Best Practice for VOICE CHAT in multiple instance server environment?

[TWC_Alamo]

What is the best practice in setting up VOICE CHAT when running multiple instances of the DCS Dedicated Server on the same machine?

 

According to Note 1 in this post:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=256203

the server will use port 10309.

 

Note 2 shows how to change the voice chat ports, but warns that clients are pre-configured for port 10309 and would also have to reconfigure to the same port as well.

 

Having three instances of the server running on the same machine would therefore, require opening up two additional ports other than 10309. However clients wouldn't be able to access the voice chat on the other two without manually editing their configuration.

 

 

 

Will enabling the UPNP option solve the problem? If all servers use 10309 would clients on different severs be on a "party line"?

 

Luckily this appears to be a transitory issue and be resolved when ED fully integrates VC where it will use the games port #.

[Maverick87Shaka]

What is the best practice in setting up VOICE CHAT when running multiple instances of the DCS Dedicated Server on the same machine?

 

According to Note 1 in this post:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=256203

the server will use port 10309.

 

Note 2 shows how to change the voice chat ports, but warns that clients are pre-configured for port 10309 and would also have to reconfigure to the same port as well.

 

Having three instances of the server running on the same machine would therefore, require opening up two additional ports other than 10309. However clients wouldn't be able to access the voice chat on the other two without manually editing their configuration.

 

 

 

Will enabling the UPNP option solve the problem? If all servers use 10309 would clients on different severs be on a "party line"?

 

Luckily this appears to be a transitory issue and be resolved when ED fully integrates VC where it will use the games port #.

 

I don't think it's solve the problem, UPNP just avoid the people to manually add firewall/forward option on their devices (routers/modem included ). What people should have to do according to this post, it's change their own autoexec file to set the same server port, and it's basically impossible, even if i'm pretty sure that it's recommended also for parameter like net.download_speed etc....but of course, nobody will change their settings before entering a server, even in a squadron it's not a suitable option.

 

Basically, this new feature is broken on all multi instances server ( most of the server i think )

I've enabled just on our most used server, all the other runs without voip.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Maverick87Shaka