WiFi adapter dying while in IL2 menu (but not gameplay)

[Roystan]

Hi, my brother is having a very unusual issue about half the time we play IL2. When he boots up the game in the menu, sometimes his WiFi internet adapter immediately dies. Other times, it partially dies (we use voice chat, and so it becomes very delayed etc, making it noticeable), and he is able to join my coop mission. Once in the mission the internet issues cease.

 

Whether this occurs in a session seems to be entirely random, and whether a total reboot of his PC solves it is also random. This does not happen with any other game or program on that PC, and seems to only happen in the menu of IL2, and not during multiplayer gameplay. He is usually not running any program at the same time as IL2, outside of something for voice chat (we have swapped between Discord and FB Messenger to test if it was causing the issues, but they are not).

 

I am wondering if IL2 is running any unusual network traffic while in the menu that could cause this to occur? It seems extremely unusual considering he is able to run many other programs without this issue occurring.

 

Relevant PC specs:
- Windows 11

- MSI PRO Z690-A motherboard

- Intel Core i9-12900K

 

I'm not sure how to debug this further--does IL2 write any general log files during the menu that would be useful? I've tried monitoring network traffic but it seems fairly normal.

 

Thanks for any help, and great job to the devs for making such an excellent sim