SimServer interferes with internet connection

[mykejb 4]

I've had this happen quite a few times while SimServer is still running in the background after a FS session. I try to access the Internet and get "page cannot be reached" for every page. As soon as I close SimServer the pages will load perfectly.

Is this a known issue?

Mike

[marcom 139]

19 minutes ago, mykejb said:

I've had this happen quite a few times while SimServer is still running in the background after a FS session. I try to access the Internet and get "page cannot be reached" for every page. As soon as I close SimServer the pages will load perfectly.

Is this a known issue?

Mike

Hi Mike,

I don't have an explanation how this could happen. Yes, SimServer does create a webserver but it listens on specific ports not utilized by typical internet applications. What's your setup like? Are you connected to a router directly via cable or wifi? Do you use a proxy? It's the first time I read this and the underlying architecture hasn't changed since the initial launch in 2015 so I'm baffled.

[mykejb 4]

Yeah I was pretty confused about it too. It doesn't happen every time, just very occasionally which is really odd.  If it's not a known problem I'll try and dig a bit deeper next time it happens. It's possible it's an  interaction with a VPN client or Wireshark or some other dev software I have loaded.

[DocPadds 15]

Happens here too if i run it and its sitting idle. for some time

[ETNWHVAC 4]

I just open a topic about this without realizing people are having my same issue.

[ETNWHVAC 4]

I haven't open the specified ports for SimServer to talk free that might help I will try it out and report

 

[ETNWHVAC 4]

Opening the Ports did not helped still interrupts Internet connection

[ETNWHVAC 4]

Ok so it seem like the internet issue doesn't happen when Prepar3D v4 is running. I used the software for 3 Hours and just sat at the airport doing other stuff with VPilot also active so I would know exactly when connection was drop, but it never happened. I might do a longer test but it seems pretty convincing to me.

[DocPadds 15]

On 5/27/2019 at 1:57 AM, ETNWHVAC said:

Ok so it seem like the internet issue doesn't happen when Prepar3D v4 is running. I used the software for 3 Hours and just sat at the airport doing other stuff with VPilot also active so I would know exactly when connection was drop, but it never happened. I might do a longer test but it seems pretty convincing to me.

Same here, if i leave it active when P3D is shutdown, i loose internet eventually.

 

Same actually happens when i leave the ProjectFLY client running too, oddly enough.

 

 

[Headley 26]

Same problem here...

I have to add that since a few days, connection with simserver is lost and unable to reconnect (keep trying, but to no avail...).

Only after generating a new QR-code and make a new connection, is solves but only for a few hours.

I have 2 iPads connected for the 2 CDU's on the B747, sometimes only one is working.

Edited June 8, 2019 by Headley

[marcom 139]

Hi folks,

this has been fixed.

Please also see the response to this thread:

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/554796-internet-connectivity-gets-dropped/

Regards