How to block steam from connecting to the internet?

[000000000000000]

No, I do not want to use offline mode.

Need to conserve bandwith excessively.

Anything is fine, ports, hosts file, IP's etc.

[XEN]

If the methods people listed don't work for the OP why continue to offer them as if they will suddenly become useful?

I was in the process of googling this issue because I would like to block internet access to specific applications. Funny that the only useful answer I got here was from the OP and apparently they are dumb because they didn't accept your answers.

They do not apply to the OP, so offering them over and over is stupid and proves your not comprehending the question.

Anyone here working in tech support should quit. Speak to people at their level of comprehension and you will have a very civil interaction. They are not stupid they simply lack knowledge in this specific area.

Anyway, just ego's flailing around.

[Zekiran]

Someone believes that line about the customer always being right...

And is wrong. :)

Dude, why'd you bump a dead thread with the answers provided being *completely correct and functional*?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

引用自 XEN：

If the methods people listed don't work for the OP why continue to offer them as if they will suddenly become useful?

I was in the process of googling this issue because I would like to block internet access to specific applications. Funny that the only useful answer I got here was from the OP and apparently they are dumb because they didn't accept your answers.

They do not apply to the OP, so offering them over and over is stupid and proves your not comprehending the question.

Anyone here working in tech support should quit. Speak to people at their level of comprehension and you will have a very civil interaction. They are not stupid they simply lack knowledge in this specific area.

Anyway, just ego's flailing around.

If you apply things wrong, of course it's not going to work.

If you use a 3rd party anti virus that manager inbound, and outbound connection, it going to mess with your windows firewall which it's own thing, some 3rd party software can interfare with Windows firewall settings, so even if you do it via Windows firewall, it may get override by the 3rd party app that you gave permission to take over the roll to be your firewall manager.

If read my OP "- Using any software that made to stop an app from seeking outbound." that includes what OP listed as that is software made to manage in/out-bound.

If using Norton, McAfee, or etc for anti virus it may have same settings you're looking all had to do was block the app you wanted.

[ReBoot]

Windows' own firewall can be used to prevent programs from accessing the internet.

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 XEN：

If the methods people listed don't work for the OP why continue to offer them as if they will suddenly become useful?

I was in the process of googling this issue because I would like to block internet access to specific applications. Funny that the only useful answer I got here was from the OP and apparently they are dumb because they didn't accept your answers.

They do not apply to the OP, so offering them over and over is stupid and proves your not comprehending the question.

Anyone here working in tech support should quit. Speak to people at their level of comprehension and you will have a very civil interaction. They are not stupid they simply lack knowledge in this specific area.

Anyway, just ego's flailing around.

And how do you know this? How can you speak in behalf of the OP?

The reason we offer these solutions is NOT to say each of them will defeinitely work, but we MUST go through the process of slimination in troubleshooting. That is STANDARD across anything in reality.

[000000000000000]

引用自 crunchyfrog：

引用自 XEN：

If the methods people listed don't work for the OP why continue to offer them as if they will suddenly become useful?

I was in the process of googling this issue because I would like to block internet access to specific applications. Funny that the only useful answer I got here was from the OP and apparently they are dumb because they didn't accept your answers.

They do not apply to the OP, so offering them over and over is stupid and proves your not comprehending the question.

Anyone here working in tech support should quit. Speak to people at their level of comprehension and you will have a very civil interaction. They are not stupid they simply lack knowledge in this specific area.

Anyway, just ego's flailing around.

And how do you know this? How can you speak in behalf of the OP?

The reason we offer these solutions is NOT to say each of them will defeinitely work, but we MUST go through the process of slimination in troubleshooting. That is STANDARD across anything in reality.

Except that literally none of them worked.

引用自 ReBoot：

Windows' own firewall can be used to prevent programs from accessing the internet.

Steam just makes new rules/edits existing ones to allow internet connection. You give them this permission when you allow them the Firewall popup.

[ReBoot]

引用自 Episto：

Steam just makes new rules/edits existing ones to allow internet connection. You give them this permission when you allow them the Firewall popup.

Please quote that pop-up.

[000000000000000]

引用自 ReBoot：

引用自 Episto：

Steam just makes new rules/edits existing ones to allow internet connection. You give them this permission when you allow them the Firewall popup.

Please quote that pop-up.

how tf am I supposed to do that lmao

either way, they just change it. try it yourself

[ReBoot]

引用自 Episto：

引用自 ReBoot：

Please quote that pop-up.

how tf am I supposed to do that lmao

either way, they just change it. try it yourself

Just tried. Steam offered me to go into offline mode or try again to connect.

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 Episto：

引用自 crunchyfrog：

And how do you know this? How can you speak in behalf of the OP?

The reason we offer these solutions is NOT to say each of them will defeinitely work, but we MUST go through the process of slimination in troubleshooting. That is STANDARD across anything in reality.

Except that literally none of them worked.

引用自 ReBoot：

Windows' own firewall can be used to prevent programs from accessing the internet.

Steam just makes new rules/edits existing ones to allow internet connection. You give them this permission when you allow them the Firewall popup.

None of them worked? THAT'S WHAT PROCESS OF ELIMINATION IS.

You HAVE to go through to discount them. That's the point. EVERY market does this, from electronics, to car mechanics and more.


You cannot just ask for help and not tell anyone what you've tried and what results you got. We;ll be flailing in the dark for days. I'm sorry you don't understna dhow this works but it IS the most effective way of troubleshooting.


The better info you give us the better help we can give,.

[ペンギン]

Block via host file and the topic should be solved.

host: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

Blocking specific functions is more efficient than blocking the whole exe. besides, you don't need a third party program.

Github: https://github.com/KodoPengin/GameIndustry-hosts-Template/blob/master/Main-Template/hosts (search twice for Valve Corporation)

Website: https://hosts.gameindustry.eu/#ValveCorporation

Depends on what you need in detail, there're much more connections for Steam - Valve.net, Steamcontent, Steampowered, Steamstatic or third party companies and services like Akamai Technologies, Fastly, Google, LLC/ Youtube, LLC, Amazon.com, Inc. to name a few.

The biggest part here take graphics, teaser, scripts, icons and all the bloatware stuff as example from steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net, cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net, steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net or broadcasting....

If you want to save bandwidth, you will inevitably have to do without various functions

[faisca]

Just go at the bottom right, click on the arrow, right click steam and click exit.
Done mate!
Hope u enjoyed.

[Richard Dean Anderson]

引用自 The Living Tribunal：

A quick google search shows some methods.

these answeres are so worthless. i came here by using google. learn how the internet works and answer that question or close your front door.

[Iceira]

Dont ask me about i think i see a mobil user in past post meantion app glasswire to mangement dl rate or how much per month, i cant helper you with it, and i dont know why i even remember it then i never had need for it. ( im not 100% sure it was that app ofc. but i think it was other steam user might correct my memory of the app name, so be it. a mobil user most know better then me here with cost per month.

Need to conserve bandwith excessively. ( if this is a data transfer per month issue )