Play withSix or DayzCommander breaks DNS

[MimiShing 0]

Hello.

Having some odd DNS issues (as in it breaks and can't resolve) whenever i refresh the entire server list with Play withSix or DayzCommander. Wondering if anyone has run into anything similar. I did some cursory Google searches but didn't find much. Haven't searched these forums, sorry :) DNS returns to normal after about 5 minutes.

Thanks!

Edited September 23, 2012 by MimiShing

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me too.

[Jox (DayZ) 11]

yeah last few updates has improved it but it still needs work. just close six then reopen it to refresh if u do it while its refreshing but not responding you may need to end process in task manager, i havent tried commander.

[mibz0r 141]

Commander seems fine but Play with six kills my DNS every time I load it, thought it was just my net but this thread tells me otherwise.

[MimiShing 0]

Glad to see confirmations of others. DNS comes back after a bit so it's not a huge deal. I was more wondering if it was just me :)

[rekrul 91]

Dayz commander and six-launcher is probably filling up your router's NAT-table not allowing you to make any new connections (like DNS lookups). The only way to circumvent is to buy a new router with more memory that can handle more sessions, or to put up a DNS server on your LAN.

[MimiShing 0]

Ahh interesting. I am running an old WRT54G with an older version of DD-WRT on it. One thing that i tried though, was running continuous pings to www.google.com from another machine while i was trying to isolate the issue. That machine was fine while my main rig was knocked out. Thanks for the info.

[rekrul 91]

Ah well, then your PC probably just exceeded his max session count. You could try increasing it, but upgrading your routers firmware couldn't hurt either.