Timeout Connecting To Localhost

[Inaeo]

A friend has traditionally run a server off his machine for a few of us with inferior machines to play on. Recently, he has had issues connecting to his own server, even though it is being hosted on the same machine. He is the only person who experiences issues with timeout, but on some occasions when he manages to log in, it boots other players (who can usually reconnect after).

Has anyone seen this before? It started happening midway through the 1.7 era and 1.10 era doesn't look better so far. I don't have his specs handy, so I'm more just looking for a place to start troubleshooting. All help appreciated.

 

[erindalc]

I've seen a couple posts about it here before, not sure if a solution was found or not. Its probably worth some searching.

 

[Inaeo]

Yeah, the only post I've seen with anything close to a solution recommended reinstalling just about everything under the sun. For lack of better options, he's been doing that. Initial testing is promising, but I would love to know what the cause is. Seems odd that outside connections are fine but he can't connect to himself.

 

[erindalc]

I wonder what happens when he tried to connect to his own ip rather than localhost

 

[Inaeo]

I wonder what happens when he tried to connect to his own ip rather than localhost

Same result. Tried that first.