Burning Man Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I'm considering getting a wireless connection for online multiplayer (I don't think wired is allowed in my hostel room), but I don't have any ideas about what sort of connection I need. How much data transfer occurs? Do I need a fast connection, and if so, how fast? Do you have any ISP recommendations? I'm planning to play Brink (FPS) and maybe Fable 3 (RPG) for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pArth Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 512kbps should be enough for online gaming. I mean the least required. If u want better performance go for 2mbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Might wanna rethink if you are going to get wireless for gaming. Everyone I know who uses one (Tata, Reliance etc) tells me it lags and drops packets which makes online gaming pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Man Posted May 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Might wanna rethink if you are going to get wireless for gaming. Everyone I know who uses one (Tata, Reliance etc) tells me it lags and drops packets which makes online gaming pretty hard. Like I said, I'm 80% sure I don't have a choice. Is it really non-manageable or just irritating? Oh, and how much data is transferred per hour or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I dunno. Dooby uses Tata Photon and he says it is bearable at best. Its not just the pings but the packet loss which can totally f**k you over in any online game. Data transfer shouldnt be much. I dont really keep tabs cause am on Unltd conn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Man Posted May 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I dunno. Dooby uses Tata Photon and he says it is bearable at best. Its not just the pings but the packet loss which can totally f**k you over in any online game. Data transfer shouldnt be much. I dont really keep tabs cause am on Unltd conn. Okay. My wired connection at college is pretty good, the only problem is that they blocked every non-browser port, so no online gaming or torrenting. If I get a connection, it will be purely for multiplayer. And yes, mainly FPS. So yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Okay. My wired connection at college is pretty good, the only problem is that they blocked every non-browser port.... If I get a connection, it will be purely for multiplayer. And yes, mainly FPS.No LAN gaming at your college? You can get around the port blocking. Lag gets worse though. For wireless. you can ask anyone to look up ping times over a wireless connection for you, compare it to wired connections. My view: wireless is not good, especially for FPS. The data requirements were much less (than console) back when I was on the PC, may have changed now. If you run any voice software, you can change the codec to reduce data transfer. You can check total usage through your in game console, data monitor software or by asking your ISP. Tata Photon definitely has an option for limiting total data usage, so that you don't use up additional bandwidth by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Man Posted May 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 No LAN gaming at your college? CS, AoE and Warcraft. I want stuff like BFBC2 and Borderlands. I tried Borderlands co-op with a friend once, but for some reason it didn't work. It's rare to find people playing the same game as you at the same time. All the games on LAN are pirated, so we keep switching. And I'm the only 'hardcore' gamer among my friends. They game, but they also do a lot of other stuff (Like watching TV shows ). You can get around the port blocking. Lag gets worse though. Hmm... I was pretty sure you couldn't. There was a migration to a NAT server a while ago and because they forgot to do the needful, DotA players tore it a new one. Following which they closed the appropriate ports. What is your getaround strategy? I have some ubergeek network experts I can refer to for assistance/reference. For wireless. you can ask anyone to look up ping times over a wireless connection for you, compare it to wired connections. My view: wireless is not good, especially for FPS. There's one guy who has a wireless connection, I can ask him to help me out. What does he need to do and how? The data requirements were much less (than console) back when I was on the PC, may have changed now. If you run any voice software, you can change the codec to reduce data transfer. You can check total usage through your in game console, data monitor software or by asking your ISP.Tata Photon definitely has an option for limiting total data usage, so that you don't use up additional bandwidth by mistake. If that's the case, could you (or someone else) do a quick check and let me know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 You might enjoy older games with competitive ping more than newer games over your wireless (by wireless you do mean the EVDO/3G types, right?) connection (unless Indian/Asian server). Ask some of the people still into PC gaming. Good luck finding data usage, too much work for me to help you with. However, I'll give you ping comparisons for Tata Photon and BSNL (Yahoo & Google servers). Checked simultaneously, ping to the same IP address. Yahoo TP: Between 298-350, infrequently going as high as 528. BS: 233-242, tighter & lower band. No sudden spikes. Google TP: 145-165, no sudden spikes. BS: 100-105. So Tata Photon was not as bad as I thought, but then again, no clue how it will work out while gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 ^^ You have to figure in for packet loss. Trust me, I have seen packet loss on wireless and if it happens its unplayable. 100 ping or 1000 ping wont matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. AWESOME Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Buddy, get BSNL! My friends using that for playing GOW online at night They said its pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 ^^ You have to figure in for packet loss. Trust me, I have seen packet loss on wireless and if it happens its unplayable. 100 ping or 1000 ping wont matter.Actually there was no packet loss while I was testing... at least that is what I got from the numbers the ping thing threw up (could be wrong). Maybe it was because it was a full bar connection? I've certainly seen the TP connection 'freezing up' sometimes... and the connection quality and speed both vary quite dramatically. EDIT OP you might want to PM Aft, he plays off Steam/PC a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 But not off wireless. I am pretty much going by anecdotal evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 ^ But you could tell him everything about data usage, preferably over multiple sessions and different games/genres. OP: Aft loves helping out, send him a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Wireless is ok - not anywhere as good as LAN obviously. But not completely bad either. It's manageable - I've played KZ2 and MW2. KZ2 was highly playable (it's got pretty good netcode) and MW2 was ok playable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 In house wireless barely affects latency nowadays. The technology is pretty mature compared to the early 802.11/b days. I use wireless extensively for gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Just to be clear. I am not talking about going wireless off a wireless router. That should generally work fine unless your wireless adapter is a POS. I am talking about a dedicated wireless connection from your ISP. eg Tata Photon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabba Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 meh i play bf:bc2 n fifa 10 regularly on wi-fi on a 1mbps line... actually it's more like a 2mbps line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 /Sigh SMH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 yo. me be on a wireless connection too. works good but sometimes screws over. sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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