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Originally Posted by Stuart C
No, what kronas is trying to do is find out WHAT exactly is at fault. Generally, the easiest way to do this is unplug everything, then start plugging things in until it fails. If the connection works without the router, we know the router is at fault (maybe it's blocking a port it shouldn't for instance).
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I forwarded the correct Steam ports on firewall and router, also there is no DMZ on. The problem is generic, so there is no fullproof solution, I would format but I have everything working fine but this, but if a format is what it takes to get Steam to work then so be it, since I have over £100 worth of games on the account. I have the discs and cd-keys here but I can't use a product I pay for because of a stupid program tshh, what makes it worse is Valve don't even have a number to call for a helpline and tech support take like a week or two to reply back.
But since this problem occurs on other computers on my network, wouldn't that suggest a reformat is not needed? It's just im trying to avoid directly connecting as the cable isn't long enough and theres no free sockets in the room with the router, so im trying to avoid it yeah, but if theres no other options then it would look like im stuck with that.
But what is really got my head buzzing is the PCGUARD, since every other computer on my network has it including myself, and Steam doesn't work on the other computers, would that not suggest that PCGUARD could possibly be blocking it even though I allowed Steam on the PCGUARD firewall? and I was told even if I was to remove PCGUARD (unninstall it) then it still could block things.