"WideServer" connection count keeps going up

[MattOlieman]

I don't believe this is an WideFS anomaly, but wondering if you've ever seen anything like this.

On top of the MSFS window, after running several hours, all of the sudden the "WideServer" connection count just keeps going up, one every few seconds. I only have 5 computers connected. I think the below count went up to 43.

I could have a bad network connection... who knows. Thought you may of seen this before and know what it could be, and BTW this does not occur with any particular versions of WideFS or Fsuipc.

Here is the log file:

Matt O.

********* WideServer.DLL Log [version 6.418] *********

Blocksize guide = 4096 (double allowed)

Date (dmy): 12/12/04, Time 10:08:18.781: Server name is A340-1

99422 Initialising TCP/IP server

99531 Initialising IPX/SPX server

99531 IPX/SPX socket() failed [Error=10047] Address family not supported by protocol family

99531 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server

100328 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8964)

100328 Connected to computer "A340-8" (skt=8964)

192844 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=1224)

192938 Connected to computer "A340-6" (skt=1224)

235219 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=9536)

235219 Connected to computer "A340-4" (skt=9536)

267922 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=9560)

267969 Connected to computer "A340-5" (skt=9560)

23071313 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=11068)

23071328 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8688)

23071328 Connected to computer "A340-4" (skt=11068)

23071328 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8856)

23071328 Connected to computer "A340-8" (skt=8688)

23071328 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8740)

23071328 Connected to computer "A340-6" (skt=8856)

23071359 Connected to computer "A340-5" (skt=8740)

23073125 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=1224)

23073125 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=9536)

23073125 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=9560)

23073125 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=8964)

25056031 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=11604)

25056031 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8764)

25056031 Connected to computer "A340-8" (skt=11604)

25056047 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8780)

25056047 Connected to computer "A340-6" (skt=8764)

25056047 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8796)

25056047 Connected to computer "A340-4" (skt=8780)

25056063 Connected to computer "A340-5" (skt=8796)

25057438 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=11068)

25057438 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=8688)

25057438 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=8856)

25057453 Error 10053: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=8740)

29803688 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19584)

29803750 Error 10054: client socket disconnected at Client: removing (skt=11604)

29808797 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8772)

29813438 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=8756)

29818641 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19600)

29824203 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19716)

29828844 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19608)

29834828 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19680)

29839359 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19556)

29844188 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19552)

29848938 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19540)

29854750 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19560)

29859344 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19708)

29864719 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19700)

29869750 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19672)

29874813 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19648)

29879984 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19612)

29885078 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19736)

29890516 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19748)

29897250 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19572)

29900844 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17172)

29906531 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19848)

29911938 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=16932)

29917313 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17780)

29923016 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=19860)

29927656 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=16924)

29933125 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17840)

29937781 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17812)

29942344 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17836)

29946422 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17272)

29952109 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17572)

29957656 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17092)

29963688 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17072)

29969063 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17068)

29975000 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17048)

29981188 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17044)

29985547 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17032)

29990938 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17020)

29996031 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=17616)

30007375 Closing down now ...

Memory managed: Offset records: 1337 alloc, 1337 free

Internal LAN buffers, maximum used: 1, refused: 0

Throughput maximum achieved: 164 frames/sec, 19862 bytes/sec

Throughput average achieved for complete session: 44 frames/sec, 5538 bytes/sec

********* Log file closed *********

[Pete Dowson]

I

On top of the MSFS window, after running several hours, all of the sudden the "WideServer" connection count just keeps going up, one every few seconds. I only have 5 computers connected. I think the below count went up to 43.

This is explained clearly in the WideFS documentation. The clients time-out a lack of messages from the Server before the Server times out messages from clients. When the client times out, it reconnects. The server allows a lot more time before it discards connections. Hence the increase.

Something is going badly wrong with the connection to one or more of the clients. The logs will show lots of reconnections. This will cause bad jerky behaviour in the client applications.

From the Server log you have provided it looks like you have a general problem across all 4 of your clients, but this didn't start till well into the session: 23071313 milliseconds to be precise (6 hours and 25 minutes). What happened then? Maybe something you are running on the Server has a memory leak? I think some types of scenery files (AGNs? The AutoGen files) if placed in the Addon Scenery folder can do that. There may be other causes too.

Other possibilities are overheating somewhere -- network card/switch? Or other problems at that time in FS? You'd need to observe what was going on at the time for clues.

WideServer itself doesn't use much memory. The summary at the end shows the count of buffers it actually allocated and freed:

Memory managed: Offset records: 1337 alloc, 1337 free

Internal LAN buffers, maximum used: 1, refused: 0

Regards,

Pete

[MattOlieman]

Thaks Pete,

It confirms of what I thought. I'm running FS2Phidget.exe on the server and do believe it has a memory leak.