That is simply not true because a computer doesn't know if it is in a
DMZ or not. An application can tell what connections are allowed/not
allowed and *guess*, like uTorrent does, but that is about it. It almost
seems as if whoever wrote that doesn't know what a DMZ is.

--
Andy


On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:50:45 -0500, "Sean Evans" <[email protected]> said:
> I also was surprised to see this. I've been able to play all of my
> Steam games with no problem (no counting this server bit) while using
> DMZ on my IP.
>
> All the same, I'll disable it and set up port forwarding manually for
> Steam tonight and see how it goes. Thanks!
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Kveri <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Interesting, it used to worked for years on my network.
> >
> > Kveri
> >
> > Patrick Shelley wrote:
> > >  Important:
> > >
> > > Steam does not support gameplay on machines operating in a network
> > > DMZ.
> > > You must remove your machine from the DMZ in order to play through
> > > Steam.
> > >
> > >
> > > https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6776-MYXU-0480

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