(please read posts #115 and up) Internet keeps disconnecting when downloading games from steam?

[ClearlyCoding]

Whenever I start downloading a game from the store, my internet stops working. The little yellow triangle pops up next to the internet signal icon, and the internet ''connection is limited''. I already reinstalled steam. Didn't help. And it's not just one game, it's all of them. i can't download anything. Anyone has any tips on how to solve this?

Moderator note: this appears to be fixed or at least a simple workaround has been found, please read the posts indicated in the edited title.

[Splat]

just stop buying from steam till they fix it that will get thier attenction

[JonGs]

yes

[Buso Krenix]

I tried Netbalancer and that seemed to work, all I had to was just open the program and leave it running while my download finished, didn't need to limit download speed either.

[MegnaGaming]

Switching my wifi adapter from 150Mbps (n) to 54 Mbps (g) as per your suggestion worked. Definitely an issue with the way Steam pulls down the data but I'm happy my computer no longer disconnects mid-download!

Publicado originalmente por golimarrrr:

I solved it switching from WiFi 150Mbps (n) to 54 Mbps (g), see: http://juanpalomez.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/wifi-connection-drops-when-downloading-from-steam/

[Pazuzu]

Publicado originalmente por SRKillerjackjsmith88:

OK! so, i went to control panel > Network and sharing center

Then click wireless connection (3) or whatever your connection is, click properties..

uncheck IV6 and its been perfect since..

Virgin Media super hub and all that crap..

thank ♥♥♥♥ for that

This completely worked for me thank you sooo much!

[duKe]

This worked for me as well! Thanks, I was really frustrated with this problem. I tried changing the encryption to TKIP, that seemed to work as well.

Publicado originalmente por MegnaGaming:

Switching my wifi adapter from 150Mbps (n) to 54 Mbps (g) as per your suggestion worked. Definitely an issue with the way Steam pulls down the data but I'm happy my computer no longer disconnects mid-download!

Publicado originalmente por golimarrrr:

I solved it switching from WiFi 150Mbps (n) to 54 Mbps (g), see: http://juanpalomez.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/wifi-connection-drops-when-downloading-from-steam/

[Indulgence]

If any of you uses hamachi, just temporarily uninstall the driver. it conflicts with the network adaptor.

[MegnaGaming]

That probably depends on the adapter. I don't use Hamachi and have this problem. I actually wouldn't recommend anyone ever use hamachi lol

Publicado originalmente por Indulgence:

If any of you uses hamachi, just temporarily uninstall the driver. it conflicts with the network adaptor.

[chimpwithchainsaw]

I had the same issue, my downloads in Steam would start then immediately stop.
I tried the TKIP versus AES thing, limiting bandwidth, disabling IPv6, but none worked.
I fixed it by trying a different brand of wifi adapter.
The RALink internal PCI card didn't work.
I found an old IOGear USB Wireless N adapter and it fixed the problem.

[golimarrrr]

Did you guys try the 150Mbps (Wifi n) to 54 Mbps (Wifi g) solution before changing the Wireless encryption method?

[MegnaGaming]

I did - it was the only solution that worked for my adapter!

[adsy2008]

I have barely used steam over the years due to the fact that they wouldn't recognise my Half life box set keys as they had already been registered... (I bought the box set brand new from a show in sealed packaging). Anyway rant about valve and their crazy key code methods over.

I get a similar disconnection issue when using torrents.

Here is the detail on how a torrent works:

Client connects to torrent server
Torrent server provides list of addresses with bits of files to download
Client connects to addresses using multiple streams
Client reaches maximum concurrent streams that router is capable of
Client disconnects

To fix this in a torrent client, you limit the number of streams until it doesn't disconnect any more.

World of tanks provide torrent tickbox so you can opt out of torrenting their files. This torrenting crashes the router every time as well so I always turn it off.

To the valve staff member who said steam uses HTTP to download, that has to be part of the problem. I might believe this but I know from using a download manager that my router can handle a maximum of 10 HTTP download streams (virgin router) to one address.

Please allow us to limit the number of concurrent HTTP/TORRENT(as you could call multiple connections) connections. This will fix the 40+ of us here who have posted about this problem. This is definitely an issue with THE STEAM CLIENT.

The TKIP and wireless speed adjustments provide limiters within their driver software that doesn't crash as easily as its not trying to utilise higher speeds with bad drivers that can't handle the wireless transfer properly. TKIP is unlikely to be a fix but good luck if it does.

[north]

So a temporary fix that I found was to just disable any sort of encryption on your router. You can hide the SSID while youre doing so if youre worried but be sure to set it back when youre done.

[Homeless Dude]

Well, here's what I did to fix this issue on my computer:

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Setting > Right click your connection > Properties > Configure > Advanced > Wireless Mode tab > Value: "IEEE 802.11b/g/n" Change to "IEEE 802.11b/g > Save and exit.

According to my research, the "b/g/n" is the newest and fastest bandwidth capability and the speed that this setting runs on might be too much for older modeled modems, which explains the internet shutting down. The "b/g" setting is the more common, not the oldest but not the latest setting that is common for majority of these not state-of-the-art modems so connectivity is relatively okay with this setting.

[elcidthehero]

I had this problem, but I think in my case, i figured it out.

The mini wireless adaptor I was using was overheating, causing it to shut down, that could be the problem.

I moved it to the front of my PC, and it seems to now be working.