Issue: Players Repeatedly Disconnecting / Reconnecting

[Zacchaeus]

Check that Norton has switched off Windows Defender; try disabling norton altogether; try refreshing the exceptions; makes sure flood protection or parental control has not been switched on in your router(s). Make sure that your routers are not interfering with one another.

[damned]

Do you have two computers?
If so - set your GM computer up on Connection A and have your second computer connect via the LAN IP address.
Test for as long as is necessary to either experience the disconnects or to be satisfied that it is not occurring.
Then set up the second computer on Connection B and connect over the Internet/Alias and test.

If the disconnects are happening when connecting locally you either have a local LAN issue where the network is not as stable as you think it is or the GM computer does have something causing the issue - setting/software.
If the disconnects are happening only on the Internet connection the issue is likely a router or internet quality issue.

[Tyrannosaurus VeX]

Check that Norton has switched off Windows Defender; try disabling norton altogether; try refreshing the exceptions; makes sure flood protection or parental control has not been switched on in your router(s). Make sure that your routers are not interfering with one another.

It appears that with the last updates of Windows and/or Norton 360 ... something happened where even though Norton is in control of the firewalls of Windows Defender and Windows Defender is turned off, it isn't.

I had to manually go into the Windows Defender settings, turn ON all the firewalls, then turn them OFF. Since I've done that, no problems whatsoever.

Just wanted to thank you guys for all the help and let anyone who's having similar problems know this might be a possible solution for their problems too.

[Moon Wizard]

Thanks for reporting back, and letting us know what you found.

JPG