Not sure if this is related but lately I've been getting timed out of TF2
servers without warning. I'll be playing fine then I'll get dumped to the
splash screen saying I timed out. Not sure if it's related. If I quit the
game it takes about 10 seconds before my connection to the net starts
working properly again.

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Ook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If I start Portal, I see it, and this is without the server browser
> running.
> If I start TF2 or HL2, I don't. It downloads at about 256k, which is
> enough
> to swamp a bottom end DSL connection. Upload is about 150k or so.
> Curiosier
> and curiosier....
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cc2iscooL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list"
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [hlds] So what is steam client uploading that is
> killing/hammering clients connections?
>
>
> > It's sending them your personal pornography collection.
> >
> > On a more serious note, I haven't noticed this upload that people are
> > talking about. Does it only happen at specific times?
> >
> > Reading the forum posts listed it looks like they have their server tab
> > running. If you open the server tab and go to the internet, and if all
> > games are selected, it will try to hit all servers, sometimes resulting
> > in high upload/lots of connections which can screw up a router or
> > low-bandwidth connection. This will also happen when you exit the game
> > if you've opened the server window. The solution is, if you open the
> > server window, make sure it's not refreshing all servers or set it to
> > the recent or favorites tab, as it will stop the auto-refresh of the
> > internet tab.
> >
> > Nephyrin Zey wrote:
> >> I too, an interested in what the client is sending to valve...
> >>
> >> - Neph
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Bikkies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Valve?
> >>>
> >>>  What are our steam clients uploading regarding this:
> >>>  http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7583482
> >>>  and this
> >>>  http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=677491
> >>>
> >>>  And when will it be fixed so i can actually use steam again...
> >>>
> >>>  Cheers,
> >>>  Bikkies.
> >>>
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