Flight sim not running - 950mbps ookla Speedtest
Flight sim running - 1.15mbps ookla Speedtest..
Someone please help with this. I can’t play online with anyone
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I had this problem when I was running 2020, turned out my SSD that I had just bought was not working properly, Internet speed was what you posted. Got a new SSD, worked fine.
Just a thought.
You should ensure there are no entries in your hosts file disturbing the simulator. Some Addons add them automatically.
I have nothing in my hosts file.
Sometimes you can get on it fine but most times it lags like a lot. Having online turned on only makes this problem much worse so I have to run the sim without online capabilities
Download and install chipset driver and the network card drivers from your motherboard manufacturer’s website.
I uninstalled and reinstalled new chipset drivers last night while trouble shooting still to no success. VPN makes it worse so that’s not a go to either.
I should probably also state this is on a wired connection and is the same on a different cable that is rated for 2.5gbps as is my router. It is the same outcome on a wireless connection.
…not at home at the moment, so this is from memory only:
Some providers throttle back (as in: reduce data thruput) for certain IP adresses that are known to be bandwidth heavy. Since we easily download 20 or 30 gb in on flighsim session, the FSMS servers certainly qualify as bandwidth heavy.
I my case it was Telecom that was rumored to throttle back bandwidth to MS servers. The solution was to use a dedicated IP for routing my requests. It was a setting I changed in Windows. Once done, my bandwidth problems were gone.
Edit:
Found it! It was the DNS server used by Windows network adapter. I switched it from the default Telekom DNS to a public DNS provide. Try Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1) or Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8).
This is not literally “changing the IP provider” — it just influences how the server IP is resolved, which can change the network path.
Good luck!
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Thank you. I have changed my DNS to Google public and I can now actually load in faster and see online players which I never have before. Still get the odd bandwidth message but it loads and I can see people. My download speed is down to 8mbps with flight sim running but as long as it’s running it’ll do for now! Thank you
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I remember that a few years ago some European FS20 users had an issue specifically with Telecom. Good to hear you got you system bandwidth issue (at least partially) resolved!
It does sound like Telecom is still throttling you, though.