Networked laptop running VFRFlight loses connection?

[stearmandriver]

Hello,

Since you folks are tinkerers here, I was hoping one of you may know more about this than me, and have an idea.

I've been experimenting with running VFRFlight on a laptop connected to the same network my sim computer is on. This allows me, via simconnect, to show aircraft position on VFRFlight's Skyvector VFR charts. Works great most of the time. Occasionally, the connection is lost. In these cases, the only way I've found to fix it is to reboot the sim computer.

Closing and restarting VFRFlight does not work. Rebooting the laptop does not work. Closing and restarting the sim does not work. All that seems to work is rebooting the sim computer.

Thing is, that takes some time, so I don't bother, but just finish what I'm doing without the moving map. Can anyone think of an idea of what the sim computer reboot is accomplishing, and if there might be a manual way to do it without a reboot? A process or service to stop and restart, or something?

Thanks for any ideas!

 

[jschall]

How is the FSX PC connected to the LAN? Ethernet or WiFi? When you reboot the FSX PC, it requests an IP address from the router. Next time you lose the connection, test if the FSX PC is still connected to the LAN by pinging its IP address from the VFRFlight laptop. And check that VFRFlight's SimConnect.cfg file has the correct IP address for the FSX PC.

 

[stearmandriver]

Hey, thanks for the response. The FSX pc is connected via ethernet. Its IP is set correctly in the laptop's simconnect.cfg. I have not tried pinging the FSX pc from the laptop, I'll try that next time I lose connection. I did verify the FSX pc still had internet connectivity, though... not sure if that also verifies LAN connectivity though.

Thinking it was an IP issue, I did try an IP release/ refresh on the FSX pc last time, but no dice... but a reboot fixed it.