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[Sean]

Sorry this is quite a newb question :)



Im runnin a p4 533mhz bus with 512mb rdram off college ethernet in my dorm room. Got a downstream of about 1.5megabits average.



My test users are experiencing quite a bit of lag. Is there anything I can check on to reduce the lag? I dont think Im running any other programs that would take up much bandwidth.. so wouldnt this kind of a connection call for a fairly lag-free bbs?

[Reckless]

What's your upstream....down is how fast you pull information, not how fast you push =)

[Raybdbomb]

no way, p4's go down to 533 mhz? i coulda swore it didn't start until about 900 or 1.0 gig

[Raybdbomb]

oh you mean 533mhz FSB... lol



what's the speed of processor

[War Hawk]

I found this quite interesting....



I got a 233mhz comp with 256megs of ram... and I don't suffer from lag... if I put my 1.7ghz comp w/ 1.5gb of ram with the SAME amount of users I lag like a bitch.... hrm... new hardware with old software... doesn't like it much!

[Speed]

He's probably got an upstream cap. Upstream is harder on an ISP than downstream. A lot of colleges cap that shit pretty low. There are ways to get around it tho. Download FUGlobals and hit #, see what your system resources are pulling. If it's the average 0-3%, it's definately your connection.