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Yep. Yes and Yes. However, the question is not relevant as the flows are all UDP, not TCP. I'm not even gonna answer that one. I've done the trace routes. This has nothing to do with routing. It has to do with how many concurrent flows, or connections, are being made and staying concurrent, at any given time frame. Once it hits the limit, no more connections can be made until the 5 to 10 second interval passes. After that it goes up another 2-500 and then pauses again. What I find funny is, it never gets over 10,000 before stopping altogether. It's always somewhere between 4000 and 7000 even with no filters. That I don't like one bit. No I haven't. I'll try it though and see what happens. This isn't about me trying to find the right server, this is about me trying to make this browser work how it was designed to work. The COD4 browser works flawlessly. It doesn't kick out my internet connection nor does it every pause. Why does Valve's browser have an issue with my ISP's concurrent connection limit and Activision's doesn't? Why do you assume I'm the only one with the problem? I'm not. Just look on the steam forums. - Ian Cc2iscooL wrote: > What operating system are you running? > > How much bandwidth do you have up/down? > > I notice you have a lot of timed out hosts coming off your master > list...have you ever thought your internet provider is just poor/lines are > inadequate? > > Did you know Steam uses a geographical system + a system that fans out from > your IP address to get listings? > > Did you know Windows has a hardcoded limit of half-open connections at one > time? If so, have you bypassed it? > > Did you know if you're saturating your internet connection with > downloads/torrents/etc it will effect the time it takes to retrieve the > listing? > > Have you ever thought it might be just a bad route to one of the master > servers that you're assigned to? > > Did you know if you set your internet rating to "56k" that it will probably > load just peachy? > > I've never personally had the "problem" you seem to be having. Does it take > a while to load the listing from the servers? Absolutely. Do I fail to find > servers which fit my criteria within 10 seconds? Absolutely not. > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Ian Shaffer > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> About: Steam server browser/router excuse >> >> I've done a lot of research into this problem. It has nothing to do with >> my router. This issue exists in every single configuration, wired to the >> modem, wired to the router, and also on wireless. You guys must realize >> that I'm not the only one who's having this issue. I think that it would >> be in your best interest to hear me out. >> >> http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/707/20090118kc5.jpg >> >> Look at the screen shot. I just did a steam server browser search and >> this is where it stopped and displayed Refresh All, indicating that the >> search was complete. >> >> This isn't the first time it's stopped either. Whenever I do a server >> browser search in the source engine or the out of game browser, let me >> explain what actually happens, and why you to listen. >> >> When I open the browser, it starts searching, pausing every 200 or 500 >> servers apart, very slowly. Once it hits anywhere near 500-600, it >> stops, or pauses, per say because it's still going. After anywhere >> between 3 and 10 seconds later, it goes again, stopping another 500 or >> 600 above. Then it pauses much longer, and then resumes. It'll do this >> until it reaches a point when the list stops refreshing, probably >> because it notices my internet is being knocked out and therefore stops, >> or maybe it believes that this is all the servers and therefore stops as >> well. Either way, it's a serious problem. >> >> Now, as I did, and most others who have had this issue have gone on the >> support site and forum, trying to find a solution. I've made posts as >> well on the steam forums, check out this one: >> >> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=698242 >> >> Stop telling us it's a router issue, because it ISNT. >> >> I've spoken with my ISP. They've acknowledged the fact that their is a >> 700 limit for concurrent connections, the only real limit the have. I've >> gone as far as to get their engineers to test the steam application's >> server browser, where they've taken off the limit and have stress tested >> it, pointing out that at one point they were able to see the browser >> pulling over 50,000 flows of connections. They've called it word for >> word, virus-like, because thats why they have the 700 connections cap, >> to stop viruses from infecting everyone on the network. >> >> One of the engineers are very familiar with the steam and has claimed to >> have contacted you guys at Valve about the matter, but no responses have >> ever been given. >> >> Listen. This is a bug with your software. Not the ISP. Many other ISPs >> in the world do the same thing. Just google it. It's there. Look at your >> own forum! >> >> I have presented this information to you in hopes that you will better >> understand the seriousness of this issue. >> >> There are thousands and thousands of server operators over the countries >> of this earth who's servers are sitting empty due to this problem. Now, >> this problem doesn't happen to all of us. I'm sure there's a lot of IPSs >> out there that have no filtering, and therefore that mandates that there >> is no bug. >> >> There is. Either face it or ignore it. I'll still play your games, I'll >> still host your games. I'll just listen in and hope for a response. I'll >> hope others will concur with me, present their data, their situations to >> the board, and then let valve decide whether a decision must be made. >> >> That is all. >> >> - Ian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
