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

  • vettnerk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Kuro@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

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