[RESOLVED]Problems with home Internet after last patch..

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

After yesterday - 2016.12.17 - installing version Ope Beta 1.5.5.60338.212, my Internet connection is lost, including VoIP communications, whenever I start Multiplayer.

 

I have contacted the operator two times and opened tickets with them and am now trying to find what is the possible relation of starting the Multiplayer board in this DCS version and the Internet simply going down and my router not being able to acquire a new DHCP address.

 

This doesn't happen if I play DCS standalone, or browse the Internet or use other simulators with Internet access ( ELITE Flight Simulator, IL.2 Battle of Stalingrad, ... )

 

I have uninstalled OpenBeta and am now fetching the release 1.5 version, which I hope can get the Spitfire installed ...

Edited December 18, 2016 by BIGNEWY
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[BIGNEWY]

Never seen this before and not sure how it would even be possible.

 

What antivirus are you using ?

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

Windows 10 at home PC, with Windows Defender only.

 

I deleted DCS Open Beta from my PC, and am now installing the stable release version.

 

The accidents took place only after the latest patch, made available yesterday, was installed. Before that I kept using DCS and the Spitfire at a couple of online servers without any problems other than those inherent to the twitchiness of the Spitifire on taxi, takeoff and landing :-)

 

I will try again with the release version of DCS and report back.

 

My main reasoning was that it had to do with the operator, but tests showed it didn't happen when using the Internet with any other programs, including a couple of other flight simulators ( ELITE PC and IL.2 BoS BoM ).

 

Just when I started "Multiplayer" from the DCS menu, and the servers board started to get filled with the list of available servers the same happened - repeated 3 times to confirm! After it happens the router took "ages" to get able to re-acquire an address, and at the phone with the operator support they couldn't find a reason either...

Edited December 18, 2016 by jcomm

[BIGNEWY]

Let us know how you get on, to my knowledge nothing net related was changed in the last patch so it seems very odd.

[Migo]

I had the same problem back in the day with other games. My router detected the incoming game traffic as a udp flood and cut off the internet.

 

jcomm maybe have a look in the logs of your router.

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

Yep, might be it... Just installed 1.5 release, and used the Multiplayer without any problems...

 

Unfortunately I lost all of the logs as I uninstalled Open Beta. The router logs are only accessible to the provider :-/

 

All ok now on release 1.5.5

[BIGNEWY]

Good to hear you are back up and running Jcomm

 

Thanks for letting us know

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

I believe what I experienced was a "flood" of ICMP that made my router enter a "protective" state.

 

The situation was due to a greater than usual # of available servers yesterady. As I logged into MP they all ping my address to get the ping statistics, and that's probably the culprit...

 

I should probably have stayed with Open Beta, but..I'm ok now.

 

Thx!