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Internet dies when downloading from Steam (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've had a weird issue with Steam lately.

Whenever I go to download a game on my pc, it will download fine, but I will lose internet for everything else on my network until the download is complete or I stop the download.

At first I thought this might be an issue with my ISP, but this doesn't happen when downloading a game from my Steamdeck.

Anyone have any fixes for this?

Here is a speedtest if this helps at all: https://www.speedtest.net/result/15012239449

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This. Link instability and packet loss is common when the link is being utilized to its max theoretical capacity, as opposed to your ISP having a soft bandwidth cap.

Cap your download speed in steam settings 20% lower than your max download speed (possibly lower) to give the link layer some breathing room.

Source: Network-dude by trade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I tried throttling it down to 1/3 of my max and still had the same problem