(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.

[Playboy3250]

i had that problem i was upating tf2 but i kinda moved my wire internet plug into my laptop and retried and retried over and over but somehow i got it i hope you have luck

[trollexe]

Having this issue too, none of the workarounds work. I have 5 bars, if anything is downloading on my computer my connection drops to 1-2 bars.
I've limited my bandwith, I'm going to update my drivers to check if it fixes it.

My connection goes from 5 bars with no downloads, to 1-2 bars on and downloading. None of the current messages have helped, all I know is that this is a problem.

[Playboy3250]

i have a wireless and wire connection to my laptop i just wiggled it around and messed with it and it finally started working i hope this will help but i solved my problem like that what i said earlyer in my paragraph but i hope this helps you guys out there good luck!

[blindguardian]

I had this issue and i fixed.

Here is how I fixed:
go to > Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections
right click on Wireless Network connection>
Properties >
uncheck: Link-Layer Topology Mapper and
Link-Layer Topology Responder.

I hope it helps you guys.

[76561198084289682]

Początkowo opublikowane przez AnonymousG4M3R:

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?

Think about it, its not steams fault. Its the internets fault, when downloading giant files onto your PC it might disconnect.

These could be the problem...

1) Too many devices on internet
2) Bad internet in general
3) Try installing games onto another PC
4) Not correct drivers on your PC for internet

[W-_-N]

I also have this same issue

[el pablito]

Dose someone have to be signed in to change the settings? because this sounds like a major bug.

[trollexe]

FIXED. Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10

Before attemping this solution, update any drivers you have as a precautionary measure. :)

Solution:
1. Search and go to device manager on your PC.
2. Locate the network adapter, open it and find your most likely Realtek Wi-Fi Adapter.
3. Right click it and go to properties.
4. Enable the first item on the list, then scroll down and set wireless mode on the value that is compatible for you.

The issue is located within your wifi adapter. I suggest located and posting your type of Wi-Fi adapter here.

[InfernoShark]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Trollexe | DND:

FIXED. Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10

Before attemping this solution, update any drivers you have.

Solution:
1. Search and go to device manager on your PC.
2. Locate the network adapter, open it and find your most likely Realtek Wi-Fi Adapter.
3. Right click it and go to properties.
4. Enable the first item on the list, then scroll down and set wireless mode on the value that is compatible for you.

The issue is located within your wifi adapter. I suggest located and posting your type of Wi-Fi adapter here.

^THIS!^ Mine was set to 802.11b/g/n. I set it to 802.11/b/g and now Steam doesn't boot me off the internet. [EDIT]: BTW my adapter is a NETGEAR WNA1000M N150 Wireless USB Micro Adapter. Oh and I'm on Windows 7 so it works for that also.

[Yumakit]

i've got the same problem, thanks :D:csgob:

[thejuiceweasel]

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Try it guys, it worked right away for me!!

Początkowo opublikowane przez McSavaged:

OK! I was having the exact same problem as you lot, however I found a fix that worked for me. Just for clarification, not matter HOW little I throttled the speed to, it was cutting out my internet after about 1 minute. Everything else works fine and please IGNORE those ♥♥♥♥♥ that keep saying "ur intoenetz cnt h4ndl3 it n000b" because that's a Steaming (PUNS!) pile of B.S.

All I did was change my encryption! I'M pretty sure the default is AES, however you need to change it to TKIP. If you're not sure how, just bring up the list of available Wi-Fi networks, Right-click on the one that you're connected to, select "Properties" and you'll see "AES" in the Encryption Type field. Click the drop down, select TKIP and then OK! You should be good to go.

[CrispyPanduh]

I've had this issue for quite sometime.. I tried looking for driver updates, re-installing steam, and I even tried calling my internet provider and they still couldn't resolve the issue, I basically tried everything to fix it and nothing has worked until now.. I found that AVG was somehow clogging all the bandwidth so I uninstalled AVG and everything that came along with it.. I replaced it with AVAST free antivirus and I haven't had the issue ever since then.. If this doesn't work another small fix is setting your downloading limit to 1 MB. Hopefully this helped anyone with this issue.

[Cpt Bambo]

I fixed this by placing my adaptor somewhere else in the room away from other electric objects and finding the right spot.

[AsAkAs]

Solution: For me it was a setting on the Wifi Card, 5ghz and 2.4ghz were set to a 20/40 bandwidth setting. I set it to 20 only and the problem went away.

Im rather far from my router, and im thinking that the card was switching between 20/40 bands in order to try and maximize the signal strength/throughput and it was dropping the connection. All better now!

[Averlily]

Hello everyone,

I also had this issue recently and wanted to let people know how I solved it.

First, I am not using Virgin mobile (actually Time Warner Cable), and I am at a college. Thus, the only options I had access to change were those on my personal computer; even working in IT myself, I have no access to the routers on campus.

I am using a wireless dongle (for only a couple of more days until my adapter card comes in) and at first, this wireless dongle was overheating. I was downloading at 8+ mbps and this was too much traffic for the poor thing, and it would cut out. Not just show disconnected (though the first or second time it would do this) but if I continued to force it to work (Unplug it, plug it back in, reconnect) then it would no longer even recognize the dongle as connected to my computer. To fix this, I downloaded NetLimiter and set a rule for steam to download at a maximum of 2 mbps, which was plenty fast since I could just let it run while I was in class and by the time I got back it would be done at that speed.

However, after working for a day or two it started to disconnect again as soon as I started a steam download, just as the original poster mentioned. I searched around online for answers (and found this thread in the process) and noticed that one of the issues people were having was only when they were connecting through an AEP encrypted internet. My college (luckily) does AEP-TKIP, so I have the ability to change between AEP encyrption or TKIP encryption in my adapter properties (right click the connection in bottom-->network and sharing center-->"wireless name"-->Security-->Encyrption type). Once I switched to TKIP, it worked like a charm. To test, i switched it back to AEP and it stopped working again. Thus, it seems that the issue (at least for me) was the type of encryption. I have no idea why Steam would be the only thing to cause this problem (perhaps the coding doesn't play nice with AEP encryption?) but this would also explain why a proxy would work for some people (since the proxy would be hiding the steam itself and coming through as encrypted data, anything in the steam coding that might be causing an issue isn't directly interacting with the AEP encryption anyways).

I hope this helps others.