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paulderynck -> Wireless Router Causes Trouble (2/16/2017 8:52:39 PM)
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Don and I began our NetPlay testing today. We decided to just do the Barbarossa scenario to start with. I have a wired connection but Don's is wireless. We appear to have proved what Centuur said in another thread - wireless connections are bad for NetPlay!
On two occasions Don received a flashing message (which BTW was hard to see because it was behind the map), but ultimately we learned via the appearance of a second message, that the connection to the NetPlay server had been lost.
IMO this is pretty bad for Matrix's NetPlay server since in this day and age it does not seem reasonable to expect all MWiF patrons to always have access to a wired internet connection. Either the communications protocols have to be made more durable or people need to be advised that they can't NetPlay using wireless.
The second time we were disconnected must have been just after the Russians finished setting up. Don did see me put the German Navy and Air Force on the map, but after that he saw nothing change so that would have been when the connection was lost, although the second flashing message was not seen until later on. We have a game save with matching entry numbers but when we restore from it, it wants us to end the German set-up and yet not a single German unit is on the map, not even the ones Don saw me place. I assume this is because that save was made when the Russians finished setting up, but clearly something in the save file is misleading MWiF.
Here's a screen shot from Don's end of the error message:
[image]local://upfiles/24497/27ED3B932CF14F4D88C3A36254A59D04.jpg[/image]
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