Modded Minecraft-minimum latency LAN party setup

[Guest]

TPPI2 (Test pack please ignore 2) is in the works and some friends and I want to get together to play over lan.

The plan is I will be running a dedicated server (best pc) and on the tv in the room I will use my raspberry pi to have a live dynmap feed (hopefully) and I was wondering how I should connect all 3 pcs for minimum lag/latency. The router is nearby, so should I ethernet all our pcs to that? Or is there a better way? I don't know crap about networking. Also, my internet is pretty bad, I don't know if it affects anything over lan in any way, but its like 1.5 mbps download and .65 upload

[Vek1313]

I don't know if you will be able to acheive this just because of your internet. But to be honest I don't know much about networking either so I can only hope to help by saying to look up tutorials on youtube or just google it and follow instructions.

[Judahnator]

If everyone is going to be on the same LAN, the network will not be the bottleneck.

 

I suggest you throw as much RAM as you can at it. Thats really the only thing you can do.

[Guest]

If everyone is going to be on the same LAN, the network will not be the bottleneck.

 

I suggest you throw as much RAM as you can at it. Thats really the only thing you can do.

Hmm you think 8 gigs is enough for server and client?

 

If its gonna be a big deal I might have time to add another 4 maybe.

[Judahnator]

Hmm you think 8 gigs is enough for server and client?

 

How many people are going to be online at once? For a hevily modded server, you could get away with 4GB with less than 5-10 players. However more is always better.

[Guest]

How many people are going to be online at once? For a hevily modded server, you could get away with 4GB with less than 5-10 players. However more is always better.

3 Total, maybe 4. How should I split my 8gb between server and client?

I'm guessing like 3 for client and 3.5ish for server?

[Judahnator]

3 Total, maybe 4. How should I split my 8gb between server and client?

I'm guessing like 3 for client and 3.5ish for server?

 

That sounds about right. Unless you can get a dedicated server running. A dedicated machine is always best, but what you said should work just fine for what you want.