Connection interference with certain games
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I run NetWorx on my personal computer to track my bandwidth usage each month. I've noticed recently that it seems to be affecting the connectivity of a few programs.
Steam: Occasionally, Steam will have problems connecting after startup
Rainbow 6 Siege: The game will not connect to the main server
Escape from Tarkov: The game will not connect to game servers
I've looked through all the settings trying to find what might be causing the connection interference. Any ideas?
It may not be a problem with NetWorx at all. Is it possible that anti-cheat programs are detecting that the traffic is being monitored and just locking me out?
It sounds like you have the Ignore local traffic within the LAN option on. It works fine most of the time, but sometimes, if other applications stop working properly, this could be caused by the third-party driver package that NetWorx relies upon.
Turning off the "Ignore local traffic within the LAN" option will resolve the stability and connectivity issues, but it will also deactivate application monitoring.
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