<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing. --> <!--X-From-R13: Pra Uerrne <terrneNploreuvtujnl.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:16:03 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.980809204357.7075A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199808100103.TAA02821@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00607.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00609.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00605.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00613.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00608">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00608">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00608">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:12:15 -0700 (MST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Chris Gray wrote: > I understand that. Not much I can do about it, however. Luckily, that > aspect of my communication is really only true when building the > scenario. During normal operation, packets will consist of whatever > text the user types in, or whatever text the server needs to send to > the user. > > The small packets don't explain why I'm seeing a mostly idle system > while doing the world-build, however, and that's what I'm mostly > concerned with at the moment. Try this: write a 1 meg file to disk, 10 characters at a time, and do the same with 4k blocks. Sending over a socket would be the should show the same graph. > > I've been running some stability tests today, and it looks like, > socket communication ignored, I could handle 300 or so users, perhaps > more. (I'll have to try again when I compile things with optimization > on - that might make a fairly big difference.) I expect socket > communications will be the bottleneck. > > Anyone out there still able to run my old Amiga client for an > internet connection? I think I'm now ready to be able to accept > connections from one, but I'm not in a position to test it myself. > > -- > Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA > > -- > MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. > Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00605" HREF="msg00605.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Chris Gray <cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00607.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00609.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00605.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00613.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00608"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00608"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00591" HREF="msg00591.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 19:17 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00597" HREF="msg00597.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 22:02 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00598" HREF="msg00598.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 22:15 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00605" HREF="msg00605.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 02:19 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00608" HREF="msg00608.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 04:16 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00613" HREF="msg00613.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 05:45 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00616" HREF="msg00616.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 06:11 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00629" HREF="msg00629.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 14:55 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00643" HREF="msg00643.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ethernet NICS, maximum connections..mud testing.</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 02:34 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>