Internet Disconnects When I Play a Game On Steam (Solved)

[dedwhal01]

No matter what game it is when I load up a game my internet no longer works. I have tried re-installing steam, updating graphics drivers, and ran steam //flushconfig but nothing works. Steam support didn't help either. When I open any steam game Windows says it's fine but at the bottom of steam it says "No Connection" and nothing multiplayer works. When I close a game my internet re-connects. I have had this issue for at least a month. I am running Windows 11

[CZI]

I'm not familier with W11 and trying to be away as long as I can.
But I think it is more OS settings and might be better check around firewall settings on Steam app.

[Iceira]

Could be on of them odd things seen from the past check netcard power scematic that reduce power then not use, i doubt its that but atleast its a idea.

And you also might look at QoS app or example like Lenovo that has network management and so did MSI in the past until they update its network killer driver.

And it dont help its win11 in top of this, a new system ask that name brand board support or brand pc name support. with netcard driver issue.

ps.
same with that Netsh Winsock reset ( google it ) MS has look into this and they blaim it on addware, thay have not change settings, well new system now but that was in win10 old MS board page somewhere i read that.

[dedwhal01]

I just tested my games over an ethernet connection and the problem goes away. I think it is a problem with my wireless.

[Elucidator]

I heard from someone I can trust with even more knowledge than me on computers that a recent windows update broke some computers on both W10 and W11, network wise I mean.

Its possible the internal windows DNS data got corrupt basically.

Editted here:

Tutorial:
Shift right click on the Windows icon in the bottom left corner of the screen, and select Command Prompt (administrator)
Click yes on the prompt.
In this new black screen type the following commands.

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
netsh int ip reset
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log
netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log

edit 2: keep this screen open because internet will temporarily not work when you go through this list of commands.

[dedwhal01]

I was able to fix the problem by running the network troubleshooter. Problem solved.

[Elucidator]

Originally posted by ChefMe727:

I was able to fix the problem by running the network troubleshooter. Problem solved.

Well, that thing does all the things I mentioned automatically. xd
it als tests connection and such, but oh well.

good going.

[Iceira]

Originally posted by ChefMe727:

I was able to fix the problem by running the network troubleshooter. Problem solved.

Tell solutions anyway, not for us here, but for all other steam user, that might find that helpfull.
point is i dont care if you step on cable and damage it, if you think its first time cable issue is found by professonal, rethink again, thats my point.

[El Puros]

I have the same problem, but none of your solutions work for me, any other solution that I could try?

[Feed #SCHWEINEHUND]

Originally posted by El Puros:

I have the same problem, but none of your solutions work for me, any other solution that I could try?

yo did you even find another solution that worked? these haven't for me.

[USyr]

good thanks

[DevilHunterV]

I'm kind of having a similar problem, I somehow logged into steam and make it work, but after I closed the steam app and then again tried to login the update window opens up and my wifi disconnects, and won't connect unless I close Steam. I,m using win 10 with a wifi adapter

[X7-007]

could be IPV6 causing the issue?

[SerFunBun]

(For users with 5GHz internet.)
Go to device manager, network adapters, double click your network adapter, go to advanced settings, change the "value" to 2.4GHz 802.1 1b/g

[Cathulhu]

Why should they cripple their connection to 54MBit at best?

[John]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion