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[–] LikeableLime@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It will also use ALL your bandwidth by default. I can't even watch a yt video or anything while doing a steam download unless I limit the bandwidth in settings.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

What kind of router do you have? If it has any kind of "smart queue" or "smart qos" you could try enabling that and it will de-prioritize steam's packets (as needed) so that web browsing and voip still work.

[–] LikeableLime@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Awesome thank you for the tip. I'm not too well versed in networking so I never really dig around in my router settings. I'm just using the Modem/router supplied by the ISP right now and it doesn't look like it has anything like that from a quick look through the config page.