-man since i can not understand the concept please help me with this

My ping is 60.
My download speed is 20.97 mbps
My upload speed is 1.97 (2) mbps

Now based on these outcomes what should i set my ping charity and input/output rates to?

[Z-Man]

Output rate: 2500
Input rate: 250
So, yeah, basically put them as high as they go