Guest Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 im playing VC mta with someone on LAN. 2 people. it goes fine for a while, but it will say someone timed out. is there a workaround for this? its a 100mbit connection. also cars a bit jerky, is there a way to get rid of lag? thanks Link to comment
b0b0 Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 Where is this LAN? At home or somewhere else? If you are at home, are you using a hub (not a switch or router)? Link to comment
GreyRabbit Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I think that 'jerky'ness is just the limit of the code. Its still a beta version, and it was designed so even dailup players could play with other users. Link to comment
MAD_BOY Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 If you are at home, are you using a hub (not a switch or router)? hub is the same as router Link to comment
SeBsZ Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 no it's not the same, a router shares the internet connection and divides it over different computers. A hub just connect multiple computers... kind of??? Right? Well maybe im wrong but I do know that they are not the same. Link to comment
MAD_BOY Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 well, i first had a router (text on the box) it shared the internet and we could use it for network-only then we bought a hub (router was broken again it said hub on the box) and it did the same, so i think it's the same Link to comment
Iam A. Spammer Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Well, you're actully absolutely... WRONG! Hubs and routers are definately NOT the same thing. Link to comment
EagleEye812 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 If you are at home, are you using a hub (not a switch or router)? hub is the same as router You are mistaken! A hub , opposed to a switch/router, sends ALL the data to ALL connected computers, whereas a switch (or a router with built-in switch) sends data to the computer that it's addressed to! Link to comment
MAD_BOY Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 ok, i know i'm wrong now *MAD_BOY is sitting in a corner Link to comment
elix0r Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 don't know the pedantic definition.. but mainly, a hub just blindly sends out any and all broadcast packets from any port to any other port. (I mean port/jack on the hub that you plug ethernet into) Each port/jack on a switch is "smart" and it learns the MAC address of whatever device is plugged into it. So that the switch doesn't blast unnecessary traffic out to everything else on that switch. I don't know about what sort of ms delay you might get by having a switch instead of a hub on a small LAN. e l i xOr PS i only post this since it seems most were interested in saying bad MAD_BOY was wrong but not giving any sort of indication why. Link to comment
MAD_BOY Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 elix0r: why am i bad? and most people gave a reason why a HUB and router aren't same Link to comment
elix0r Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 hehe... guess I have to start reading bottom lin of posts.. that's what I get for trying to avoid reading .sigs A hub , opposed to a switch/router, sends ALL the data to ALL connected computers, whereas a switch (or a router with built-in switch) sends data to the computer that it's addressed to!, said EagleEye812 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Link to comment
Oyst Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I hate to ask but will there be a time in the future where there will be absolutley no jerkiness at all? Link to comment
Kent747 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 probably not any time soon... Its nearly impossible to make this perform as well as a game that we had access to the source code. We have to fake a lot of things to get the job done, and as a result can't control the world as directly as we'd like. Kent Link to comment
b0b0 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 If you are at home, are you using a hub (not a switch or router)? hub is the same as router No, it isn't. poseyjmac, if you are using a hub, I suggest you switch to a switch or router. The hub will cause your network to lag like crazy. Link to comment
Madd Dog Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 actually if theres only two people on the hub both people will be getting more then enough bandwidth to each other. Still a switch is better. Link to comment
b0b0 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 A hub can be very annoying. I had trouble streaming programs through Samba when I had a hub. Link to comment
Guest Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I have direct lan conection PC to PC, 100mbtis, when my brother connect, ok, this connect , but a few minuts after, CONECTION TIMED OUT,why? Please help me! Link to comment
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