Ventrilo / TeamSpeak Server Issue - Lag

WetDaddy

[Mods, please move this if it's in the wrong forum. It appears to be a general VOIP issue with our server, so I thought this the best place!]

We've a Dell box on a 2MB SDSL connection. It can host certain client server / apps no problem (e.g. dedicated server for games, etc.) but both TeamSpeak and Ventrilo are suffering very badly with lag.

Given that the connection speed is quite significant, I doubt it's that. We've also tried lowering the codec to the lowest quality possible, but it makes little difference. With just 2/3 people, there's about a second of lag. I suspect it might be a bottleneck on the box itself, specifically the soundcard (it's onboard sound which would put a strain on the CPU). But I'm not certain - Can anyone confirm if a Ventrilo / TeamSpeak server routes the VOIP through the server's soundcard?

The box is running Win2k3 SP2 on a Pentium 4 (2.4Ghz) with 1GB of RAM. Not monster, but sufficient for most other needs.

Of course, if anyone has any other suggestions, please fire away!

WetDaddy

I'm not in the habit of this, but BUMP!

Overheal

Im not sure what provider im with but we have a 4MB downspeed. And I have serious issues connecting to ventrilo. When I can connect at all I get latency of over 13000 ms.

at the same time its not the machine or the setup: I can run voice-speak inside of games (such as Counterstrike) without any problems. And thats while in the middle of a firefight, and torrenting. Im not trying to brag or anything but I can. Still, I dont know wtf is wrong with ventrilo.

BostonB

This is only a guess I'm clueless with VOIP etc.

Have you looked for lost packets? I had lots of problems with that on NTL and Blueface. Pings where ok, and connection was ok. But call quality was patchy. If you losing packets somewhere, either through a bad line, or a config issue maybe that it.