Content Servers Unreachable no fix?

[danzo143]

I don't know where else to turn. I have already done every troubleshooting solution there is on this issue and none seem to work.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling steam several times.
I tried checking the proxy settings
I have checked DNS Settings
I have changed region download servers
I have deleted the downloads cache
I have restored my system back to a point where steam was working properly
I have no antivirus blocking steams connection
Windows firewall lists steam as an exception and allows connection
I have turned off windows firewall.
Only other symptom I have is that when signing into steam, it will come up with a network error, but trying a second time allows me to sign in. None of the games I try to reinstall or update even hop into the download list. I am at my wits end and am looking for anyone who may know of a solution.
Only further details about what happened is that When i tried to download controller configurations this morning, the client was always unable to download. Upon looking for solutions I saw someone post to uninstall steam and delete the registry files. After doing so and reinstalling steam this happened. All games are lost and I can't figure out any way to fix it.

EDIT: steam has no network connection whatsoever, however signing into the client works. Verifying identity does not, ex: ERROR there was an error communicating with steam servers. Please try again later. I can only assume this means something is keeping my steam client from having internet access, but this still happens even with firewall off and no programs conflicting with steam.

[Phantom]

Power cycle your router / modem.

To do so, simply unplug the device(s) for ten seconds and re-connect again.

I am not sure what you mean by 'checking DNS settings'.

The general advice is to change your DNS cache and flush your DNS cache.

I recommend that you change your DNS to OpenDNS or Google's DNS.

Both of these can be done on Windows.

I am simply going to recommend that you back track here and follow these instructions...

1) Boot your PC in safe-mode with networking and launch Steam.

2) After in safe-mode with networking, see if you get any connectivity at all.

In the command prompt enter these commands...

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
timeout /t 120
ipconfig /renew
netsh int ipv4 reset >c:\resetlog4.txt
netsh int ipv6 reset >c:\resetlog6.txt
netsh winsock show catalog >c:\winsock.txt
netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot your PC after that.

Some alternative things to do...

1) Opt into the Steam beta and see if anything changes.

2) Ensure that all the drivers on your PC are up-to-date

3) Ensure that OS is up-to-date and not corrupt.

[danzo143]

İlk olarak Robin3sk tarafından gönderildi:

Power cycle your router / modem.

To do so, simply unplug the device(s) for ten seconds and re-connect again.

I am not sure what you mean by 'checking DNS settings'.

The general advice is to change your DNS cache and flush your DNS cache.

I recommend that you change your DNS to OpenDNS or Google's DNS.

Both of these can be done on Windows.

I am simply going to recommend that you back track here and follow these instructions...

1) Boot your PC in safe-mode with networking and launch Steam.

2) After in safe-mode with networking, see if you get any connectivity at all.

In the command prompt enter these commands...

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
timeout /t 120
ipconfig /renew
netsh int ipv4 reset >c:\resetlog4.txt
netsh int ipv6 reset >c:\resetlog6.txt
netsh winsock show catalog >c:\winsock.txt
netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot your PC after that.

Some alternative things to do...

1) Opt into the Steam beta and see if anything changes.

2) Ensure that all the drivers on your PC are up-to-date

3) Ensure that OS is up-to-date and not corrupt.

So the odd thing about booting it in safe mode is that the icon that shows whether or not the computer has internet (I use an ether net cable) has a red x like I have no internet. However I can still connect to the internet via browser. Steam however still has no connection.

When I got to netsh int ipv4 reset in the command prompt, it said resetting failed access is denied (I did run cmd as an admin). Same thing with ipv6, the three text files it says is not an executable, command, program or batch file. I typed them exactly as you have above.

Finally, after resetting booting up steam it said failed to connect to steam network, after hitting retry twice, steam finally booted up. Still no connection same problem as before. All drivers are up to date. There are only a few windows updates (I use windows 8.1, upgrading to 10 broke my system before and I had to rollback). Attempting to opt into steam beta yields Fatal Error: steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm network connection and try again. Changing my dns server to Googles did not work either.

After updating windows with the optional minor updates it said we're available, steam still comes up with the same fatal error. I don't know why steam is being restricted access from my internet, nothing is wrong with the registry keys, they're all as they should be. I'd Hate to have to reformat my entire system.

[danzo143]

İlk olarak 𝕽𝖆𝖎𝖓 tarafından gönderildi:

Try the solution here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1046951/when-downloading-a-windows-steam-game-over-ubuntu-wine-i-get-the-error-content

Unfortunately no luck there.

[Khârn]

I'm in the same boat bud. Steam's been down for days for me due to this issue, actively waiting for solution!

[danzo143]

İlk olarak Khârn tarafından gönderildi:

I'm in the same boat bud. Steam's been down for days for me due to this issue, actively waiting for solution!

I assume it has to be something blocking our network from steam, just not sure what, I know It seemed to have spontaneously come out of nowhere and is likely the reason I wasn't able to download community configurations before I uninstalled

[Vipes]

I'm facing the same problems too.

[danzo143]

İlk olarak 𝕽𝖆𝖎𝖓 tarafından gönderildi:

Paste it under "CM" in that way( https://prnt.sc/m7vxj7 ) but first stop steam and then make the change in config.vdf

As I said above, I've already done this and it didn't work.

[K_rent]

I am having these issues as well. I can not update games, i can't download games yet steam store still works fine. Achievements and the games "title" image are all blank as if they do not load the image properly. I have

-changed to several different download regions
-turned off my fire wall and restarted steam
-turned off my antivirus and restarted steam
-cleared the steam cache
-reinstalled steam
-restarted my router
-restarted my computer
-updated windows 10
-messed around with config.vdf
-changed proxy settings

I even contacted steam support and they gave me nothing to work with but the same things i've already done. This is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, my games just stopped updating out of nowhere.

EDIT-
My problems are fixed, steam is working normally. Vipes found a solution, I ran Blackbird [www.getblackbird.net] and restarted my computer. That was it. I have windows 10, don't know if it will work for everyone.

[FAP:Foreign Affairs & Propaganda]

Did this start happening from the 9th jan update?
I'm in the same boat and steam only works in -tcp mode.

[Khârn]

İlk olarak 𝕽𝖆𝖎𝖓 tarafından gönderildi:

Paste it under "CM" in that way( https://prnt.sc/m7vxj7 ) but first stop steam and then make the change in config.vdf

Hey man, what program do you use to edit text? My text editor doesn't show the text in a cascading manner but from left to right...

[Vipes]

İlk olarak Monk3y Of Chaos tarafından gönderildi:

Did this start happening from the 9th jan update?
I'm in the same boat and steam only works in -tcp mode.

Yes it did. Or at least around the 9th. -tcp mode doesn't work for me though.

[Fallen]

Same boat. Happend to me too last week and still going strong. I tried all the steps above and nothing. What is strange, is this is happening to me on my account at work, but at home, everything works great.

I have a sort of workaround, but i don't know why this is happening. I installed a wireless network card, and set my phone as a tethering internet connection. I connected with my pc to my phone and everything worked!. So, the problem is somehow related to the internal network card/ip/mac/router/something. Maybe you guys can somehow check it out.

As soon as i switched to my ethernet card, nothing worked anymore.

[Ports]

same here, it took my money no issue but no download or updates

[Count_Dandyman]

İlk olarak Fallen tarafından gönderildi:

Same boat. Happend to me too last week and still going strong. I tried all the steps above and nothing. What is strange, is this is happening to me on my account at work, but at home, everything works great.

I have a sort of workaround, but i don't know why this is happening. I installed a wireless network card, and set my phone as a tethering internet connection. I connected with my pc to my phone and everything worked!. So, the problem is somehow related to the internal network card/ip/mac/router/something. Maybe you guys can somehow check it out.

As soon as i switched to my ethernet card, nothing worked anymore.

If you only have the issue at work and it was bypassed by using your phone as a hotspot perhaps the issue is down to something on the network settings where you work.

[FAP:Foreign Affairs & Propaganda]

I think I may have found out how to fix this.
I'll comment in like 5 mins after I try installing a game.