In this case it was an Intel I218-LM ethernet card (On an Lenovo. I was able to isolate the problem to the ethernet card itself (my wifi card was fine, router was fine (on a T1 line so download speeds are. Steam dropping internet connection *Possible Fix* :: Help and. Yet I see this 'issue' pop up on google search before covid times. I can't disable any internet sharing protocol in Win 10 cause the LAN adapter does not have that 'Tab' I cannot disable a WiFi channel that I don't use. What can I do to fix steam download issue? Other 'solutions' I find have you delete steam cache and changing 'regions' but this is not a fix. Other 'solutions' involve disabling internet sharing on a WiFi connection, but I am using a wired card so I can't find this option. Downloading games of 50 GB will take a lot of time this way. I have to set a download limit of 4 MB/s and if that doesn't keep the connection 'alive' I have to go even lower, 2 or 3 MB/s. I have found several 'solutions' but these aren't a fix.

but when I download in steam my internet connection drops after a few (2 or 3) minutes and I HAVE TO RESET MY MODEM AND ROUTER to get the internet connection back up.

I would like to fix this issue.ĭownloading from any website with browser or other game clients like origin, epic, blizzard is not an issue and it goes at max speed most of the time. As title says: when downloading a game in steam it kills my internet connection.

Download killing time steam