How many players with 400kbps upload speed?

[gattosilvestro]

I set up a server with my pc. I'm in Italy, I have an ADSL with about 400kbps upload speed.
How many players could run smoothly on this server?
Do you know some useful link about the topic?

[vindimy]

I've read somewhere that Openarena (and Quake 3 in general) uses about 5-10 Kbps per player. However, these numbers may vary depending on server configuration. Look up Quake 3 articles that talk about network usage.

[gattosilvestro]

Thanks for the answer.

[Speaker]

I've read somewhere that Openarena (and Quake 3 in general) uses about 5-10 Kbps per player. However, these numbers may vary depending on server configuration. Look up Quake 3 articles that talk about network usage.

I have seen on the net calculations of Q3A server bandwidth usage (unfortunately, I cannot recall where). The figures they come up with were much higher. On a 400 kbit/s upstream connection you should not really allow to connect more than 4-5 players.

[fufinha]

If you want to give a server a good test. Run noghost, enable decoys and homing rocket turrets. It's more fun than playing bots You can also make nice firework displays.