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First post, by silikone

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I've wondered about this for years, what exactly is the "LAN" connection speed setting found in many old games? Ostensibly, this wouldn't make sense over the internet, even though it's the best suited option with modern technology. It's understandable in games that don't differentiate between local networks and the internet, but there are those that do.

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Reply 2 of 9, by calvin

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I presume for cases where you're connecting over the full speed of 10/100 Ethernet on your LAN, so it won't try any optimizations.

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Reply 4 of 9, by silikone

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Snayperskaya wrote:

What games use LAN as "connection speed" instead of "connection mode/method"?

This is from Half-Life's internet server browser.
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Reply 5 of 9, by PeterLI

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In the days of POTS / ISDN bandwidth was very limited. Only when (A)DSL, cable and fibre became standard bandwidth no longer was an issue. Same with GPRS (2G), UMTS (3G) followed later by 4G / LTE.

Reply 7 of 9, by Logistics

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silikone wrote:
This is from Half-Life's internet server browser. http://puu.sh/jzni5/868fea2e3c.png […]
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Snayperskaya wrote:

What games use LAN as "connection speed" instead of "connection mode/method"?

This is from Half-Life's internet server browser.
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Yes, but if memory serves, all that did was adjust the "rate" setting in-game to adjust packets sent back and forth. A 28.8 connection favored somewhere around a rate of 2000 IIRC. They used to use this setting to regulate who could play on a particular server, setting the minimum or maximum depending on who you wanted to keep out, LPB's or HPB's. But I immediately thought of old games such as Doom or Duke3D when I thought of the LAN setting, but as was mentioned, it's a mode.

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