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| 1275167 | 2012-05-14 01:25:00 | I think with the Thomsons the default password\key is on a sticker on the bottom of the router. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1275168 | 2012-05-14 01:26:00 | Now I am getting: The server dlsdevice.lan:80 requires username and password. The server says: Thomson Gateway Have I ever said that I hate computers???? |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 1275169 | 2012-05-14 01:30:00 | A few things here: Minecraft is a bandwidth whore. While the previous comments are true for most games, because Minecraft is basically a dynamic world, all the blocks and things are generated / displayed on-the-fly, and it can RIP through the bandwidth. 22GB doesn't surprise me in the slightest though that's more likely if your son is playing online. Basically the slower upload of a DSL connection wouldn't be able to go through that much in a day. Just to clarify: If your son is playing on his own PC, by himself, not online, it won't use any data. If he's playing online on an online server, it will use a fair amount of data. If he's playing on a server he's setup at your house, he won't use any data, but his friends who are coming in over the internet will use quite a lot of data very quickly. Check out It'll use somewhere around 250-300kbps per-client. So if your son has 3 friends all logging in to a server he's hosting at your house that'll go through roughly 750-900kbps (Lets round it to 100KB/sec" target="_blank">canihostaminecraftserver.com and throw in to it that you have a 1mbps upload and it'll tell you that you can host a max of 3. It'll use somewhere around 250-300kbps per-client. So if your son has 3 friends all logging in to a server he's hosting at your house that'll go through roughly 750-900kbps (Lets round it to 100KB) each way (Upload and download) That's around 700-800MB an hour, and that doesn't surprise me in the slightest. So again, as people have mentioned, most games that's what it'll be, but Minecraft is different from most games. See here: www.minecraftforum.net Also, changing your router password won't stop the current server from operating, you'll need to kill the port forwards etc. Tell your son to try something like minecraft.co.nz or nzbuild.co Finally, if he's just playing online and not actually hosting it at your place, it'll likely only go through 1/3 as much data... But it'll still go through several hundred MB per-hour. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1275170 | 2012-05-14 03:07:00 | Default user name and password for the router is admin, admin. that what you're after? | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1275171 | 2012-05-14 05:32:00 | 22gb a day cannot be explained by hosting a server for minecraft. Some people i know were hosting a server and it has since grown relativly popular peaking at around 25 people a day and the server gets no where close to 22gb in a day. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1275172 | 2012-05-14 06:01:00 | There are different optimizations and things you can do though, but yeah I agree 22GB is possibly a bit high to be *just* minecraft, unless they've literally been playing from dawn until dusk... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1275173 | 2012-05-14 06:01:00 | Prehaps there also been some movie downloads, game ISO downloads, watching movies etc online. Perhaps P2P programs running constantly, any PC's left on all day ?? Or maybe 1 PC has a malware infection. |
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| 1275174 | 2012-05-14 06:05:00 | Youtube can eat a lot of data if you're looking at it for hours | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1275175 | 2012-05-14 06:13:00 | Just doing a live actual test right now a of 5pm. I ask my son to go online and play minescape ( that was hard :D) - give it hell, and record how much data it actually uses over a 30 minute period. Then x that by two will give you a rough hours usage. When I mentioned the 22GB he just about fell off his chair laughing - no bloody way he said - you'd kill me if I used that much in a day. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1275176 | 2012-05-14 06:22:00 | Yeah I reckon he'll get through around 100-120MB in that half hour period, when you include both up & download, that's my guess. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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