It's querying cs:s servers among others. Most of the packets are related to multiplayer games there's some talk to the steam servers but most of it is to mulitplayer games.
the outgoing packets are "TSource Engine Query" and incoming looks like "I.BIZIM-AILE-GENC | only buzzkill | FASTDL | TICKRATE 100 |.fy_buzzkill_b48_specter.cstrike.Counter-Strike: Source......dl..1.0.0.34." and "24/7 ICEWORLD SPAWNEM DAY AND NIGHT |100tick|NO LAG|.fy_iceworld.cstrike.Counter-Strike: Source......dw..1.0.0.34." and "97thRR Insurgency! [BETA 2.0 | 24/7 Sinjar!].ins_sinjar.Insurgency.Insurgency Insurgency.... .dw..1.0.1.0." Ook wrote: > Probably not. The behavior of the bandwidth usage in Portal is identical to > the bandwidth usage when I open the server browser. The junk in the steam > store I think gets downloaded when you start steam, and that is a quick > burst of just a few seconds or so with a much higher bandwidth limit. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:57 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] So what is steam client uploading > thatiskilling/hammering clients connections? > > >> Could this have anything to do with all the junk that shows in the steam >> store when you load the client? >> >> >>> I just ran wireshark while starting portal. About the time the menu is >>> fully loaded the packets start to fly. What are these packets? Is >>> valve stealing all your data! omg no... it's querying all of the source >>> servers. The data is going to hl2.exe not steam.exe so I would say it >>> looks like they left some multi player code in there that should not run >>> for portal. I bet hl2ep2 does the same thing. >>> >>> Ook wrote: >>>> When I fire up Steam, it maxes out my bandwidth for just a few seconds. >>>> If I >>>> open the server browser, it downloads at ~300k as it retrieves server >>>> list, >>>> and this goes on for about 2 minutes. I have 3mb down, so 300k doesn't >>>> tax >>>> my connection. >>>> >>>> So I fired up Portal. Bandwidth did the exact same thing - ~300k down >>>> for >>>> about 2 minutes. I suspect it was refreshing the browser list again >>>> (even >>>> though there is no Portal multi-player). I'm not sure how many >>>> concurrent >>>> outgoing connections it opened up. If I had the time I'd try it with my >>>> Netgear router, since I know it has a very small routing table. >>>> >>>> I wonder how much of the noise level about this is caused by people with >>>> limited bandwidth and/or routers that can't handle it? It doesn't take >>>> much >>>> to knock out a low end crap consumer grade router - gosh only knows I've >>>> had >>>> enough of them myself and experienced first hand what a lousy router can >>>> (or >>>> can't) do. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Andrew A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:18 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] So what is steam client uploading >>>> thatiskilling/hammering clients connections? >>>> >>>> >>>>> My dlink DI-704 dies with browser list , would be good if default >>>>> wasn't >>>>> all >>>>> games all locations :/ it never stays when i set filters.. and while >>>>> i'm >>>>> here , is there a way to log friends messages ? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Ook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I started TF2 and watched my bandwidth. Nothing out of the ordinary. >>>>>> Of >>>>>> the >>>>>> games I've tried, only Portal did it. TF2 works fine for me. Go >>>>>> figure? >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder what routers/modems are being used by those that get timed >>>>>> out? >>>>>> I'm >>>>>> using a Westell 2100, which has a fairly large routing table. My >>>>>> Netgear >>>>>> had >>>>>> a real small routing table, and would do this quite easily. Never seen >>>>>> it >>>>>> happen with the Westell. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "James McKenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:10 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] So what is steam client uploading that >>>>>> iskilling/hammering clients connections? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
