[toyota]

Hi guys

Having a strange server problem here. The server randomly disconnects all players, including npcs, and players see a message "the server is restarting..."

When it happens, all connectivity on the server goes down for about 10-20 seconds, and it happens at any time. Using a network monitor, there is a little packet loss when it happens, and sometimes the samp-console displays lots of Packet was modified messages from a random player.

I have included a screenshot of Performance Monitor from the VPS when it happens, showing the network total bytes/second. I have hidden it on the picture, but the total bandwidth always sits at 100.

At first we thought it was a server problem, but we moved to a new VPS and the problem still happens. Does anyone know what could cause this?

Edit: Incase it helps, I've just changed the graph to show bytes received and bytes sent instead of bytes total, and it is bytes received that shoots up. This time though I was the only player on the server, so its not an attack that is causing this.
Also should mention when the connection goes back to normal and players try to rejoin, it often shows 5-10 incoming connections for each player, so they end up with higher id numbers.

Thanks