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
