Yep, unfortunately it will do that on most of the consumer hardware. The best solution is to set Steam's setting for your connection lower, which won't flood the connection quite so much, and allow you to get a full refresh, or set your modem to bridge mode and get a good router to handle the connection to your ISP.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Josh Bost <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed my internet connection drops (Web browsing only, really) whenever > I start L4D2 (or the Steam group server refresh), I knew there was > something > up with it, but cbf investigating. > > It is -really- annoying though. Modem model is Billion 404VGP-M > > Cheers, > > Joshua Bost > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Shane Arnold <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Most consumer-grade DSL/Internet hardware "routers" with built-in > > firewalls and "DDoS" protection with fuck with the server browser, as > > the connection literally gets flooded with responses. As for servers > > being blacklisted on a community-based "database", I'd had to be the one > > yelling "told you so". > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
