Ping and Steam Connection Issues

**Zelmon** · 01-10-14, 10:09 PM

So for a while now something has been going on with my online gaming. Whenever I try to play TF2 on TPG servers my ping goes from a nice low 20 all up to 900+, then back down, then back up. I constanstly lose connection to Steam as well. When I try BL2 I get disconnected as well. Ive tried the online PCPitstop to check my connection and it seems to be fine. The ping looks good (~30) as well as the download and upload speeds. After I talked to a friend he said that ATT Uverse (which I have) was restricting certain packets i.e. gaming and that I needed to call them and take those restrictions off. Does this sound like a real thing? I am at my wits end trying to figure wtf is going on. Any help?

**iLLusioN** · 01-10-14, 10:55 PM

It does happen...does it happen with any non steam games? I have been having some serious issues with latency in steam games....but only steam games. BF4 seems unaffected, as does other non-steam games I'm playing.

**Guyver** · 01-11-14, 01:14 AM

The Steam thing might not be our your end. Steam actually got attacked (DoS) over the holidays. I'm not having any issues now...but some users still might be.

See here:
Steam Downtime Discussion Thread - Page 1075 - Steam Users' Forums

**Zelmon** · 01-11-14, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by iLLusioN

It does happen...does it happen with any non steam games? I have been having some serious issues with latency in steam games....but only steam games. BF4 seems unaffected, as does other non-steam games I'm playing.

Well the only games I play online are steam games

**Zelmon** · 01-25-14, 01:27 PM

I finally fixed my issue, but it raises a new question.

Long story short, I discovered that my wireless adapter that was built into my comp was the problem. After some connection juggling I got a new adapter to work and now its performing very well.

Question: what could have been the problem with my OG adapter? How could I do those tests, get good results but still have that be the problem?