How to set net.download_speed and net.upload_speed, is there a formula?

[PSYKOnz]

Ok there are many posts on the subject but none of them seem to offer a definitive answer and many are confusing, also many are very old, as old as dcs 1.5. i dont want to go necro posting so ill ask here

Im setting up my new server and i want to make sure that im dialing all my settings in

 

So how do i set the following 

net.download_speed = 1024*1024*256

net.upload_speed =

1024*1024*256

 

I want to understand these numbers

Is there a formula to figure it out?

What does each number represent?

How do i increase these numbers for better performance?

I currently have a 1gbps down 500mbps up connection that will soon be 2.5gbps semetrical, all over fiber, so i would like to make sure im getting the most from the server and connection 

Im hoping for a nice simple answer that i can understand and hopefully others can to

[Maverick87Shaka]

Be aware using that kind of tuning, it was there since ages, and most probably nowday is not even necessary.
Use formula is completely useless, in the end it's the speed in bps if I remember well.
So basically 1024*1024*256 you're telling something like 270mbps
You can directly type 268435456 in the file, but yeah, honestly I'm not using it anymore on all my servers
 

[MAXsenna]

28 minutes ago, Maverick87Shaka said:

So basically 1024*1024*256 you're telling something like 270mbps

Not trying to be pedantic,while you might wanna use Mega and not milli if you want the math to be correct.

Cheers! 

[PSYKOnz]

Because i am the dumb

 

Its 

 

1024x1024x256 = 268,453,456 rounded = 270 megabits ps?

So it will use upto 270 of upload megabits 

Is there any real reason to change it? 

Or is this just a hold over from the past?

What would doubbling the numbers give you? What numbers should you change if you want to adjust the numbers? Just the last one or the whole thing?

[Maverick87Shaka]

21 hours ago, PSYKOnz said:

Is there any real reason to change it? 

Or is this just a hold over from the past?

This one to me
I was usual to have it set in the past, like 3 or 4 years ago (not as formula just plain nuber), but we haven't used it for at least two years.

This is the current production server that I'm running (adjust port on your needs)

if not net then net = {} end
net.use_upnp = false
webgui_port = 8088
norender_fps = 60
disable_write_track = true

some days ago we ware more than 20 players on a pretty populated PvE missions in one of our instance (with some other running as well), no issue at all.

 

Edited yesterday at 07:16 PM by Maverick87Shaka

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Ah I still have this in my autoexec.cfg, from back in the day:

net.download_speed = 262144
net.upload_speed = 262144

I'll disable both then and see how it goes