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Okay, I seem to have isolated the problem. When Arma2 queries for servers, my wireless router is becoming overloaded. My router logs show a list of "UDP FLOOD (WAN OUTBOUND)" entries to ip addresses that I'm assuming are DayZ and Arma2 servers. The reason I'm certain its a server query problem is that the issue also happens when I open SixLauncher, which also has a built in server list. Interestingly, this problem seems to happen even after I disable the router firewall. So I'm not really sure what to do. It looks like the Arma2 netcode is just plain shit or my router isn't good enough. Although I kind of doubt it's my router since its a Belkin N and pretty much brand new.

I just read on another forum that the Arma2 netcode may be triggering the DOS protection on my router. Is this possible?

Hi, I've been having this problem for some time now. Basically, whenever I launch Arma2 or even when I launch SixLauncher and it checks for servers, my internet access goes completely haywire. I lose connectivity in almost every other program, and other computers on my home network lose internet access. This can go on for as long as 30 minutes or it can just take 30 seconds to recover. But it has been causing a lot of issues for me. In chrome, when I try to go to a webpage it hangs up on "Sending request". I'm not really sure what to do about this. I'm using AVG antivirus and disabling it seems to do nothing. Very strange problem. edit: Also, the server browser tends to show question marks for pings or they are at 99999 for a while before giving me actual pings. Sorry, forgot to add this : Which version of the game did you purchase? STEAM or RETAIL or MIXED: Steam Are you running an Arma 2 OA beta patch? If so what version?: Latest beta patch. Which method are you using to launch the game? I.E Sixupdater/steam/batch file: Either SixLauncher or Arma 2 launcher, doesn't mater. What is the Error/Problem you're having? Please provide screenshots if possible: In the OP Your PC specs: Geforce GTX 550ti 4 GB RAM AMD Athlon II X3 455 3.3ghz Windows 8

Hi, I have been having a similar problem. Every time I launch Arma2 and go to look for a server, my internet access in most other programs gets completely blocked, almost as if I'm getting DDOSed. My browser (chrome) hangs up on "Sending request" and every other computer on my home network can no longer access the internet for a couple minutes.